Avocent Single port KVM over IP switch - Manual

Single port KVM over IP switch 6 supply a Java Runtime Environment version 1.1 or higher. However, it is strongly recommended to install Sun JVM 1.4. The Remote Console will behave exactly the same way as if you were sitting directly in front of the screen of your remote system. That means that both...

Single port KVM over IP switch 7 2. Introduction Thank you for purchasing IP-KVM switch. IP-KVM switch can save your MONEY, TIME, SPACE, EQUIPMENT and POWER. IP-KVM switch defines a new class of remote KVM access devices. IP-KVM switch combines digital remote KVM access via IP networks with comprehe...

Single port KVM over IP switch 9 2.5. Technical specifications Model No. Single port IP-KVM Switch PC Port 1 Console Port 1 PC Port Connector (All Female Types) PS/2 Keyboard Mini Din 6 pin PS/2 Mouse Mini Din 6 pin VGA HDDB 15 pin USB Type B receptacle Console Port Connector (All Female Types) Loca...

Single port KVM over IP switch 10 2.7. Cable diagrams PS/2 Cable: Mini Din 6 pin Male to Male VGA Cable: HDB15 pin Male to Male USB 2.0 Cable: USB A-B cable AT to PS/2 keyboard adapter: (Optional) Din 5 pins Male to Mini Din 6 pin Female CAT5/5E/6 Straight Through UTP/STP Cable: 8P8C

Single port KVM over IP switch 11 3. Hardware installation 3.1 Operation Overview Figure 3-1 shows the connections of IP-KVM switch to its host, to peripheral devices, to the power source and to the local area network. Figure 3-1.a: IP-KVM switch usage scenario Figure 3-1.b: IP-KVM switch usage scen...

Single port KVM over IP switch 12 Step 2 Connect the monitor to the IP-KVM switch console side. Step 3 Connect the keyboard to the IP-KVM switch console side. Step 4 Connect the mouse to the IP-KVM switch console side. Step 5 Connect a VGA cable (15-pin HDDB Male / Male) with the Male side to both o...

Single port KVM over IP switch 13 Step 8 (Option) Connect the type A connector of USB A-B cable to the USB port of the host system, while using remote mass storage control. USB type A plug of USB A-B cable to the computer. Step 8 Connect Ethernet and/or modem or both communication ports simultaneous...

Single port KVM over IP switch 14 ¾ Make sure that the cable is wired appropriately for a standard 100BASE-TX adapter. ¾ Align the RJ-45 plug with the notch on the adapter’s connector and insert it into the adapter’s connector. 3.3 Scenario of connecting IP-KVM switch to the Multi-port KVM Switch sy...

Single port KVM over IP switch 15 4. Configuration 4.1 Initial Configuration The IP-KVM switch's communication interfaces are all based on TCP/IP. It comes pre-configured with the IP configuration listed in Table 4-1 . Parameter Value IP auto configuration DHCP IP-Address - Net-mask 255.255.255.0 De...

Single port KVM over IP switch 16 Figure4-1. IP-KVM switch setup tool On the upper left corner, the MAC address of the IP-KVM switch 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 sticker p...

Single port KVM over IP switch 17 4.1.2 Initial configuration via serial console Using a serial terminal, the IP-KVM switch has a serial line interface (host side). This connector is compliant with the RS 232 serial line standard. The serial line has to be configured with the parameters given in Tab...

Single port KVM over IP switch 18 4.1.3.1 IP-KVM switch keyboard settings The IP-KVM switch settings for the host's keyboard type have to be corrected in order to make the remote keyboard work properly. Check the settings in the IP-KVM switch front-end. See section 6.4.3 in details. 4.1.3.2 Remote M...

Single port KVM over IP switch 19 While the IP-KVM switch works with accelerated mice and is able to synchronize the local with the remote mouse pointer, there are the following limitations, which may prevent this synchronization from working properly: Special Mouse Driver There are mouse drivers wh...

Single port KVM over IP switch 20 4.1.3.7 Video Modes The IP-KVM switch recognizes a limited number of common video modes. When running X11 on the host system, please do not use any custom mode lines with special video modes. If you do, the IP-KVM switch may not be able to detect them. We recommend ...

Single port KVM over IP switch 21 5. Usage 5.1 Prerequisites The IP-KVM switch 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...

Single port KVM over IP switch 22 Figure 5-1. The Internet Explorer displaying the encryption key length Newer web browsers do support strong encryption on default. 5.2 Login into the IP-KVM switch and logout 5.2.1 Login into the IP-KVM switch Launch your web browser. Direct it to the address of you...

Single port KVM over IP switch 23 Warning The user “ super ” is not allowed to login via the serial interface of the IP-KVM switch. Warning Please make sure to change the super user password immediately after you have installed and accessed your IP-KVM switch for the first time. Not changing the pas...

Single port KVM over IP switch 24 Open the IP-KVM switch remote console. Exit from the IP-KVM switch front end. Table 5-2. Buttons from the front end Warning If there is no activity for half an hour, the IP-KVM switch will log you out, automatically. A click on one of the links will bring you back t...

Single port KVM over IP switch 25 configured, the Remote Console is very unlikely to be able to establish the according connection. This is because today's web proxies are not capable of relaying the RFB protocol. In case of problems, please consult your network administrator in order to provide an ...

Single port KVM over IP switch 26 Auto Adjust button If the video display is of bad quality or distorted in some way, press this button and wait a few seconds while the IP-KVM switch tries to adjust itself for the best possible video quality. Sync mouse Activates the mouse synchronization process. C...

Single port KVM over IP switch 27 A short description of the options follows. • Monitor Only Toggles the Monitor only filter on or off. If the filter is switched on no remote console interaction is possible, and monitoring is possible. • Exclusive Access If a user has the appropriate permission, he ...

Single port KVM over IP switch 28 Warning This method takes more time than the fast one and requires a correctly adjusted picture. Use the auto adjustment function or the manual correction in the Video Settings panel to setup the picture. • Local Cursor Offers a list of different cursor shapes to ch...

Single port KVM over IP switch 30 Figure 5-12. Soft Keyboard Opens up the Menu for the Soft-Keyboard. • Show Pops up the Soft-Keyboard. The Soft-Keyboard is necessary in case your host system runs a completely different language and country mapping than your administration machine. • Mapping Used fo...

Single port KVM over IP switch 31 US-English keyboard mapping. In this case you have to change the Local Keyboard setting to the right language, manually. • Hotkeys Opens a list of hotkeys defined before. Choose one entry, the command will be sent to the host system. A confirmation dialog can be add...

Single port KVM over IP switch 32 6. Menu Options 6.1 Remote Control 6.1.1 KVM Console Figure 6-1. KVM Console To open the KVM console, either clicks on the menu entry on the left, or on the console picture on the right. To refresh the picture, click on the button “Refresh”. For the power settings s...

Single port KVM over IP switch 33 6.1.2 Telnet Console Figure 6-2. Telnet Console The IP-KVM switch firmware features a Telnet server that enables a user to connect via a standard Telnet client. In case the Telnet program is using a VT 100, VT 102 or VT 220 terminal or an according emulation, it is ...

Single port KVM over IP switch 34 cls Clears the screen quit Exits the current session and disconnects from the client version Displays the release information terminal Starts the terminal passthrough mode for serial port 1. The key sequence esc exit switches back to the command mode. The command ha...

Single port KVM over IP switch 35 Figure 6-4. Select Image File The maximum image size is limited to 1.44MB. To use a larger image, mount this image via Windows Share (or SAMBA) (see the Section called Use Image on Windows Share (SAMBA) for details). • Second, click on the button “Upload” to initiat...

Single port KVM over IP switch 36 Figure 6-7. Select Windows Share The following information has to be given to mount the image properly: Share host The server name, or its IP address. Share name The name of the share to be used. Path to image The path of the image file on the share. User (optional)...

Single port KVM over IP switch 37 Figure 6-8. Explorer context menu Select “Sharing” to open the configuration dialog. Figure 6-9. Share configuration dialog Adjust the settings for the selected directory. • Activate the selected directory as a share. Select “ Sharing this folder ”. • Choose an appr...

Single port KVM over IP switch 38 For additional options see the Section called Options for details. Creating an Image Floppy 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, L...

Single port KVM over IP switch 39 To create a CDROM image file, copy the contents of the CDROM to a file. You can use the following command: dd [ if=/dev/cdrom ] [ of=/tmp/cdrom.image ] dd reads the entire disc from the device /dev/cdrom, and saves the output in the specified output file /tmp/cdrom....

Single port KVM over IP switch 41 Figure 5-17. KVM Vision Viewer Setup step 6.2.3.2 Create a New Device ¾ Start KVM Vision Viewer ¾ Click on “ Device” and select “New Device” to create a new device Figure 5-17. Create a new Device Figure 5-17. Device Configuration dialog Device Name: Enter a name to...

Single port KVM over IP switch 42 Connection Mode: With this option, you can specify whether the connection mode is “LAN”, “DSL”, “UMTS”, “ISDN 128k’ or “ISDN/Modem V9.0”. ¾ Click Ok, the new device will be added as below, Figure 5-18. New Device 6.2.3.3 Drive Redirection Settings ¾ Move the cursor ...

Single port KVM over IP switch 43 Select the local drive you want to share with the remote computer, which could be Floppy disc, CD-ROMs, USB-Sticks and hard drives. Port: This is a fixed number “443”. Device Authentication The factory default Username is “super” and the default Password is “pass”. ...

Single port KVM over IP switch 44 6.3 User Management 6.3.1 Change Password Figure 6-12. Set password To change your password, enter the new password in the upper entry field. Retype the password in the filed below. Click “ Apply ” to submit your changes. 6.3.2 Users And Groups Figure 6-13. Set User

Single port KVM over IP switch 45 The IP-KVM switch comes with 2 pre-configured user accounts that have fixed permissions. The account super has all possible rights to configure the device and to use all functions IP-KVM switch offers. The account “user” has only the permission to open and use the R...

Single port KVM over IP switch 46 User select box This selection box displays the user ID for which the values are shown and for which the changes will take effect. You may change the settings of other users if you have the necessary access rights. Transmission Encoding The Transmission Encoding set...

Single port KVM over IP switch 47 Figure 6-15. User Console Settings (Part 2) Remote Console Type Specifies, which Remote Console Viewer to use. Default Java-VM Uses the default Java Virtual Machine of your Browser. This may be the Microsoft JVM for the Internet Explorer, or the Sun JVM if it is con...

Single port KVM over IP switch 48 Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings Start in Monitor Mode Sets the initial value for the monitor mode. By default the monitor mode is off. In case you switch it on, the Remote Console window will be started in a read only mode. Start in Exclusive Access Mode Enabl...

Single port KVM over IP switch 49 6.4.2 Keyboard/Mouse Figure 6-17. 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 an USB mouse, and “PS/2” for a PS/2 mouse. Warning To use the USB and...

Single port KVM over IP switch 51 6.4.4 Video Figure 6-18. Video Settings Local Video Port Settings Enable local video port This option decides if the local video output of the IP-KVM switch is active and passing through the incoming signal from the host system. Miscellaneous Video Settings • Noise ...

Single port KVM over IP switch 52 Figure 6-19. Network Settings Warning The initial IP configuration is usually done directly at the host system using the special procedure described in Table 4-1. Warning Changing the network settings of the IP-KVM switch might result in losing connection to it. In ...

Single port KVM over IP switch 53 Remote Console And HTTPS port Port number at which the IP-KVM switch's Remote Console server and HTTPS server are listening. If left empty the default value will be used. HTTP port Port number at which the IP-KVM switch's HTTP server is listening. If left empty the ...

Single port KVM over IP switch 54 Figure 6-21. Dynamic DNS Scenario The IP-KVM switch is reachable via the IP address of the DSL router, which is dynamically assigned by the provider. Since the administrator does not know the IP address assigned by the provider, the IP-KVM switch connects to a speci...

Single port KVM over IP switch 55 You have registered this username during your manual registration with the Dynamic DNS Server. Spaces are not allowed in the Nickname. Password You have used this password during your manual registration with the Dynamic DNS Server. Check time The IP-KVM switch card...

Single port KVM over IP switch 57 downloaded to your administration machine with the “Download CSR” button (see Figure 6-24). • Send the saved CSR to a CA for certification. You will get the new certificate from the CA after a more or less complicated traditional authentication process (depending on...

Single port KVM over IP switch 58 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 USA. Challenge Password Some certification authorities requi...

Single port KVM over IP switch 60 Passthrough access to serial port via Telnet Using this option, it is possible to connect an arbitrary device to the serial port and access it (assuming it provides terminal support) via Telnet. Select the appropriate options for the serial port and use the Telnet C...

Single port KVM over IP switch 61 6.5.7 Event Log Figure 6-29. Event Log Important events like a login failure or a firmware update are logged to a selection of logging destinations (see Figure 6-29). Each of those events belongs to an event group, which can be activated separately. The common way t...

Single port KVM over IP switch 62 NFS Logging enabled Define a NFS server, where a directory or a static link have to be exported, to write all logging data to a file that is located there. To write logging data from more than one IP-KVM switch devices to only one NFS share, you have to define a fil...

Single port KVM over IP switch 63 6.6 Maintenance 6.6.1 Device Information Figure 6-31. Device Information

Single port KVM over IP switch 64 Board Summary This section contains a summary with various information about this IP-KVM and its current firmware and allows you to reset the card. You may have a look at Figure 6-31 for an example. The Data file for support allows you to download the IP-KVM data fi...

Single port KVM over IP switch 66 6.6.2 Update Firmware Figure 6-33. Update Firmware The IP-KVM switch is a complete standalone computer. The software it runs is called the firmware. The firmware of the IP-KVM switch can be updated remotely in order to install new functionality or special features. ...

Single port KVM over IP switch 70 Q 011: Every time I open a dialog box with some buttons the mouse pointers are not synchronous anymore A 011: Please check, if you have an option like ”‘Automatically move mouse pointer to the default button of dialog boxes”’ enabled in the mouse settings of the ope...

Single port PS2 KVM over IP A. Pin Assignments A.1 VGA HD-15 A.2 RJ 45 Connector Ethernet

Single port PS2 KVM over IP A.3 RJ 45 Connector ISDN A.4 Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 1 A.5 KVM 15 pin connector

Single port PS2 KVM over IP C. Video Modes Table B.1 lists the video modes IP-KVM switch supports. Please don’t use other custom video settings besides of these. If done so, IP-KVM switch may not be able to detect them. Resolution (x, y) Refresh Rates (Hz) 640 x 350 70, 85 640 x 400 56, 70, 85 640 x...