Page 3 - introDuction; • Simultaneous access from multiple users no user limitation; FCC Statement; in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
introDuction Thank you for purchasing the INTellINeT NeTWoRK SolUTIoNS ™ digital KVM over IP Switch, Model 524100. This switch is the perfect solution for any organization that demands secure and flexible local and remote administration of its critical systems, offering revolutionized remote server ...
Page 4 - table of contentS; section
table of contentS SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE .................................................................................................. 5 LAN/WAN Configurations ............................................................................................. 5 Power Control Configuration .................
Page 5 - SySteM architecture; LAN/WAN Configurations; Connected to a single server
SySteM architecture The Digital KVM over IP Switch is based on an embedded Linux platform for computing power and rugged stability. The switch employs a high-speed processor to ensure excellent video quality and fast keyboard/mouse response across the Internet, even when bandwidth availability is li...
Page 6 - Connected to a conventional KVM switch and multiple servers; Power Control Configuration; Connected to a remote power control device
Connected to a conventional KVM switch and multiple servers Power Control Configuration Connected to a remote power control device 6 SYStEM ArcHitEcturE
Page 7 - PPP Configuration
PPP Configuration Set up as a PPP server to accept dial-in requests from a remote PPP client via a modem Set up as a PPP client to dial out to an ISP for remote clients to access via the Internet 7 SYStEM ArcHitEcturE
Page 8 - harDware; Front Panel; Status LEDs; Rear Panel; Monitor Port
PS/2 keyboard PS/2 mouse Console management Status LEDs Restore Factory Defaults harDware Front Panel PS/2 Keyboard Port Connect the PS/2 keyboard for the local console. PS/2 Mouse Port Connect the PS/2 mouse for the local console. Console Management Port (RJ-12) Connect the serial console cable for...
Page 9 - Side Panel; Power Adapter Jack; inStallation; Digital KVM over IP Switch Setup; Single Server Mode; Server Configuration; Mouse Acceleration
power on/off and power cycling tasks via the (cascaded) power control module(s). Side Panel Power Adapter Jack Use only the 9 V DC external power adapter included with the switch (shown connected at right) to avoid nullifying the warranty. inStallation Digital KVM over IP Switch Setup 1. Plug the in...
Page 10 - Additional Server Configuration Considerations
Windows 2000: Go to the Mouse Control Panel, select the Mouse Properties tab, then go to the Pointer options screen. 1. Set the pointer speed slide bar to the exact middle. 2. In the Acceleration panel, select “None.” 3. Uncheck the “Move pointer to the default button in dialog boxes” option. 4. Cli...
Page 12 - Network Settings; of the screen images.
Network Settings 1. Connect the digital KVM over IP Switch to the ethernet lAN. The factory default network settings for the switch: • IP address: 192.168.1.200 • Net mask: 255.255.255.0 • Gateway: 192.168.1.254 • DNS: 192.168.1.254 2. Access the switch’s Web Management interface by entering the fol...
Page 13 - Port Base Settings; interface and configure the port base as follows:
Port Base Settings NOTE: If you’re satisfied with the default port base setting as 5900, you can skip this section. The default port base for switch connection is set at 5900. This means it will use port 5900 (port base) for viewer connection and port 5908 (port base + 8) for https Web browser conne...
Page 14 - mapped to the switch’s local IP address.; Installation of Certificates; for uploading to the switch via a Web browser:
Configuration of the Firewall/Router for Access across the Internet To allow access to the Digital KVM over IP Switch behind a corporate firewall/router, establish the following settings on your firewall/router (not on your switch). 1. Configure a virtual server on your router (or ask your network a...
Page 16 - Selection of a Security Level for Viewer Connection; virtually no encryption.
Selection of a Security Level for Viewer Connection 1. Go to the Security Settings screen on the switch’s Web Management interface and make a viewer connection selection from the “Security level” drop-down menu. • Level 1: No encryption (no SSL) • Level 2: 256-bit encryption, no user certificate req...
Page 17 - Selection of a User Password Policy; • No Password
in order to make a successful viewer connection with the switch in the level 3 security setting. If you use the standard set of certificates provided on the included support CD, the password that encrypts the server private key is “serverpwd.” However, if you use your own set of certificates, you sh...
Page 18 - Viewer connection; for cross-platform use on any major operating system.; Installation of a Win32 Viewer; Download screen of the Web Management interface.
Viewer connection The digital KVM over IP Switch provides a Win32 viewer for Windows users and a Java viewer for cross-platform use on any major operating system. Installation of a Win32 Viewer Go to the Download screen to download the Win32 viewer (Kripview_install.exe). Install the viewer program ...
Page 19 - Importing Certificates to a Viewer on a Client Computer; Import a Client Certificate to a Win32 Viewer
Importing Certificates to a Viewer on a Client Computer NOTE: If you will be using only the non-PKI-authenticated viewer connections to the switch (such as Level 1 – no encryption/authentication or Level 2 – 256-bit SSL encryption and only server authentication by client), you are not obliged to use...
Page 20 - Viewer Connection Options; Local Cursor Shape
Viewer Connection Options The viewer connection option interface presents several options that can be combined in various ways to optimize your viewer connection. In the Connection details window, click “Options” (represented by the top two screen images at right for Win32; by the bottom two images ...
Page 22 - Win32 Viewer Settings; Window Size Adjustment; on the title bar of the viewer window to display; Window Size Scaling; viewer icon on the title bar of the; Centralization of Remote Server Control
Win32 Viewer Settings Window Size Adjustment The size of the viewer window can be adjusted by dragging the border of the viewer windows. Full Screen Mode For a full-screen display, click the viewer icon on the title bar of the viewer window to display the Quick Menu (shown on the left-hand side of t...
Page 24 - Java Viewer; Viewer Quick Menu
Title Bar Information ServerRoom_TPE: This is the name specified for your video server. PC 1: This is the name you specified for this connected computer. 49 ms: This is the capture time that is used for capturing the video image. 4 ms: This is the transmit time that is used to transmit a video refre...
Page 25 - Save connection options:
Connection options: Click to display the “Connection options” window (below). Connection info: This displays the server connection information as it relates to the viewer session. New connection: Make another new connection using the viewer. Save connection options: Save the settings (such as those ...
Page 26 - Video Display Troubleshooting; more common issues are addressed below.
Video Display Troubleshooting The video server supports most major display modes up to 1600 x 1200. Some display problems can occur, however, such as when there is abnormal or unusual display output from your server, when the display resolution is beyond the maximum support level of 1600 x 1200, or ...
Page 28 - system; ManageMent oVer a Secure httPS browSer; using 256-bit cipher strength is established.; Web-Based Management Interface; Enter a correct IP address and port number in the address field:
if it is back to normal. Second, If clicking “Restart Servers” doesn’t solve the problem, click “Emergency Reboot” on the Maintenance screen of the Web Management interface for a complete start from ground level. An emergency reboot is a clean reboot, and it takes longer for the switch and video ser...
Page 29 - Download; Viewers; Vista. Click “download” and follow the installation instructions.
SUPERADMIN: Provides full access (as indicated in the screen image and table below) to Web Management features (and the Power On/Off feature on the viewer). ADMIN: Provides partial access (as indicated in the table below) to Web Management features (and the Power on/off feature on the viewer). USER:...
Page 30 - Time Zone; readjust the local time for you.
first install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which is freely available from Sun at http:// www.java.com/. It is recommended to get JRE 5.0 or higher. On Windows machines, a simple double mouse click should start the viewer for Java. If the viewer does not start automatically, check the .jar fil...
Page 31 - Local Time; set the current system time on the switch.; Internet Time; you have made for time settings.
Local Time Enter the correct date (dd-mm-yyyy) and time (hh:mm) here and click “Change Local Time” to set the current system time on the switch. Internet Time If you check the option “Synchronize with an Internet Time Server (NTP),” the time setting will be periodically synchronized to the time of t...
Page 32 - The viewer connections can use different levels of security.
Certificates and Keys Certificates are only needed if you intend to implement full PKI authentication for the viewer connections. If an SSl-encrypted session is already enough for your security requirements, you can just ignore this aspect of PKI authentication. Where can you get the certificates? T...
Page 35 - PPP Mode; There are three PPP options: “Disabled,” “Server” and “Client.”; PPP Server Settings; Current Local IP Address:
PPP Mode There are three PPP options: “Disabled,” “Server” and “Client.” • Disabled is the default setting. • Server is for a connection request from a peer computer. It allows users to connect to your servers without the Internet understructure, and it can be used as a backup access in case of Inte...
Page 36 - PPP Client Settings
Peer IP Address: Enter the IP address (default= 192.168.2.201) that will be assigned by the switch to the peer client at connection time. Maximum Speed: Specify the modem connection speed. The switch supports a high-speed serial connection up to 1 Mbps (Megabits per second). NOTE: The modem connecti...
Page 38 - KVM Server: Main Settings; Video Quality; by limited network bandwidth availability.
address from which the login attempt originated, even when the attempt was not successful. Also, it will show certain technical details, such as the compression ratio, encoding scheme and bytes transmitted in each successful viewer session. This is the screen you should view first if you want to kno...
Page 39 - Attached KVM; If you ever use a KVM switch behind this; Scanning; is
Attached KVM Model: If you ever use a KVM switch behind this digital KVM over IP Switch for connection with multiple computers, you should select the model of that KVM switch. If the KVM switch model does not appear on the list, you can always add it or even add more KVM switch models to augment the...
Page 42 - Viewer Hot Keys; not; Mouse Resynchronize Key; Select if you are using double-byte language inputs on; KVM Server: Computers; • Work with computer names instead of switch port numbers.
Viewer Hot Keys enter your preferred keystroke sequence that will serve as viewer hot keys. By default, this is CTLR–CTLR (two consecutive keystrokes of the Right Ctrl key: CTLR). Note that this is not the left Control key (CTll). Mouse Resynchronize Key This is the only command supported by TKIP-10...
Page 44 - KVM Server: Power Control; Enable Power Control through the Serial Interface; appear for you to decide whether or not to enter the login script.; Simple Users Can Control Power; the right to power on/off the computer from the viewer Quick Menu.; Power Device Login
Power On Command: Specify the command that must be sent to the power control unit to power on the computer. (Refer to your power control unit documentation.) NOTE: To remotely power on this computer from the Windows or Java viewers, switch to this computer and then click “Power on” in the viewer men...
Page 45 - ‘’ restart; Comments; # Now wait for the prompt and send “logout”; Escape Sequences; null string, then it will still send the return character.
select the “Power Device Needs a Login” option to display a Login Dialog field for entering your login script. Login Dialog (chat style) This editable field is where you should enter the login script for your power control device, if it’s required by your power control device. Refer to the user guid...
Page 46 - KVM Server: KVM Switch Database; digital
\p — Pauses for a fraction of a second. The delay is 1/10th of a second (not valid in expect). \r — Sends or expects a carriage return. \s — Represents a space character in the string. This may be used when it is not desirable to quote the strings which contains spaces. The sequence ‘HI TIM’ and HI\...
Page 48 - KVM switch definition from the existing database; KVM Server: Video Mode Database; Don’t modify anything; Video Mode; 0 Hz. As with the refresh rate and the pixel dimensions, video mode
Click “Store” to store the settings in the KVM database after you ‘ve completed your settings of the port switching sequence of your KVM switch. Click “Suppress” to eliminate a targeted KVM switch definition from the existing database . KVM Server: Video Mode Database This screen allows you to modif...
Page 49 - Refresh Rate; Modify the refresh rate of the target VGA mode as needed.; Width; Specify the width of the visible part of the screen.; Height; Specify the height of the visible part of the screen.; Users: Local Database; and “Last Page” to navigate through the user database listing.
Refresh Rate Modify the refresh rate of the target VGA mode as needed. Width Screen Width: Specify the width of the visible part of the screen. Total Width: Specify the total width of the screen (active + hidden). Hsync Start: Specify where the VGA horizontal synchronization should start with refere...
Page 51 - Authentication Server Type; the availability of either an LDAP server or a RADIUS server.; Directory Server Using LDAP; Select to enable SSL access of the LDAP authentication.
Users: Remote Servers (User Remote Authentication) This screen allows you to authenticate the users that try to connect to the switch from centralized servers running a RAdIUS service or hosting a directory that can be accessed through the LDAP protocol (Active Directory, for example). User Remote A...
Page 52 - RADIUS Server; enter the IP address of the RAdIUS server.
RADIUS Server Port: Enter the port number used in RADIUS authentication. By default, it is set to Port 1812. RADIUS Server: enter the IP address of the RAdIUS server. 52 MAnAGEMEnt oVEr A BroWSEr
Page 53 - Users: RADIUS Accounting; Enable RADIUS Accounting; RAdIUS accounting server that offers RAdIUS accounting service.
Second Server (if any): If there is a second RAdIUS server available for authentication, enter its IP address here. Password Authentication Protocol: Select either “CHAP” or “PAP.” RADIUS Secret: Specify the RADIUS secret (or Shared Secret) between the switch and the RADIUS server. The RADIUS secret...
Page 54 - Users: Current Status; This screen displays the remote users currently connected.
Users: Current Status This screen displays the remote users currently connected. NOTE: This screen doesn’t refresh automatically, so in order to know whether there’s any change, click “Refresh” to update the 54 MAnAGEMEnt oVEr A BroWSEr
Page 56 - agent should belong.; No Video
Primary Manager Specify the IP address of the primary SNMP manager device on your network. Secondary Manager Specify the IP address of the secondary SNMP manager device on your network (if any). SNMP Community Specify the name of the SNMP community to which your SNMP management host and SNMP agent s...
Page 58 - the file to the switch across the LAN or Internet.
NumLock Test Alarm (Frozen Keyboard) The Numlock test sends a Numlock signal to the computer, to which the computer normally returns an immediate response so that the NumLock LED indicator on the keyboard will be lit to indicate the success of the test. The failure of a Numlock test indicates, at th...
Page 59 - Maintenance: Configuration Save and Restore
Maintenance: Configuration Save and Restore This screen allows you to save your current switch settings to a single .tgz file for more portability and usability. (It’s recommended that you back up your configuration after any change.) You 59 MAnAGEMEnt oVEr A BroWSEr
Page 60 - Apply Settings: Restart Servers; settings can be put into use at once.
can also set up several switches with the same or similar configurations.To back up the configuration file, click “Backup”; choose the location for saving your configuration file (*.tgz); then click “Save.” The configuration filename format is kconfig-yyyymmdd.tgz, with a timestamp in it. To upload ...
Page 62 - SPecificationS
SPecificationS Standards • Ieee 802.1X (Network Access Control) • Ieee 802.3 (10Base-T ethernet) • Ieee 802.3u (100Base-TX Fast ethernet) General • 10/100 Mbps LAN port • Local console: 1 VGA and 2 PS/2 ports (1 mouse, 1 keyboard) • PC/KVM connection port: - HDB15 (integrated with PS/2 keyboard and ...
