Acer ARMC_3P- User Manual

iv F IGURES Figures Figure 1 ARMC/3P with High-Profil Bracket ................................................................................................. 1 Figure 2 24-pole ATX Power Cable Adaptor ................................................................................................ ...

vi F IGURES Tables Table 1 Hardware Failures ........................................................................................................................... 6 Table 2 Host System Failures and how they are detected .............................................................................

C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCTION 1 Chapter 1: Introduction Product Overview The ARMC/3P is a manufacturer-independent remote administration system. The ARMC/3P works as an integrated solution on your server system. Based on an embedded operating system, the ARMC/3P provides both exceptional stability and p...

C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCTION 3 Product Features The ARMC/3P defines a new class of remote access devices. It combines digital remote access via IP networks with comprehensive and integrated system management. The ARMC/3P offers convenient, remote KVM access and control via LAN or Internet. It captures,...

C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCTION 5 Package Contents The ARMC/3P comes as a regular PCI card and is shipped with: - an ARMC/3P Board with High-Profile Bracket - a VGA-USB System Cable - an IPMB Cable - an ATX Reset/Switch Cable - a Videosplitter cable for Local Console - a CD ROM with User Manual and utilit...

6 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE When the Server is dead Obviously, fixing hardware defects is not possible using a remote management device. Nevertheless, the ARMC/3P gives the administrator valuable information about the type of a hardware failure. Serious hardware failures can be categorized into five dif...

C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLATION 7 Chapter 2: Installation Operation Overview The ARMC/3P redirects local keyboard, mouse and video data to a remote administration console. All data is transmitted with the TCP/IP protocol family. The ARMC/3P can be used in both a multi-administrator and multi-server enviro...

8 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Serial Interface An optional external modem may be connected to the ARMC/3P using this connector. The connector is compliant to the RS 232 serial line standard with hardware handshake. Every off-the-shelf modem can be connected to the ARMC/3P via the RS 232 interface. For det...

C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLATION 9 Figure 9 ARMC/3P Reset/Power Connection Pinout Note: On the ARMC/3P the pin for the power connector is tagged with “ATX”. Intelligent Management Platform Bus Connector (IPMB) The IPMB connector on an IPMI capable motherboard allows direct access to power control functions...

C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLATION 11 Placing the ARMC/3P into the Server Open the Server In order to install the ARMC/3P you need to open the host system. Detach the host from its power cable and follow the instructions of your system documentation. Plugging an ARMC/3P into a PCI Slot ARMC/3P PCI Place the ...

12 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Figure 14 IPMB Connector Connecting to ATX Control Signals In case your system provides separated pins for reset and power on/off, perform the following steps while referring to Figure 7 ARMC/3P Internal Connectors. 1. Find the cable connecting the front panel reset button a...

C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLATION 13 Connecting with Front Panel Connector There are motherboards which do not have separated pins for power on/off and reset. Both the reset and the power buttons are placed on the system’s front panel and connected to the motherboard via a common front panel connector. To a...

14 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Figure 16 Power using ATX Power Cable Adaptor Connecting Optional External Power Supply To allow the ARMC/3P to operate independently from the server system it is possible to connect the card to an external power supply. From the technical point of view any power supply can ...

C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLATION 15 Connecting Ethernet The bracket of the ARMC/3P provides a RJ45 connector for Ethernet. The connec- tor is used either for a 100 Mbps 100Base-TX connection or for a 10 Mbps 10BASE-T connection. The adapter can sense the connection speed and will adjust to the appropriate ...

C HAPTER 3: C ONFIGURATION 17 Chapter 3: Configuration Initial Configuration The ARMC/3P’s communication interfaces are all based on TCP/IP. It comes preconfigured with the IP configuration listed in Table 4 Initial Network Configuration. Table 4 Initial Network Configuration Parameter Value IP auto...

18 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Figure 17 ARMC/3P Psetup Tool (Windows Version) Figure 18 ARMC/3P Psetup Tool (Linux Version) Running the Linux Psetup Tool via Command Line The following list shows the command syntax and their usage: --mac <MAC address of the device> Shows the current network configu...

C HAPTER 3: C ONFIGURATION 19 --ipacp <dhcp|bootp|none> Set the auto configuration. --netmask <net mask> Set a new netmask. --gateway <gateway address> Set a new gateway address. --login <username> Admin rights are required to change the network configuration. --pw <passwo...

20 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Mac Address Detection Using the Psetup Tool for Windows On the upper left corner, the MAC address of the ARMC/3P is displayed. To detect the MAC address manually, press the button Refresh Devices . The displayed MAC address is the same MAC address printed on the white sticke...

C HAPTER 3: C ONFIGURATION 21 Initial Configuration via DHCP Server By default, the ARMC/3P will try to contact a DHCP server in the subnet to which it is physically connected. If a DHCP server is found, it may provide a valid IP address, gateway address and net mask. Before you connect the device t...

22 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE IP address The IP address the ARMC/3P uses. This option is only available if IP autocon- figuration is disabled. Net mask The net mask of the connected IP subnet. This option is only available if IP autoconfiguration is disabled. Gateway address The IP address of the default...

C HAPTER 3: C ONFIGURATION 23 ARMC/3P Keyboard Settings The ARMC/3P settings for the host’s keyboard type have to be correct in order to make the remote keyboard work properly. Check the settings in the ARMC/3P front-end. See Chapter 5: Keyboard/Mouse for details. Remote Mouse Settings A common prob...

24 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Furthermore, the shape of the mouse pointer has a significant influence on the pointer detection. We recommend to use a simple, but common pointer shape. In most cases, the detection and synchronization of animated pointer shapes is likely to fail. In general, pointer shapes...

C HAPTER 3: C ONFIGURATION 25 Navigate your mouse pointer into the upper left corner of the applet screen and move it slightly forth and back. The mouse will be resynchronized. If resynchronizing fails, disable the mouse acceleration and repeat the procedure. Single and Double Mouse Mode The informa...

26 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Video Modes The ARMC/3P recognizes a limited number of common video modes. When run- ning X11 on the host system please do not use any custom modelines with special video modes. If you do, the ARMC/3P may not be able to detect them. We recom- mend using any of the standard V...

C HAPTER 4: U SAGE 27 Chapter 4: Usage Prerequisites The ARMC/3P features an embedded operating system and applications offering a variety of standardized interfaces. This chapter will describe both these interfaces and the way to use them in a more detailed manner. The interfaces are accessed using...

28 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Using the Internet Explorer, open the menu entry “?” and “Info” to read about the key length that is currently activated. The dialog box contains a link that leads you to Usage information on how to upgrade your browser to a state of the art encryption scheme. Figure 21 show...

C HAPTER 4: U SAGE 29 The ARMC/3P has a built-in admin that has all the permissions to administer your ARMC/3P. See the following table for the default settings. Table 7 Standard User Settings Parameter Value Login admin Password password When you login for the first time on the ARMC/3P a window wil...

30 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Figure 24 ARMC/3P Main Page Overview Figure 25 Navigation Frame Overview Table 8 Links for Navigation Link Description Click to open the main page overview (like Figure 24). Click to open the KVM Console. Important: If there is no activity for half an hour, the ARMC/3P will ...

C HAPTER 4: U SAGE 31 Logout from the ARMC/3P This link logs out the current user and presents a new login screen. Please note that an automatic logout will be performed in case there is no activity for half an hour. Figure 26 Logout Link Managing the ARMC/3P with a CommandCenter If you use CommandC...

32 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE In case the ARMC/3P is connected to your local network environment and your connection to the Internet is available using a proxy server only without NAT being configured, the Remote Console is very unlikely to be able to establish the connection. This is because today’s web...

C HAPTER 4: U SAGE 33 German keyboard will not work as expected. Instead, the keys will work like their US English counterparts. You can circumvent such problems by adjusting the keyboard of your remote system to the same mapping as your local one. The Remote Console window always tries to show the ...

34 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Sync Mouse Choose this option in order to synchronize the local with the remote mouse cursor. This is especially necessary when using accelerated mouse settings on the host system. In general, there is no need to change mouse settings on that. Single/Double Mouse Mode Switch...

C HAPTER 4: U SAGE 35 Monitor Only Toggles the Monitor Only filter on or off. If the filter is switched on no remote console interaction is possible. The remote screen can be viewed, only. Exclusive Access If a user has the appropriate permission, he or she can force the Remote Consoles of all other...

36 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Mouse Handling The submenu for mouse handling offers two options for synchronizing the local and the remote mouse pointer as explained in Chapter 3: Mouse, Keyboard and Video configuration . • Fast Sync The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary but fixed skew. ...

C HAPTER 4: U SAGE 37 Figure 32 Remote Console Options Menu: Local Cursor Chat Window The ARMC/3P Remote Console features a Chat Frame that allows you to com- municate with other parties logged into the same card. Figure 33 Remote Console Options Menu: Chat Window shows an example of the Chat Frame....

38 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Chat Area Read-only text area showing the messages, which have been received so far, including your own messages sent to others. The identity string of the sender precedes each message. Identity Label Shows the identity string used to precede messages sent by this Chat Frame...

C HAPTER 4: U SAGE 39 Figure 34 Remote Console Options Menu: Video Settings Panel Brightness Controls the brightness of the picture. Contrast Controls the contrast of the picture. Clock Defines the horizontal frequency for a video line and depends on the video mode. Different video card types may re...

40 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Undo Changes Restore last settings. Refresh Video Use this option to refresh the video picture. The video data for the Remote Console is updated completely. On startup of the Remote Console, the ARMC/3P transmits the entire video picture from the remote host. Subsequently, t...

C HAPTER 4: U SAGE 41 Figure 35 Remote Console Options Menu: Softkeyboard • Show Displays the Soft Keyboard. • Mapping Used for choosing the appropriate language and country mapping of the Soft Keyboard. Figure 36 Soft Keyboard Mapping Local Keyboard Used to change the language mapping of your brows...

42 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Figure 37 Remote Console Options Menu: Hotkey Confirmations Dialog Encoding These options are used to adjust the encoding level in terms of compression and color depth. They are only available unless “Transmission Encoding” is determined automatically (see Chapter 5: Transmi...

C HAPTER 4: U SAGE 43 the number of colors or the diversity of pixels. The lower the compression quality, the more data have to be sent and the longer it may take to transfer the whole video picture. If level 0 is chosen the video compression is disabled, completely. The option Video Optimized has i...

44 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Figure 40 Remote Console Options Menu: Encoding – Color Depth Note: If displaying motion pictures on a connection with low speed you may achieve an improvement regarding the video transfer rate by lowering the color depth and disabling the option “Video Optimized”. As a gene...

C HAPTER 4: U SAGE 45 low value of the network traffic is recommended and can be achieved as described in the Section Optimizing the Video Picture . If compressed encoding is enabled, a value in brackets displays the compressed transfer rate. Figure 42 Status Line Transfer Rate The next button displ...

46 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE 2. Choose the option Video Settings from the Options Menu of the Remote Console. Press the button Reset this Mode . Figure 43 Remote Console Video Settings: Reset this Mode 3. Again, press the Auto Adjust button once. 4. The ARMC/3P detects the video mode with 8 bits (256 co...

C HAPTER 4: U SAGE 47 Using the ARMC/3P with low bandwidth The network connection of the ARMC/3P has an important influence on the time between two single video pictures. On a connection with low bandwidth it takes longer to transfer the video data from the ARMC/3P to the Remote Console on the local...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 49 Chapter 5: Menu Options Remote Control KVM Console Figure 44 Main Page with Remote Console Preview Remote Console Preview To open the KVM console click on the Remote Console link on the left or on the console picture on the right, or click the Remote Control navigation ...

50 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Figure 45 Power Control Overview Internal Power Control via ATX wires The power button is the representation of the ATX power button on your host system. It is used to switch on and off the power supply. The ATX power button knows two operation modes: pressing it shortly and...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 51 Important: The prerequisite for the remote power/reset button to work is a correct installation of the ARMC/3P. Power Control via Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) The ARMC/3P is capable of controlling the power status of an IPMI-enabled host system. See ...

52 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE vated (if the serial settings were made accordingly). All inputs are redirected to the device on serial port #1 and its answers are displayed on the Telnet interface. Figure 48 Telnet Console The following list shows the command syntax and their usage. help Displays the list...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 53 state will be displayed. The given attribute (either short or long) will determine the ATX duration. The default value is short. Voltages Displays a list of all current voltages of the system.

54 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Virtual Media The ARMC/3P provides Double Virtual Media. So it is possible to choose between two virtual media devices at the same time, for example required by special applications like BOOT procedure. Floppy Disk Figure 49 Floppy Virtual Area Upload a Floppy Image With two...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 55 Figure 50 Select Image File Download a Floppy Image A floppy image kept in the ARMC/3P’s memory can be both read and written to. To retrieve the changed image contents after writing to it click the Download button and select a folder to store the file in. Figure 51 Acti...

56 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE unspecified and a guest account is activated, this guest account information will be used as your login. Password (optional) If necessary, specify the password for the given user name. Figure 52 Selecting CD-ROM and Windows Share For an example you may have a look on Figure ...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 57 The specified image file is supposed to be accessible from the ARMC/3P. The in- formation above has to be given from the point of view of the ARMC/3P. It is important to specify correct IP addresses and device names. Otherwise, the ARMC/3P may not be able to access the ...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 59 UNIX and UNIX-like OS (UNIX, Solaris, Linux) If you like to access the share via SAMBA, SAMBA has to be set up properly. You may either edit the SAMBA configuration file /etc/samba/smb.conf or use the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) or WebMin to set the correct par...

60 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Disable Drive Redirection If enabled the Drive Redirection is switched off. Force read-only connections If enabled the Write Support for the Drive Redirection is switched off. It is not possible to write on a redirected device. Click Apply to submit your changes. Software Re...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 61 Secure Connection Enable this box to establish a secure connection via SSL. This will maximize the security but may reduce the connection speed. Drive Selection Figure 58 Selecting the desired Drive Select the drive you would like to redirect. All available devices (dri...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 63 Set this option to disable the mass storage emulation (and hide the virtual drive) as long as no image file is currently loaded. If unset and no file image will be found, it may happen that the host system will hang on boot due to changes in the boot order or the boot m...

64 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE CD ROM/ISO 9660 Images UNIX and UNIX-like OS To create an image file make use of “dd”. This is one of the original UNIX utilities and is included in every UNIX-like OS (UNIX, Sun Solaris, Linux). To create a CDROM image file copy the contents of the CDROM to a file. You can ...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 65 System Health The IPMI support on the host system enables you to power on or off the host system or to perform a hard reset over the ARMC/3P. Furthermore, it provides the possibility to show an event log of the host system and the status of some system sensors (i.e. tem...

66 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Figure 67 Monitor Sensors Overview System Event Log You can browse the System event logs here. Please note that these logs are for IPMI events, they are independent to the system logs of the OPMA add-on card. Figure 68 System Event Log Overview Alarm Settings Here you can se...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 67 User Management Change Password Figure 70 Set Password To change your password enter the new password in the upper entry field. Retype the password in the field below. Click Apply to submit your changes. User and Groups Figure 71 User/Group Management

68 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE User Management The configurable settings of the ARMC/3P are split into user settings (basically authentication and user information) and group settings (authorization). There is one predefined user "admin" and two predefined group "admin" and "<unknow...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 69 Existing groups Select an existing group for modification. Each user can be a member of a group - either an administrator or a regular user. Choose the desired group from the selection box. New group name The new group name for the selected account. To create a user or ...

70 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE KVM Settings User Console The following settings are user specific. That means the admin can customize these settings for every user separately. Changing the settings for one user does not affect the settings for the other users. Figure 73 User Console Settings (Part 1) Remo...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 71 Depending on the selected compression rate the data stream between the ARMC/3P and the Remote Console will be compressed in order to save bandwidth. Since high compression rates are very time consuming, they should not be used while several users are accessing the ARMC/...

72 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE plug-in is not yet installed on your system, it may be downloaded and installed automatically. However, in order to make the installation possible, you still have to answer the according dialogs with “yes”. The download volume is around 11 Mbytes. The advantage of downloadin...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 73 the keys will be pressed until a minus sign or the end of the combination is encountered. In this case all pressed keys will be released in reversed sequence. So, the minus sign builds single, separate keypresses and keyreleases. The “<” sign releases the last key, o...

74 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Then, click Apply to submit your changes. Keyboard/Mouse Figure 76 Keyboard and Mouse Settings Host Interface Enables a certain interface the mouse is connected to. You can choose between Auto for automatic detection, USB for a USB mouse and PS/2 for a PS/2 mouse. Important:...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 75 PS/2 Keyboard Model Enables a certain keyboard layout. You can choose between “Generic 101-Key PC” for a standard keyboard layout, “Generic 104-Key PC” for a standard keyboard layout extended by three additional Windows keys, “Generic 106-Key PC” for a Japanese keyboard...

76 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE t h e s t a n d a r d v i d e o r es o l u t i o n o r u s e d in an exclusive way (Only). With the last option it is also possible to force a special video mode for the ARMC/3P. To change the parameters for a certain video mode choose the according number from the selection...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 77 Figure 77 Video Settings To set the options (see below) click on the Apply button. Miscellaneous Video Settings Noise filter This option defines how the ARMC/3P reacts to small changes in the video input signal. A large filter setting needs less network traffic and lead...

78 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Device Settings Network The Network Settings panel as shown in Figure 78 allows changing network related parameters. Each parameter will be explained below. Once applied the new network settings will immediately come into effect. Figure 78 Network Settings Important: The ini...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 79 Important: Changing the network settings of the ARMC/3P might result in losing connection to it. In case you change the settings remotely make sure that all the values are correct and you still have an option to access the ARMC/3P. Basic Network Settings IP auto configu...

80 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Telnet port Port number at which the ARMC/3P’s Telnet server is listening. If left empty the default value will be used. SSH port Port number at which the ARMC/3P’s Secure Shell (SSH) server is listening. If left empty the default value will be used. Bandwidth Limit The maxi...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 81 Dynamic DNS Figure 79 Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service (dyndns.org) can be used in the following scenario (see Figure 80 Dynamic DNS Scenario): Figure 80 Dynamic DNS Scenario

82 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE The ARMC/3P is reachable via the IP address of the DSL router which is dynami- cally assigned by the provider. Since the administrator does not know the IP address assigned by the provider, the ARMC/3P connects to a special dynamic DNS server in regular intervals and registe...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 83 Security Figure 81 Security Settings Encryption Settings Force HTTPS If this option is enabled, access to the web front-end is only possible using a HTTPS connection. The ARMC/3P will not listen on the HTTP port for incoming connections. In case you want to create your ...

84 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Remote Console to transmit both the screen data to the administrator machine and keyboard and mouse data back to the host. If set to Off no encryption will be used. If set to Try the applet tries to make an encrypted connection. If the connection cannot be established an une...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 85 Policy The policy determines what to do with matching packets. They can be either accepted or dropped. Important: The order of the rules is important. The rules are checked in ascending order until a rule matches. All the rules below the matching one will be ignored. Th...

86 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Login Limitations Single Loging Limitation If this option is enabled, the user can access the ARMC/3P only from one IP adress with one connection. It is not possible to access the ARMC/3P from different IP addresses or web browsers with the same login at the same time. You h...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 87 Figure 82 Certificate Settings To create and install a SSL certificate for the ARMC/3P the following steps are necessary: • Create a SSL Certificate Signing Request using the panel shown in Figure 82. You need to fill out a number of fields that are explained below. Onc...

88 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Figure 83 SSL Certificate Upload After completing these three steps the ARMC/3P has its own certificate that is used for identifying the card to its clients. Important: If you destroy the CSR on the ARMC/3P there is no way to get it back! In case you deleted it by mistake, y...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 89 State/Province The state or province where the organization is located. Country (ISO code) The country where the organization is located. This is the two-letter ISO code, e.g. DE for Germany, or US for the U.S. Challenge Password Some certification authorities require a...

90 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Figure 84 Serial Settings Configuration or console login Do not use the serial port for any special function, use it only for the initial configuration (see Table 4 Initial Network Configuration). Modem The ARMC/3P offers remote access using a telephone line in addition to t...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 91 using the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). Before you connect to the ARMC/3P make sure to configure your console computer accordingly. For instance, on Windows based operating systems you can configure a dial-up network connection which defaults to the right settings like...

92 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Generals By using the ARMC/3P IPMI facilities you have an additional way to power on or off the system or to perform a hard reset. Furthermore, it provides the possibility to show an event log of the host system and the status...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 93 this access type is a host system with IPMI V1.5 and a network adapter with a sideband connection to the BMC (mostly on board). In the IPMI Settings you have to enter the IP address of this host system, the user name of a valid IPMI account and password for this account...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 95 Figure 87 Authentication Settings Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) RADIUS is a protocol specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working group. There are two specifications that make up the RADIUS protocol suite: Authentication and Acco...

96 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE In terms of the remote activity mechanism the login via RADIUS works similar to the Remote Console. If there is no activity for half an hour your connection to the ARMC/3P will be interrupted and closed. Server Enter either the IP address or the hostname of the RADIUS Server...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 97 Figure 88 Event Log Settings Event Log Targets List logging enabled To log events you may use the internal log list of the ARMC/3P. To show the log list click on Event Log on the Maintenance page. Since the ARMC/3P’s system memory is used to save all the information, th...

98 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE possible log list entries is restricted to 1.000 events. Every entry that exceeds this limit overrides the oldest one automatically. Important: If the reset button on the HTML frontend is used to restart the ARMC/3P, all logging information is saved permanently and is availa...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 99 • Serial number • Firmware version • MAC address / IP address / Netmask / Gateway of LAN interface • Server’s power state The following actions can be initiated via SNMP: • Reset server • Power on/off server • Reset the ARMC/3P The following events are reported by the A...

100 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Read Community This is the SNMP community, which allows you to retrieve information via SNMP. Write Community This community allows you to set options and to reset the ARMC/3P or the host via SNMP, i.e. all that affects the host or the ARMC/3P. System Location Enter a descr...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 101 Maintenance Device Information Figure 90 Device Information This section contains a summary with various information about this ARMC/3P and its current firmware and allows you to reset the card. You may have a look at Figure 90 for an example. The Data file for support...

102 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Figure 91 displays the ARMC/3P activity. From left to right the connected user(s), its IP address (from which host the user comes from) and its activity status is dis- played. “RC” indicates that the Remote Console is open. If the Remote Console is opened in “exclusive mode...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 103 Event Log Figure 94 Event Log List Figure 94 displays the Event Log list. It includes the events that are kept by the ARMC/3P extended by the event date, a short event description and an IP address the request was sent from. You may use the text buttons Prev and Next t...

104 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE The ARMC/3P is a complete standalone computer. The software it runs is called the firmware. The firmware of the ARMC/3P can be updated remotely in order to install new functionality or special features. A new firmware update is a binary file which will be sent to you by ema...

C HAPTER 5: M ENU O PTIONS 105 process will take about half a minute. Resetting subdevices (e.g. video engine) will take some seconds only and does not result in closing connections. To reset a certain ARMC/3P functionality click on the Reset button as displayed in Figure 96. Figure 96 Unit Reset

A PPENDIX A: S PECIFICATIONS 105 Appendix A: Specifications Sizes and Weights Table 11 ARMC/3P Specifications Attribute Value Height 15mm (0.51‘’) Width 167.64mm (6.6‘’) Depth 64.41mmm (2.54’’) Weight 112g (0.25lb) Power Consumption Up to 1A Environment Temperature Table 12 Temperature Attribute Val...

A PPENDIX C: K EY C ODES 109 Appendix C: Key Codes Table 15 shows the key codes used to define the key strokes or hotkeys for several functions. Please note that these key codes do not necessarily represent the key characters that are used on international keyboards. A key on a standard 104 key PC k...

A PPENDIX D: PIN A SSIGNMENTS 111 Appendix D: Pin Assignment VGA HD-15 Figure 98 VGA HD-15 Table 16 VGA HD-15 PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 Red 9 2 Green 10 GND sync 3 Blue 11 4 12 SDA, DDC… 5 GND 13 HSYNC 6 GND red 14 VSYNC 7 GND green 15 SCL, DDC 8 GND blue RJ45 Connetcor Ethernet Figure 99 RJ45...

112 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE Serial SUB-D9 Connector 1 Figure 100 Serial Connector Table 19 Serial Connector 1 PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RX 7 RTS 3 TX 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND Table 20 Serial Connetcor 2 PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 Not connected 6 Not connected 2 RX 7 Not connected ...

A PPENDIX E: T ROUBLESHOOTING 113 Appendix E: Troubleshooting 1. The remote mouse does not work or is not synchronous. First, check the VGA connection. Both the ARMC/3P and the local monitor have to support the same video resolution. In some circumstances the mouse synchronization process could beha...

114 P RODUCT U SER G UIDE 9. Windows XP does not awake from standby mode. This is possibly a Windows XP problem. Try not to move the mouse pointer while XP switches into standby mode. 10. For SUN computers a USB keyboard does not work. The ARMC/3P emulates a USB keyboard. If you attach a USB keyboar...

A PPENDIX G: T HE O PEN LDAP P UBLIC L ICENSE 121 Appendix G: The OpenLADAP Public License Version 2.8, 17 August 2003 Redistribution and use of this software and associated documentation (“Software”), with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Red...