Avocent KVM over IP switch, User Manual

Page 1: ...8 16 PS 2 KVM over IP switch 8 port 16 port PS 2 KVM over IP SWITCH USER S MANUAL Rev 1 0...

Page 2: ...r 14 4 1 2 Initial configuration via serial console 16 4 1 3 Keyboard Mouse and Video configuration 16 4 1 3 1 IP KVM switch keyboard settings 17 4 1 3 2 Remote Mouse Settings 17 4 1 3 3 Auto mouse sp...

Page 3: ...Users And Groups 39 6 3 KVM Settings 40 6 3 1 User Console 40 6 3 2 Keyboard Mouse 43 6 3 3 Video 44 6 4 Device Settings 45 6 4 1 Network 45 6 4 2 Dynamic DNS 47 6 4 3 Security 49 6 4 4 Certificate 5...

Page 4: ...ports of computer 6 Repeat item 5 procedure to all of PC ports of PS 2 IP KVM switch 7 Connect Ethernet and or modem depending how you want to access PS 2 IP KVM switch Video modes PS 2 IP KVM switch...

Page 5: ...ended and can be done on the User Management page see the Section called Users and Groups in Chapter 6 Remote Console The Remote Console is the redirected screen keyboard and mouse of the remote host...

Page 6: ...ss and contrast of the picture displayed which may improve the video quality It is also possible to revert to the default settings for all video modes or only the current one Note At first start if th...

Page 7: ...however manual fine tuning is recommended to receive the best video quality PS 2 IP KVM switch will accept video streams up to 110 MHz dot clock This results in a screen resolution of 1280x1024 pixels...

Page 8: ...ring Down the KVM switch or PCs z High Video Quality Resolution Up To 1920X1440 local side 1280 X1024 remote side z No Software Required easy PC selection via On Screen Display Menu OSD Push Buttons H...

Page 9: ...S 3 in one cables One HDDB 15 pin male to one HDDB 15 pin and two Mini Din 6 pin PS 2 cables Optional Null modem cable 1 PCS Model No 16 port PS 2 IP KVM switch Base unit 16 port PS 2 IP KVM switch 1...

Page 10: ...l Port DB9 pin Male 1 LAN port RJ 45 8P8C 1 10BASE T Ethernet uses Category 3 4 5 5E 6 UTP 100BASE T Ethernet uses Category 5 5E 6 UTP Reset button 1 PC selection On Screen Display Menu Hot Key Push B...

Page 11: ...DB 15 pin and two Mini Din 6 pin PS 2 cables Model No 16 ports PS 2 IP KVM switch Console side One VGA Monitor One Keyboard One Mouse Network Side 10 100Mbps Ethernet or Modem Remote Console side One...

Page 12: ...switch 9 PS 2 to DB9 adapter Optional Mini Din 6 pin Female to DB 9 pin Female CAT5 5E 6 Straight Through UTP STP Cable 8P8C 2 8 Product Details 8 port Rack Mount PS 2 IP KVM switch 16 port Rack Moun...

Page 13: ...ple of installation is based on 8 port Rack Mount PS 2 IP KVM switch and you also can think that 16 port Rack Mount PS 2 IP KVM switch and 32 port Rack Mount PS 2 IP KVM switch have the same installat...

Page 14: ...you will need an AT to PS 2 adapter Step 5 Connect the mouse to the KVM Switch Step 6 Each PC port connector is HDDB15 pin type Locate your input cable It will have an HDDB15 pin male connector at one...

Page 15: ...opriate operation mode automatically 10 Mbps Connection For 10BASE T Ethernet networks the Fast Ethernet adapter uses Category 3 4 or 5 UTP cable To establish a 10 Mbps connection the cable must be co...

Page 16: ...8 16 32 port external power switch option or a third party external power option to connect those external devices to one of the serial interface on the rear side of PS 2 IP KVM switch By the date of...

Page 17: ...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 to your local subnet be sure to complete the...

Page 18: ...f the network configuration The values are displayed in the text fields located above If necessary adjust the network settings to your needs To save the changes enter an user name and an according pas...

Page 19: ...Gateway 0 0 0 0 for none 0 0 0 0 IP autoconfiguration With this option you can specify whether the PS 2 IP KVM switch should get its network settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server For DHCP enter dhcp a...

Page 20: ...g mouse synchronization Whenever the mouse does not move correctly there are two ways for re synchronizing local and remote mouse Fast Sync The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary but...

Page 21: ...isible and need to by synchronize The PS 2 IP KVM switch also features another mode the Single Mouse Mode where only the remote mouse pointer is visible Activate this mode in the open Remote Console a...

Page 22: ...window of your managed host system the browser has to come with a Java Runtime Environment version 1 1 or higher If the browser has no Java support such as on a small handheld device you are still ab...

Page 23: ...you want 16 port PS 2 IP KVM Switch The Push Buttons Pressing the individual button to get PC port you want To press both Shift button and port 1 or port 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 individual button simultaneous t...

Page 24: ...ssword but also re check all of slave banks which connected to mast KVM Switch If you add a new KVM Switch as a slave bank please use reset button of master KVM Switch to automatically assign a new ID...

Page 25: ...attached 3 feet 3 in one daisy chain Cable 90 feet Kit to daisy chain the KVM Switch A Connect Keyboard Mouse and Monitor to the console port Local console block of bank 1 KVM switch B Use one end of...

Page 26: ...g as it is not the Daisy chain port or pass through port b The pass through port PC i e The pass through port means the console port is connected to PC directly is powered on Before you go hot plug fu...

Page 27: ...e current box no is 8 port or from 01 to 16 if the current box no is 16 port You can define your PC name in maximum 10 characters The factory default of 16 port KVM switch PC name is from SYSTEM 01 SY...

Page 28: ...y in password is matched or not d The CONSOLE ON OFF means to manage the console of KVM switch If you select CONSOLE ON it means that any user can use the console If you select CONSOLE OFF factory def...

Page 29: ...u have given your PS 2 IP KVM switch a symbolic name in the DNS For instance type the following in the address line of your browser when establishing an unsecured connection http IP address of PS 2 IP...

Page 30: ...P KVM switch successfully the main page of the PS 2 IP KVM switch appears see Figure 5 4 This page consists of three parts each of them contains specific information The buttons on the upper side allo...

Page 31: ...ection to the PS 2 IP KVM switch The protocol that is run over this connection is neither HTTP or HTTPS but RFB Remote Frame Buffer Protocol Currently RFB tries to establish a connection to port numbe...

Page 32: ...to the same mapping as your local one The Remote Console window always tries to show the remote screen with its optimal size That means it will adapt its size to the size of the remote screen initial...

Page 33: ...ween the Single Mouse Mode where only the remote mouse pointer is visible and the Double Mouse Mode where remote and local mouse pointers are visible and need to be synchronized Single mouse mode is o...

Page 34: ...le Exclusive Mode Scaling Allow you to scale down the Remote Console You can still use both mouse and keyboard however the scaling algorithm will not preserve all display details Figure 5 9 Remote Con...

Page 35: ...sor Video Settings Opens a panel for changing the PS 2 IP KVM switch video settings PS 2 IP KVM switch features two different dialogs which influence the video settings Video Settings through the HTML...

Page 36: ...ment procedure should be adequate for all common configurations If the picture quality is still bad after auto adjustment you may try to change this setting together with the sampling phase to achieve...

Page 37: ...d 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 admi...

Page 38: ...ng the selected command to the remote host Select OK to perform the command on the remote host Figure 5 14 Remote Console Confirmation Dialog 5 5 2 Remote Console Status Line Status line Shows both co...

Page 39: ...or on the console picture on the right To refresh the picture click on the button Refresh For the power settings see the Section called Remote Power 6 1 2 Telnet Console Figure 6 2 Telnet Console The...

Page 40: ...PS 2 IP KVM switch a command line will be presented and you can enter according management commands In general the Telnet interface supports two operation modes the command line mode and the terminal...

Page 41: ...gement 6 2 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...

Page 42: ...M switch While the user account never sees the following options the user super account can change the name and password for both accounts Existing users Select an existing user for modification Once...

Page 43: ...use of optimized adjustment of compression and colour depth for the indicated network speed Manually Allows to adjust both compression rate and the colour depth individually Depending on the selected...

Page 44: ...onnected over a slow connection to the Internet you can also pre install the JVM on your administration machine The software is available on the CD ROM that is delivered along with the PS 2 IP KVM swi...

Page 45: ...e 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 or PS 2 interface...

Page 46: ...the mouse settings on host use an additional acceleration setting The PS 2 IP KVM switch tries to detect the acceleration and speed of the mouse during the mouse sync process Fixed mouse speed Use a...

Page 47: ...the remote console will not be visible To set the options click on the button Apply 6 4Device Settings 6 4 1 Network The Network Settings panel as shown in Figure 6 19 allows changing network related...

Page 48: ...ution Secondary DNS Server IP Address IP address of the secondary Domain Name Server in dot notation It will be used in case the Primary DNS Server cannot be contacted Remote Console And HTTPS port Po...

Page 49: ...rator does not know the IP address assigned by the provider the PS 2 IP KVM switch connects to a special dynamic DNS server in regular intervals and registers its IP address there The administrator ma...

Page 50: ...is is a fixed setting since only dyndns org is supported for now Hostname This is the hostname of the PS 2 IP KVM switch that is provided by the Dynamic DNS Server Use the whole name including the dom...

Page 51: ...o the Section called Certificate KVM encryption This option controls the encryption of the RFB protocol RFB is used by the Remote Console to transmit both the screen data to the administrator machine...

Page 52: ...card In order to do that the PS 2 IP KVM switch is able to generate a new cryptographic key and the associated Certificate Signing Request CSR that needs to be certified by a certification authority C...

Page 53: ...switch once it is installed in the user s network usually the fully qualified domain name It is identical to the name that is used to access the PS 2 IP KVM switch with a web browser without the http...

Page 54: ...ength of this password is 4 characters Confirm Challenge Password Confirmation of the Challenge Password Email The email address of a contact person that is responsible for the PS 2 IP KVM switch and...

Page 55: ...speed The speed the PS 2 IP KVM switch is communicating with the modem Most of all modems available today will support the default value of 115200 bps In case you are using an old modem and discoverin...

Page 56: ...and Time This link refers to a page where the internal real time clock of the PS 2 IP KVM switch can be set up see Figure 6 27 You have the possibility to adjust the clock manually or to use a NTP ti...

Page 57: ...PS 2 IP KVM switch s system memory is used to save all the information the maximum number of possible log list entries is restricted to 1 000 events Every entry that exceeds this limit overrides the...

Page 58: ...authentication at all serverip port SNMP Logging enabled If this is activated the PS 2 IP KVM switch sends a SNMP trap to a specified destination IP address every time a log event occurs If the recei...

Page 59: ...llows 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 file with specific support information This is an XML fil...

Page 60: ...an active user or 20 min idle for a user who is inactive for a certain amount of time Reset Functions This section allows you to reset specific parts of the device Currently this involves the video en...

Page 61: ...start updating the firmware of your PS 2 IP KVM switch the new uncompressed firmware file has to be accessible on the system that you use for connecting to the PS 2 IP KVM switch Updating the firmware...

Page 62: ...sistency check are making a mistake in updating the firmware almost impossible However only experienced staff members or administrators should perform a firmware update Make sure the PS 2 IP KVM switc...

Page 63: ...nt mouse z Avoiding moving the mouse or pressing the mouse buttons when switching ports or during boot up process z Avoiding switching ports during shutting down the PC process z When you switch one P...

Page 64: ...rtificate either change the extension of the file to txt or add a file helper using the Internet Explorer preferences for this type of file Make sure that the encoding is plain text and the checkbox u...

Page 65: ...Single port PS 2 KVM over IP A Pin Assignments A 1 VGA HD 15 A 2 RJ 45 Connector Ethernet...

Page 66: ...Single port PS 2 KVM over IP A 3 RJ 45 Connector ISDN A 4 Serial SUB D 9 Connector 1 A 5 KVM 15 pin connector...

Page 67: ...or this keyboard is shown in Figure C 1 However most modifier keys and other alphanumeric keys used for hotkey purposes in application programs are on an identical position no matter what language map...

Page 68: ...LL LOCK BREAK INSERT HOME PAGE UP DELETE END PAGE DOWN UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT NUM LOCK NUMPAD0 NUMPAD1 NUMPAD2 NUMPAD3 NUMPAD4 NUMPAD5 NUMPAD6 NUMPAD7 NUMPAD8 NUMPAD9 NUMPADPLUS NUMPAD PLUS NUMPAD NUMPADM...

Page 69: ...hese If done so PS 2 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 480 60 67 72 75 85 90 100 120 720 x 400 70 85 800 x 600 56 60...