Page 3 - Table of Contents
Table of Contents Preface ..................................................................................................................................vii Copyright ................................................................................................................... viiAbout the B...
Page 7 - Preface; Copyright; Limited Warranty
Preface Copyright This publication contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright.No part of this publication may be reproduced, transcribed, stored in a retrieval sys-tem, translated into any language or computer language, or transmitted in any formwhatsoever without the prior wri...
Page 8 - Limitations of Liability
Preface Limitations of Liability Tripp Lite shall in no event be held liable for any loss, expenses or damages of anykind whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential (whether aris-ing from the design or use of this product or the support materials provided with theproduct). No...
Page 9 - Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide; Installation; General Overview
Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Installation The B050-000 redirects local keyboard, mouse and video data to a remote administra-tion console. All data is transmitted with the TCP/IP protocol family. The B050-000can be used in a multi-administrator and multi-server environment as well. Combin-ing th...
Page 10 - Figure 1-2. Front Side Connectors and Indicators
Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Front Side Connectors (Figure 1-2) Figure 1-2. Front Side Connectors and Indicators System port Attach the system cable with the gray connector to this port. Power/Status LED Displays the status of the B050-000: • LED off: the B050-000 has no or not enough power • LE...
Page 11 - Connecting the B050-000 to the Host System; Warning
Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Rear Side Connectors (Figure 1-3) Figure 1-3. Rear Side Connectors Port replicator Here you may attach an optional port replicator enabling PS/2 support, serialand local console. Connecting the B050-000 to the Host System Perform the following steps in order to conne...
Page 12 - Initial Network Configuration; Parameter
Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Initial Network Configuration Initially, the B050-000 network interface is configured with the parameters shown inTable 1-1. Table 1-1. Initial Network Configuration Parameter Value IP auto configuration DHCP IP address - Netmask 255.255.255.0 Gateway none IP access ...
Page 13 - MAC Address Detection
Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Figure 1-5. B050-000 setup tool (Linux version) Connect the B050-000 to your computer either via local network or via USB. Startthe setup tool from the CD ROM on the computer where the B050-000 is installed.Depending on the connection (USB or network), the device det...
Page 14 - Authentication; Configuration via Serial Interface
Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Using the Linux tool On the top of the window the MAC address of the device is displayed. To detectthe MAC address manually, press the button “Refresh”. The displayed MACaddress is the same MAC address printed on the white sticker placed on theback of the B050-000. T...
Page 15 - Web Interface; The Remote Console
Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Parameter Value Stop bits 1 Flow control none Use a terminal software (e.g. hyperterm or minicom ) to connect to the B050-000. Reset the B050-000, and immediately press the “ESC” key. You will see a “=>” prompt.Enter the command “config”, and press the key “ENTER”...
Page 16 - Figure 1-6. Top part of the Remote Console
Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide Figure 1-6. Top part of the Remote Console There are some options to choose from the menu, the important ones are the follow-ing: Auto Adjust button If the video displayed is of bad quality or distorted in some way, press this but-ton and wait a few seconds while the...
Page 17 - Chapter 2. Introduction; Introduction
Chapter 2. Introduction Introduction The B050-000 is a manufacturer-independent remote administration system.The B050-000 works as an integrated solution on your server system. Basedon an embedded operating system, the B050-000 provides both exceptionalstability and permanent availability independen...
Page 18 - When the Server is up and running; Category
Chapter 2. Introduction B050-000 System Components The B050-000 is a stand alone product with the following dimensions: 95mm (D) x 25mm (H) x 72mm (W) The B050-000 is shipped with: • a B050-000 base unit • an external power supply • a power cord • a KVM cable • transparent equipment feet • an Instal...
Page 19 - Table 2-2. Host system failures and how they are detected; Notes
Chapter 2. Introduction Using the B050-000, administrators can determine which kind of serious hardwarefailure has occurred (see Table 2-2). Table 2-2. Host system failures and how they are detected Type of failure Detected by Hard disk failure Console screen, CMOS set-upinformation Power cable deta...
Page 21 - Chapter 3. Installation; Operation Overview
Chapter 3. Installation Operation Overview The B050-000 redirects local keyboard, mouse and video data to a remote adminis-tration console. All data is transmitted with the TCP/IP protocol family. The B050-000 can be used in both a multi-administrator and multi-server environ-ment. Combining one or ...
Page 22 - Front Side Connectors and Indicators; Figure 3-2. Front Side Connectors and Indicators
Chapter 3. Installation Front Side Connectors and Indicators Figure 3-2. Front Side Connectors and Indicators System port Attach the system cable with the gray connector to this port. Power/Status LED Displays the status of the B050-000: • LED off: the B050-000 has no or not enough power • LED blink...
Page 23 - Rear Side Connectors
Chapter 3. Installation Rear Side Connectors Figure 3-3. Rear Side Connectors Port replicator Here you may attach an optional port replicator enabling PS/2 support, serialand local console. Connecting the B050-000 to the Host System Perform the following steps in order to connect the KVM signals of ...
Page 24 - Connecting a Local Console; 0 Mbps Connection
Chapter 3. Installation Connecting a Local Console To connect a local console to the host system besides the B050-000 you may attach amonitor, a keyboard and a mouse to the connectors on the port replicator (availableseparately) . Connecting Ethernet The front side of the B050-000 provides a RJ45 co...
Page 25 - Chapter 4. Configuration; Initial Configuration
Chapter 4. Configuration Initial Configuration The B050-000’s communication interfaces are all based on TCP/IP. It comes pre-configured with the IP configuration listed in Table 4-1. Table 4-1. Initial network configuration Parameter Value IP auto configuration DHCP IP address - Netmask 255.255.255....
Page 27 - Initial Configuration via DHCP Server
Chapter 4. Configuration save the changes enter an user name and an according password. Then press the“Setup Device” button. Using the Linux tool On the top of the window the MAC address of the device is displayed. To detectthe MAC address manually, press the button “Refresh”. The displayed MACaddre...
Page 28 - Initial Configuration via Serial Console
Chapter 4. Configuration Initial Configuration via Serial Console To configure the B050-000 via serial interface both a serial port replicator cable and anull modem cable are required (available separately). Using a serial terminal, the B050-000 has a serial line interface (rear side). This connec-t...
Page 29 - Mouse, Keyboard and Video configuration; Remote Mouse Settings
Chapter 4. Configuration Finally, you will be asked if the values are correct, and may adjust them if necessary.After your confirmation the B050-000 performs a reset using the new values. Web Interface The B050-000 may be accessed using a standard Java enabled web browser. You mayuse the HTTP protoc...
Page 30 - Auto Mouse Speed and Mouse Synchronization
Chapter 4. Configuration Fixed Mouse Speed This mode just translates the mouse movements from the Remote Console in away that one pixel move will lead to n pixel moves on the remote system. Thisparameter n is adjustable with the scaling. It should be noted that this worksonly when mouse acceleration...
Page 31 - Host System Mouse Settings; Single and Double Mouse Mode; Recommended Mouse Settings
Chapter 4. Configuration Host System Mouse Settings The host’s operating system knows various settings for the mouse driver. Warning The following limitations do not apply in case of USB and Mouse Type“MS Windows 2000 and newer”. While the B050-000 works with accelerated mice and is able to synchron...
Page 32 - Video Modes; Resetting the B050-000 to its Factory Settings; Using the Serial Interface
Chapter 4. Configuration MS Windows 2000, 2003, XP (all versions) In general, we recommend the usage of a mouse via USB. Choose USB withoutMouse Sync. For a PS/2 mouse choose Auto Mouse Speed. For XP disable the option “enhancepointer precision” in the Control Panel. Note: The remote mouse is always...
Page 35 - Prerequisites
Chapter 5. Usage Prerequisites The B050-000 features an embedded operating system and applications offering avariety of standardized interfaces. This chapter will describe both these interfacesand the way to use them in a more detailed manner. The interfaces are accessed usingthe TCP/IP protocol fam...
Page 39 - General Description
Chapter 5. Usage The Remote Console General Description The Remote Console is the redirected screen, keyboard and mouse of the remote hostsystem that the B050-000 controls. Figure 5-4. Remote Console The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to establish its own TCPconnection to the B050...
Page 40 - Remote Console Control Bar
Chapter 5. Usage With respect to the keyboard, the very exact remote representation might lead tosome confusion as your local keyboard changes its keyboard layout according to theremote host system. If you use a German administration system and your host sys-tem uses a US English keyboard layout, fo...
Page 41 - Remote Console Options
Chapter 5. Usage Single/Double Mouse Mode Switches between the Single Mouse Mode (where only the remote mouse pointeris visible) and the Double Mouse Mode (where remote and local mouse pointersare visible and need to be synchonized). Single Mouse Mode is only available ifusing SUN JVM 1.4 or higher....
Page 47 - Figure 5-13. Remote Console Confirmation Dialog
Chapter 5. Usage Local Keyboard Used to change the language mapping of your browser machine running the Re-mote Console Applet. Normally, the applet determines the correct value automati-cally. However, depending on your particular JVM and your browser settings thisis not always possible. A typical ...
Page 49 - Remote Console Status Line
Chapter 5. Usage Figure 5-15. Remote Console Options: 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 disablingthe option “Video Optimized”. As a general result, the data r...
Page 50 - Table 5-3. Buttons displaying the access state; Optimizing the Video Picture
Chapter 5. Usage The status line displays the number of frame buffer updates (“Fps”) as well as theincoming (“In:”) and the outgoing (“Out:”) network traffic in kilobyte per second. Alow value of the network traffic is recommended and can be achieved as describedin the Section called Optimizing the ...
Page 51 - Reducing the Noise of the Video Picture
Chapter 5. Usage 1. Press the Auto Adjust button once (see the Section called Remote Console Control Bar for details). 2. Choose the option “Video Settings” from the Options Menu of the Remote Console. Press the button “Reset this Mode”. Figure 5-18. Remote Console Video Settings: Reset this Mode 3....
Page 53 - Chapter 6. Menu Options; Remote Control; KVM Console
Chapter 6. Menu Options Remote Control KVM Console Figure 6-1. KVM Console Remote Console Preview To open the KVM console either click on the menu entry on the left or on theconsole picture on the right. To refresh the picture click on the button that isnamed “Refresh”. 45
Page 54 - Remote Power
Chapter 6. Menu Options Remote Power Figure 6-2. B050-000 Power Buttons Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) The B050-000 is capable of controlling the power status of an IPMI-enabled host sys-tem. See the Section called Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) for config- uratio...
Page 55 - Telnet Console
Chapter 6. Menu Options Telnet Console Figure 6-3. Telnet Console The B050-000 firmware features a Telnet gateway that enables a user to connect to theB050-000 via a standard Telnet client. For connecting to the B050-000 via Telnet protocol you may use a terminal programsuch as xterm , TeraTerm or P...
Page 56 - Virtual Media; Floppy Disk
Chapter 6. Menu Options The following list shows the command syntax and their usage. help Displays the list of possible commands quit Exits the current session and disconnects from the client version Displays the release information terminal Starts the terminal pass-through mode for serial port #1. ...
Page 57 - Upload a Floppy Image; Download a Floppy Image
Chapter 6. Menu Options Upload a Floppy Image Within two small steps working on the basis of a certain (floppy) image can beachieved. • First the path of the image has to be specified. You can do that either by hand orby using the file selection dialog of your web browser. To open the file selection...
Page 58 - CD ROM; Figure 6-7. Selecting CD ROM and Windows Share
Chapter 6. Menu Options CD ROM Use Image on Windows Share (SAMBA) To include an image from a Windows share select “CD-ROM” from the submenu. Figure 6-7. Selecting CD ROM and Windows Share The following information has to be given to mount the selected image properly: Share host The server name or it...
Page 61 - Drive Redirection
Chapter 6. Menu Options Adjust the settings for the selected directory. • Activate the selected directory as a share. Select “Share this folder”. • Choose an appropriate name for the share. You may also add a short descrip-tion for this folder (input field “Comment”). • If necessary, adjust the perm...
Page 62 - Drive Redirection Options; Software Requirements
Chapter 6. Menu Options Please note that Drive Redirection works on a level which is far below the operatingsystem. That means that neither the local nor the remote operating system is awarethat the drive is currently redirected, actually. This may lead to inconsistent data assoon as one of the oper...
Page 63 - Configuration
Chapter 6. Menu Options Configuration Figure 6-12. Main View Specify the parameters of the network connection (see Figure 6-12). Device This is the address (either the DNS name or the IP address) of the B050-000 youwould like to connect to. Port This is the network port. By default, B050-000 uses th...
Page 64 - Drive Selection
Chapter 6. Menu Options Drive Selection Figure 6-13. Selecting the desired drive Select the drive you would like to redirect. All available devices (drive letters) areshown here. Please note that the whole drive is shared with the remote computer,not only one partition. If you have a hard disc with ...
Page 65 - Write Support
Chapter 6. Menu Options Write Support Figure 6-14. Selecting write support This feature may be enabled here. Write support means that the remote computer isallowed to write on your local drive. As you can imagine, this is very dangerous. Ifboth the remote and the local system try to write data on th...
Page 66 - Device Authentication
Chapter 6. Menu Options Device Authentication Figure 6-15. Device Authentication To use the Drive Redirection, you have to authenticate on the B050-000 using a validusername and password. A permission to change the virtual disc configuration isnecessary . Navigation Buttons Connect/Disconnect To est...
Page 67 - Options; Creating an Image; Floppy Images; dd
Chapter 6. Menu Options Using the Hide to Tray button the application is hidden, but not terminated com-pletely. That means that an active connection will be kept active until it is closedexplicitly. You can access the software by its tray icon. The tray icon also showswhether a connection is establ...
Page 68 - Figure 6-18. RawWrite for Windows selection dialog
Chapter 6. Menu Options MS Windows You can use the tool “RawWrite for Windows”. Figure 6-18. RawWrite for Windows selection dialog Select the tab “Read” from the menu. Enter (or choose) the name of the file in whichyou would like to save the floppy content. Click on the button “Copy” to initiate the...
Page 70 - User Management; Change Password
Chapter 6. Menu Options User Management Change Password Figure 6-20. Set password To change your password enter the new password in the upper entry field. Retypethe password in the field below. Click “Apply” to submit your changes. 62
Page 72 - User Console
Chapter 6. Menu Options Mobile number This information may be optionally provided. Role Each user can be a member of a group (named a “role”) - either an administrator,or a regular user. Choose the desired role from the selection box. To create an user press the button “Create”. The button “Modify” ...
Page 73 - Remote Console Settings for User
Chapter 6. Menu Options Remote Console Settings for User This selection box displays the user ID for which the values are shown and for whichthe changes will take effect. Select the desired user from the selection box and pressthe button “Update”. This will result in displaying the according user se...
Page 74 - Remote Console Type
Chapter 6. Menu Options Remote Console Type Figure 6-23. User Console Settings (Part 2) Specifies which Remote Console Viewer to use. Default Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Uses the default JVM of your web browser. This may be the Microsoft JVM forthe Internet Explorer or the Sun JVM if it is configured...
Page 75 - Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings; Mouse Hotkey
Chapter 6. Menu Options (Hint: If you are connected over a slow connection to the Internet you can alsopre-install the JVM on your administration machine. ) Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings Start in Monitor Mode Sets the initial value for the monitor mode. By default the monitor mode is dis-abl...
Page 76 - Host Interface
Chapter 6. Menu Options Keyboard/Mouse Figure 6-24. 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. Warning To use the USB and/or PS/2 interface ...
Page 77 - USB Mouse Type; Mouse Speed
Chapter 6. Menu Options • the USB cable must be connected or must be selected in the Host interface option PS/2 Keyboard Model Enables a certain keyboard layout. You can choose between “Generic 101-Key PC” fora standard keyboard layout, “Generic 104-Key PC” for a standard keyboard layoutextended by ...
Page 78 - Video; Miscellaneous Video Settings; Device Settings; Network
Chapter 6. Menu Options Video Figure 6-25. Video Settings To set the options (see below) click on the button “Apply”. Miscellaneous Video Settings Noise filter This option defines how the B050-000 reacts to small changes in the video inputsignal. A large filter setting needs less network traffic and...
Page 79 - Basic Network Settings
Chapter 6. Menu Options Figure 6-26. Network Settings Warning The initial IP configuration is usually done directly at the host systemusing the special procedure described in Table 4-1. Warning Changing the network settings of the B050-000 might result in losingconnection to it. In case you change t...
Page 80 - Miscellaneous Network Settings
Chapter 6. Menu Options “bootp” accordingly. If you choose “none” then IP auto configuration is disabled. Preferred host name Preferred host name to request from DHCP server. Whether the DHCP servertakes the B050-000’s suggestion into account or not depends on the server con-figuration. IP address I...
Page 81 - LAN Interface Settings
Chapter 6. Menu Options Enable SSH access Set this option to allow accessing the B050-000 using the Secure Shell (SSH) pro-tocol. Ths SSH console offers the same features as Telnet (see the Section called Telnet Console ), but uses a secure, encrypted connection instead. Disable Setup Protocol Enabl...
Page 82 - Dynamic DNS
Chapter 6. Menu Options Dynamic DNS Figure 6-27. Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service ( dyndns.org ) can be used in the following scenario (see Figure 6-28): Figure 6-28. Dynamic DNS Scenario The B050-000 is reachable via the IP address of the DSL router which is dynamicallyassigned by...
Page 84 - Security; Encryption Settings
Chapter 6. Menu Options Security Figure 6-29. Device Security Encryption Settings Force HTTPS If this option is enabled, access to the web front-end is only possible using aHTTPS connection. The B050-000 will not listen on the HTTP port for incomingconnections. In case you want to create your own SS...
Page 85 - Certificate
Chapter 6. Menu Options Certificate Figure 6-30. Certificate Settings The B050-000 uses the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol for any encrypted networktraffic between itself and a connected client. During the connection establishmentthe B050-000 has to expose its identity to a client using a crypto...
Page 87 - Serial Settings
Chapter 6. Menu Options 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 challenge password to authorize laterchanges on the certificate (e.g. revocati...
Page 89 - Generals
Chapter 6. Menu Options Passthrough access to serial port via Telnet/SSH Using this option it is possible to connect an arbitrary device to the serial portand access it (assuming it provides terminal support) via Telnet or SSH. Selectthe appropriate options for the serial port and use the Telnet Con...
Page 90 - IPMI Settings; Date And Time
Chapter 6. Menu Options IPMI Settings Figure 6-33 shows the B050-000 IPMI settings panel. Its options will be explainedbelow. IPMI disabled Disables IPMI on the B050-000. This means that Status via IPMI and Event Logvia IPMI are not available and the power on/off and reset functions do not useIPMI r...
Page 92 - Event Log Targets
Chapter 6. Menu Options which can be activated separately. The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the B050-000. To showthe log list click on the item “Event Log” from the section “Maintenance”. In theEvent Log Settings you can choose how many log entries are shown on each pa...
Page 93 - Event Log Assignments; Maintenance; Device Information
Chapter 6. Menu Options authentication and host power events have an own trap class that consists ofseveral fields with detailed information about the occurred event. To receive thisSNMP traps any SNMP trap listener may be used. Event Log Assignments You may choose which actions of the B050-000 will...
Page 94 - Event Log
Chapter 6. Menu Options Figure 6-37. Connected Users Figure 6-37 displays the B050-000 activity. From left to right the connected user(s), itsIP address (from which host the user comes from) and its activity status is displayed.“RC” indicates that the Remote Console is open. If the Remote Console is...
Page 95 - Update Firmware
Chapter 6. Menu Options You may use the text buttons “Prev” and “Next” to browse within the data. Thebutton “Prev” displays the previous page with newer log information whereas thebutton “Next” switches to the following page with older log information. Update Firmware Figure 6-39. Update Firmware Th...
Page 99 - Appendix A. Frequently Asked Questions
Appendix A. Frequently Asked Questions 1. The remote mouse does not work or is not synchronous. First, check the VGA connection. Both the B050-000 and the local monitor have tosupport the same video resolution. Make sure that your mouse settings match your mouse model, i.e. PS/2 or wheelmouse. The m...
Page 105 - Appendix D. Users and Roles; Frontend Section
Appendix D. Users and Roles Table D-1. Roles Frontend Section Regular User Administrator Superuser Remote Control: KVM x x x Remote Control: Remote Power - x x Remote Control: Telnet Console x x x Virtual Media x x x User Management: ChangePassword x x x User Management: Users - - x KVM Settings: Us...
Page 107 - Appendix E. Key Codes; Key
Appendix E. Key Codes Table E-1 shows the key codes used to define the key strokes or hotkeys for sev-eral functions. Please note that these key codes do not necessarily represent the keycharacters that are used on international keyboards. A key on a standard 104 key PCkeyboard with a US English lan...
Page 111 - Appendix F. Pin Assignment; RJ45 Connector Ethernet
Appendix F. Pin Assignment VGA HD-15 Figure F-1. VGA HD-15 Table F-1. VGA HD-15 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Red 9 USB+5V 2 Green 10 GND sync 3 Blue 11 USB_D+ 4 USB_D - 12 SDA, DDC... 5 GND 13 HSYNC 6 GND red 14 VSYNC 7 GND green 15 SCL, DDC 8 GND blue RJ45 Connector Ethernet Figure F-2. RJ45 Tab...
Page 113 - Appendix G. Specifications; Sizes and Weight; Temperature
Appendix G. Specifications Sizes and Weight Table G-1. B050-000 Specification Attribute Value Height 95mm Width 25mm Length 72mm Weight 160g (w/o replicator cable) 290g (with attached replicator cable) Housing Aluminium silver anodized Power Consumption up to 700mA Environment Temperature Table G-2....
Page 117 - Appendix I. Tripp Lite Warranty Information
Appendix I. Tripp Lite Warranty Information Limited Warranty Tripp Lite, 1111 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609 USA (“Tripp Lite”) manufactures itshardware products from parts and components that are new or equivalent to new inaccordance with industry-standard practices. Tripp Lite warrants that the...
Page 125 - Appendix K. The OpenLDAP Public License
Appendix K. The OpenLDAP 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 conditionsare met: 1. Redistributions in source form must retain copyright sta...
