D-Link DKVM-IP8, User Manual

Page 1: ...D Link DKVM IP8 8 Port KVM Switch Over IP V1 0 2011 2 23 ...

Page 2: ...suant to Part 15 of the FCC Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation RoHS All contents of this package including products packing materials and documentation comply with RoHS ...

Page 3: ... Edit 24 3 4 6 Port Search 24 3 4 7 User Security 25 3 4 8 Access List 26 3 4 9 Hotkey 26 3 4 10 Time Settings 27 3 4 11 OSD Mouse 27 3 5 Firmware upgrade 28 4 IP module Configuration 30 4 1 Initial Configuration 30 4 1 1 Initial configuration via serial console 32 4 2 Keyboard Mouse and Video configuration 33 4 2 1 DKVM IP8 keyboard settings 33 4 2 2 Remote Mouse Settings 33 4 2 3 Automatic mouse...

Page 4: ...ion 59 6 3 3 2 Built in Java Drive Redirection 63 6 3 4 Options 65 6 4 User Management 66 6 4 1 Change Password 66 6 4 2 Users and Groups 66 6 5 KVM Settings 68 6 5 1 User Console 68 6 5 2 Keyboard Mouse 71 6 5 3 Video 73 6 6 Device Settings 74 6 6 1 Network 74 6 6 2 Dynamic DNS 77 6 6 3 Security 79 6 6 4 Certificate 82 6 6 5 Authentication 85 6 6 6 Serial Port 86 6 6 7 Date Time 88 6 6 8 Event Lo...

Page 5: ...DKVM IP8 User Manual 5 104 D DKVM IP8 port table 102 E Bandwidth Consumption 103 F Cable diagrams 104 ...

Page 6: ... be used with a local console DKVM IP8 switch hardware installation Figure 1 1 The connectors of 8 port DKVM IP8 switch front and rear side Please perform the following steps 1 Optional Connect the type A connector of USB A Mini USB 5P cable to the host computer while using remote mass storage control 2 Connect Ethernet to LAN port and or modem to serial port depending on how you want to access DK...

Page 7: ...n factory default DHCP mode is disabled IP auto configuration None and the IP settings are as below IP address 192 168 0 70 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway None If DHCP mode is enabled IP auto configuration DHCP the DKVM IP8 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 n...

Page 8: ...es DHCP you can use the PSetup to find out the DKVM IP8 unit s IP 1 Plug Ethernet cable to DKVM IP8 unit DKVM IP8 will get an IP via DHCP 2 Using PSetup run PSetup exe to look for DKVM IP8 a Select MAC address which label on bottom of DKVM IP8 unit b Click Query Device Setup the fixed IP a Setup IP auto configuration as None setup IP address and Subnet mask b Enter Super user login and password fo...

Page 9: ...nt system Note At a minimum you must have IE7 0 IE8 0 Netscape7 0 Mozilla 3 2 Firefox 3 6 and above installed on your client computer Connect the DKVM IP8 unit via Web Browser Using the HTTP protocol or a secure encrypted connection via HTTPS and entering the IP address of the DKVM IP8 unit into your web browser to connect to the DKVM IP8 unit This will lead you to the DKVM IP8 login page as shown...

Page 10: ...s Control servers via Remote Console The Remote Console is the redirected screen keyboard and mouse of the remote host system 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 the keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way Open the console by selecting the preview picture on the main site of th...

Page 11: ...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 the host Video Settings in Options Menu This opens a new window with elements to control the DKVM IP8 unit s Video Settings You can change some values for instance the brightness and contrast of the picture displayed which may improve the video ...

Page 12: ... will automatically detect the current video mode of the console however manual fine tuning is recommended to receive the best video quality 2 1 Feature overview Manage servers around the world KVM keyboard video and mouse access over IP and analogous telephone line modem needed Full control under any OS in BIOS mode during boot at Blue Screens No additional software necessary on servers Can be us...

Page 13: ... Control List security function store up to 8 independent ACL s of controllable computer lists Multilingual OSD On Screen Display 8 languages English France Germen Spanish Italian Russian Japanese Simplified Chinese Auto Scan Intervals 5 99 Sec IP OS supported Windows Unix Unix like OS Sun Solaris Linux Mac OSX Browser supported Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 0 or above or Netscape or Mozil...

Page 14: ...cs keyboard and mouse and to send special commands to the server You can also perform periodic maintenance of the server Using the Console Redirection Service you are able to do the following I Reboot the system II Watch the boot process III Boot the system from a separate partition to load the diagnostic environment IV Run special diagnostic programs 2 5 When the server is dead Obviously fixing h...

Page 15: ...onsole screen CMOS set up information Power cable detached power supply failure Server remains in power off state after power on command has been given CPU Controller main board failure Power supply is on but there is no video output CPU fan failure By server specific management software RAM failure Boot Sequence on boot console Table 2 1 Host system failures and how they are detected ...

Page 16: ... you want to access DKVM IP8 switch 3 Power down your computer and DKVM IP8 switch 4 Connect the power supply to DKVM IP8 switch 5 Connect the monitor to the DKVM IP8 switch console side 6 Connect the keyboard to the DKVM IP8 switch console side 7 Connect the mouse to the DKVM IP8 switch console side 8 Connect a VGA cable 15 pin HDDB Male Male with the Male side to both of the host computer KVM an...

Page 17: ...en Display 3 Using hotkey commands through the console keyboard It takes approximately 1 2 seconds for the video signal to refresh after switching servers and re synchronization of the mouse and keyboard signals This is normal operation and ensures that proper synchronization is performed at the console and the connected servers When you power on KVM Switch if the security function is enabled defa...

Page 18: ... down 1 8 Bank 01 08Port The first digit is bank number starting with 1 The first KVM Switch on the daisy chain line is bank 1 the Master A standalone KVM Switch is fixed in bank 1 The second and the third digits indicate the port number from 01 to 08 PgUp Back to previous bank PgDn Go to next bank B To enable disable beep sound function L To enable disable the Screen Saving function and 10min aut...

Page 19: ...system can setup one SUPERVISOR and eight USERs SUPERVISOR can access to all OSD functions USER can access to PORT NAME and PORT SEARCH only 2 Status screen after the log in the Status screen will show up to display the current port selection port name Hotkey type and Screen Saving status 3 Port Name this menu displays port status and allows us to switch bank port The Help message is shown on the ...

Page 20: ...pear The superimposed menu screen is generated by the KVM Switch and does not affect your computers or software function in any way Example 2 To switch to Bank 1 Port1 press Caps Lock Caps Lock and 1 0 1 Note Every key needs to press within 2 seconds Caps Lock On Screen Display Menu Caps Lock Space Bar Caps Lock Switch to Bank 1 s Port 1 Caps Lock 1 0 1 ...

Page 21: ... the Status screen disappeared 1 0 1 S Y S T E M 0 1 C a p s L o c k Screen Saving Function The Screen Saving function can be enabled disabled with the hotkey L and default setting is OFF disable When the Screen Saving function is enabled if no input from the console keyboard or mouse over 10 minutes the KVM Switch will turn off the screen display and auto logout and show up Login window asking fo...

Page 22: ... 8 B A N K S E L E C T U S E R S U P E R V I S O R S C A N T I M E 1 0 S E C F W 1 V 3 OSD Function Key Description F1 Go to the main menu F2 To login to the OSD If Security is enabled it will display the Login window waiting for entering username and password If Security is disabled it will display the Status window F3 Go to previous menu Enter Switch to the selected port or Move up or down PgUp ...

Page 23: ... Menu There are eight sub menus under main menu for you to select M A I N M E N U S E L E C T O P T I O N 0 1 L A N G U A G E 0 2 P O R T N A M E E D I T 0 3 P O R T S E A R C H 0 4 U S E R S E C U R I T Y 0 5 A C C E S S L I S T 0 6 H O T K E Y 0 7 T I M E S E T T I N G S 0 8 O S D M O U S E 3 4 4 Language The OSD supports eight languages English French German Italian Spanish Simplified Chinese J...

Page 24: ... T E M 0 7 0 8 S Y S T E M 0 8 The first line bar is Bank number following rows are port name list Use keyboard Up Arrow key Down Arrow key or mouse to select the port you want to edit After select the port you can either press the Enter Key or move the cursor to port name and click left button of mouse to switch the port immediately Press PgUp key or PgDn key for selecting the previous or next Ba...

Page 25: ...S indicates SUPERVISOR and the number 1 8 indicate USERs The maximum length of NAME and PASSWORD is eight characters A Z and 0 9 Press Enter key to start editing You can press Esc key to cancel the editing without any change or press Enter key to save the modification Hint Blank has an underscore while SPACE doesn t have Press any alphanumeric key can move to the next input item SPACE is treated a...

Page 26: ...igits indicate the port number The second block is the server computer name list The third block the last eight digits is the access right of each user Use the Enter key or left button of mouse to active deactivate the access right of each port X indicates the access is restricted and O indicates the access is permitted 3 4 9 Hotkey You can select the conventional key to be the hotkey H O T K E Y ...

Page 27: ...t connect to a computer server will be skipped when scanning The interval range is from 5 to 99 seconds Default interval is 10 seconds Press Enter key to start editing You can press Esc key to cancel the editing without any change or press Enter key to save the modification 3 4 11 OSD Mouse You can change the moving speed of mouse cursor in this sub menu There are three levels of mouse cursor spee...

Page 28: ... jack marked Flash and the DB9F connector to PC s serial DB9 port 3 Power on the KVM Switch The KVM unit will be in Flash mode waiting for firmware to download 4 Double click to launch Firmware Upgrade Utility exe 5 Click Browse button to select the upgrade file Make sure the file you select is the correct version for upgrading 6 Click Write Flash button to start to upgrade The upgrade process tak...

Page 29: ...n the bottom right corner of the PORT NAME OSD window P O R T N A M E B A N K 1 F 1 M E N U 0 1 S Y S T E M 0 1 F 2 L O G O U T 0 2 S Y S T E M 0 2 F 3 P R E V 0 3 S Y S T E M 0 3 E S C Q U I T 0 4 S Y S T E M 0 4 E N T E R C O M P L E T E 0 5 S Y S T E M 0 5 S E L E C T 0 6 S Y S T E M 0 6 0 7 S Y S T E M 0 7 P g U p P g D n 0 8 S Y S T E M 0 8 B A N K S E L E C T U S E R S U P E R V I S O R S C ...

Page 30: ...s 192 168 0 70 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway None Table 4 1 Initial Network Configurations DKVM IP8 Setup Tool If this initial configuration does not meet your local requirements use the setup tool to change the configurations to your needs The setup tool PSetup can be found on the CD ROM delivered with this package You can follow the procedures described below DHCP If you have install...

Page 31: ...ration as None setup IP address Subnet mask and gateway b Enter Super user login and password for Authentication default admin admin c Click Setup Device If super login was authenticated it ll show Successfully configured device Otherwise it ll show Permission Denied ...

Page 32: ...rial console For using serial terminal the DKVM IP8 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 Table 4 2 When configuring with a serial terminal e g Hyper Terminal reset the DKVM IP8 and immediately press the ESC key You will see some device information and a prompt Enter c...

Page 33: ...wo interfaces available for transmitting keyboard and mouse data USB and PS 2 The correct operation of the remote mouse depends on several settings which will be discussed in the following subsections 4 2 1 DKVM IP8 keyboard settings The DKVM IP8 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 DKVM IP8 Web fron...

Page 34: ...stment function to setup the picture and make sure that there are no window at the top left corner of the remote desktop that are able to change the mouse cursor shape from the normal state The Sync mouse button on top of the Remote Console can behave differently depending on the current state of mouse synchronization Usually pressing this button leads to a fast sync except in situations where the...

Page 35: ...rea The local mouse pointer will be hidden and the remote one can be controlled directly To leave this mode it is necessary to define a mouse hotkey in the Remote Console Settings Panel Press this key to free the captured local mouse pointer 4 2 6 Recommended Mouse Settings For the different operating systems we can give the following advice MS Windows 2000 2003 Professional and Server and XP all ...

Page 36: ...der to use the Remote Console window of your managed host system the browser has to come with a Java Runtime Environment version 1 4 2 or above If the browser has no Java support such as on a small handheld device you are still able to maintain your DKVM IP8 using the administration forms displayed by the browser itself For an insecure connection to the DKVM IP8 we can recommend the following brow...

Page 37: ... address or a domain name in the case where you have given your DKVM IP8 a symbolic name in the DNS For instance type the following in the URL field of your browser when establishing an unsecured connection http IP address of DKVM IP8 When using a secure connection type in https IP address of DKVM IP8 This will lead you to the DKVM IP8 login page as shown in Figure 5 2 Figure 5 2 Login screen The ...

Page 38: ... to the DKVM IP8 and to the host system including all possible consequences Warning Your web browser has to accept cookies or else login is not possible Navigation Having logged into the DKVM IP8 successfully the main page of the DKVM IP8 appears see Figure 5 3 This page consists of three parts each of them contains specific information The buttons on the upper side allow you to navigate within th...

Page 39: ... will log you out automatically A click on one of the links will bring you back to the login screen 5 2 2 Logout from the DKVM IP8 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 30 minutes 5 3 The Remote Console The Remote Console is the redirected screen keyboard and mouse of the remote ho...

Page 40: ...available using a proxy server only without NAT being configured the Remote Console is very unlikely to be able to establish the desired 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 appropriate networking environment 5 4 Main Window Starting the Remote Console opens a...

Page 41: ...window on your local window system is just one window among others In order to make keyboard and mouse work your Remote Console window must have the local input focus 5 4 1 Remote Console Control Bar The upper part of the Remote Console window contains a control bar Using its elements you can see the state of the Remote Console and adjust the local Remote Console settings A description for each co...

Page 42: ... Remote Console Options Menu 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 or she can force the Remote Consoles of all other users to close No one can open the Remote Console at the same ti...

Page 43: ...ffers two options for synchronizing the local and the remote mouse cursors Fast Sync The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary but fixed skew Intelligent Sync Use this option if the fast sync does not work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system Warning This method takes more time than the fast one and requires a correctly adjusted picture Use the auto adjustment f...

Page 44: ...Filter defines how DKVM IP8 reacts to small changes in the video input signal Turning on the noise filter can help reduce video flickering that is often caused by distortions as well as lowering unnecessary bandwidth consumption A large filter setting needs less network traffic and leads to a faster video display but small changes in some display regions may not be recognized immediately A small f...

Page 45: ...ment you may try to change this setting together with the sampling phase to achieve a better quality Phase Defines the phase for video sampling used to control the display quality together with the setting for sampling clock Horizontal Position Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in horizontal direction while this option is selected Vertical Position Use the left and right buttons t...

Page 46: ...se where some old video fragments are displayed as not updated in time for some reason for example noise filter for VGA is setting too large Soft Keyboard Figure 5 11 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 Ma...

Page 47: ... CTRL F11 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 the Section called Transmission Encoding in Chapter 6 Compression Level you may select a value between 1 and 9 for the desired compression level with level 1 enabling the fastest compression and level 9 t...

Page 48: ...sferred via network as full quality video snippets Therefore a high amount of bandwidth is required to ensure the quality of the video picture Figure 5 14 Encoding Compression Color Depth set the desired color depth You may select between 8 or 16 bit for Video Optimized compression level 0 or between 1 and 8 bit for compression level 1 to 9 The higher the color depth the more video information has...

Page 49: ... Status line Shows both console and the connection state The size of the remote screen is displayed Figure 5 15 was taken from a Remote Console with a resolution of 800x600 pixels The value in brackets describes the connection to the Remote Console Norm means a standard connection without encryption SSL means a secure connection Figure 5 15 Status line Furthermore both the incoming In and the outg...

Page 50: ...e Control 6 1 1 KVM Console Figure 6 1 KVM Console To open the KVM console either click on the menu entry on the left or on the console picture on the right To refresh the picture click on the button Refresh 6 1 2 Telnet Console Figure 6 2 Telnet Console ...

Page 51: ...of the web interface Once you have successfully logged into the DKVM IP8 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 mode The command line mode is used to control or display some parameters In terminal mode the pass through access to serial port 1 is activated if...

Page 52: ... and select the image file Figure 6 7 Select Image File The maximum image size is limited to 1 44MB For larger image please see section 6 3 2 Click Upload button to upload the chosen image file into the DKVM IP8 s onboard memory This image file is kept in the onboard memory of the DKVM IP8 until the end of the current session as you logged out or initiated a reboot of the DKVM IP8 ...

Page 53: ... Image Use Image on Windows Share SAMBA To include an image from a Windows share select CD ROM from the submenu Figure 6 8 Selecting CD ROM Figure 6 9 Select Windows Share The following information has to be given to mount the image properly ...

Page 54: ... be accessible from the DKVM IP8 The information above has to be given from the point of view of the DKVM IP8 It is important to specify correct IP addresses and device names Otherwise DKVM IP8 may not be able to access the referenced image file Furthermore the specified share has to be configured correctly Therefore administrative permissions are required As a regular user you may not have these ...

Page 55: ...configuration file etc samba smb conf or use the Samba Web Administration Tool SWAT or WebMin to set the correct parameters 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 and Linux To create a floppy image file copy the contents of a floppy to a file You c...

Page 56: ...ux 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 image Adjust both parameters exactly to your needs input device etc MS Windows To create the image file use your favorite CD imaging tool Copy the ...

Page 57: ...DKVM IP8 User Manual 57 104 Figure 6 13 Nero selection dialog ...

Page 58: ... Redirection Please note that Drive Redirection works on a level which is far below the operating system That means that neither the local nor the remote operating system is aware that the drive is currently redirected actually This may lead to inconsistent data as soon as one of the operating systems either from the local machine or from the remote host is writing data on the device If write supp...

Page 59: ...tched off It is not possible to write on a redirected device Click Apply to submit your changes There are two methods of Drive Redirections 1 External Drive Redirection Utility 2 Built in Java Drive Redirection function in Remote Console 6 3 3 1 Driver Redirection Utility Installation Please follow the Drive Redirection Setup Wizard step by step to install the driver from the attached CD ROM ...

Page 60: ... Drive Redirection Setup Drive Redirection Settings Start Drive Redirection Figure 6 16 Drive Redirection dialog Drive to redirect Device This is the address either the DNS name or the IP address of the DKVM IP8 you would like to connect to ...

Page 61: ...ers especially for an USB stick Write Support This feature may be enabled here Write support means that the remote computer is allowed to write on your local drive As you can imagine this is very dangerous If both the remote and the local system try to write data on the same device this will certainly destroy the file system on the drive Please use this only when you exactly know what you are doin...

Page 62: ...if you want to establish the connection anyhow This should not be a serious problem when the note above is respected If the write support is enabled a drive which is not locked might be damaged by the Drive Redirection With the Disconnect button a connection via Drive Redirection connection is stopped Exit Hide If the Exit button is pressed the Drive Redirection software is closed If a Drive Redir...

Page 63: ...DKVM IP8 User Manual 63 104 6 3 3 2 Built in Java Drive Redirection 1 Run Remote Control KVM Console 2 Click Floppy icon ...

Page 64: ...DKVM IP8 User Manual 64 104 3 Click Connect Drive or Connect ISO 4 Select a drive to redirect if Connect Drive ...

Page 65: ...l drive if 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 manager LILO GRUB This case was reported for some Windows versions 2000 XP other OS might not be fully excluded This behavior depends on the BIOS version used in that machine To set this option press the button Apply...

Page 66: ...gement 6 4 1 Change Password Figure 6 18 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 6 4 2 Users and Groups Figure 6 19 Set User ...

Page 67: ...assword above Email address This is optional 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 an regular user Choose the desired role from the selection box To create an user press the button Create The button Modify changes the dis played user settings To delete an user press the button Delete Note The DKVM...

Page 68: ...s will take effect You may change the settings of other users if you have the required privileges Transmission Encoding The Transmission Encoding setting allows changing the image encoding algorithm that is used to transmit the video data to the Remote Console window It is possible to optimize the speed of the remote screen processing depending on the number of users working at the same time and t...

Page 69: ...order to allow a faster transmission of data Therefore compression level 0 no compression uses only 16 Bit color depth At lower bandwidths only 4 Bit 16 colors and 2 Bit 4 gray scales are recommended for typical desktop interfaces Photo like pictures have best results with 4 Bit 16 gray scales 1 Bit color depth black white should only be used for extremely slow network connections Figure 6 21 User...

Page 70: ... to close No one can open the Remote Console at the same time again until this user disables the exclusive access or logs off Mouse hotkey Allows to specify a hotkey combination which starts either the mouse synchronization process if pressed in the Remote Console or is used to leave the single mouse mode Remote Console Button Keys Button Keys allow simulating keystrokes on the remote system that ...

Page 71: ...a correct cabling between the managed host and the managing device If the managed host has no USB keyboard support in the BIOS and you have connected the USB cable only then you will have no remote keyboard access during the boot process of the host If USB and PS 2 are both connected and you selected Auto as host interface then the card will select USB if available or otherwise falls back to PS 2 ...

Page 72: ...In Windows 2000 MacOSX mode the remote mouse is always synchronized with the local mouse Mouse Speed Auto mouse speed Use this option if the mouse settings on host use an additional acceleration setting The DKVM IP8 tries to detect the acceleration and speed of the mouse during the mouse sync process Fixed mouse speed Use a direct translation of mouse movements between the local and the remote poi...

Page 73: ...d immediately A small filter displays all changes instantly but may lead to a constant amount of network traffic even if the display content is not really changing depending on the quality of the video input signal All in all the default setting should be suitable for most situations Force Composite Sync Required for Sun Computers When connecting the device directly to legacy Sun computer with com...

Page 74: ...allows changing network related parameters Each parameter will be explained below Once applied the new network settings will immediately come into effect Figure 6 24 Network Settings Warning The initial IP configuration is usually done directly at the host system using the special procedure described in Table 4 1 ...

Page 75: ...he net mask of the local network Gateway IP address In case the DKVM IP8 should be accessible from networks other than the local one this IP address must be set to the local network router s IP address Primary DNS Server IP Address IP address of the primary Domain Name Server in dot notation This option may be left empty however the DKVM IP8 will not be able to perform name resolution Secondary DN...

Page 76: ...VM IP8 from the setup protocol Setup protocol is a proprietary layer 2 MAC based protocol to allow some configuration software to detect DKVM IP8 devices in the network even without IP address and then config network related settings to DKVM IP8 LAN Interface Settings The Autodetect will set the ethernet speed to the fastest possible value supported by both endpoints of the link For example if you...

Page 77: ...ble Dynamic DNS service www dyndns org can be used in the following scenario see Figure 6 26 Figure 6 26 Dynamic DNS Scenario The DKVM IP8 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 ...

Page 78: ...rding to your needs see below Enable Dynamic DNS This enables the Dynamic DNS service This requires a configured DNS server IP address Dynamic DNS server This is the server name where DKVM IP8 registers itself in regular intervals Currently this is a fixed setting since only dyndns org is supported for now DNS System Choose Dynamic for free DNS service Custom for your own domain Hostname This is t...

Page 79: ...only possible using an HTTPS connection The DKVM IP8 will not listen on the HTTP port for incoming connections In case you want to create your own SSL certificate that is used to identify the DKVM IP8 refer to 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 ...

Page 80: ...nd this you will get unexpected results against your original plan Chain rule The Chain rule determines whether the access from the hosts is allowed or not It can be one of these two values ACCEPT access allowed DROP access not allowed The rule can be configured to apply to a particular Group level All User Super Administrator When the DKVM IP8 receives a TCP packet it will process the packet with...

Page 81: ...DKVM IP8 User Manual 81 104 Users can add a new IP filtering rule by setting the properties at adding line by Append or Insert User can remove a rule by Remove or Delete ...

Page 82: ...certificate that is unique for a particular DKVM IP8 In order to do that the DKVM IP8 is able to generate a new cryptographic key and the associated Certificate Signing Request CSR that needs to be certified by a certification authority CA A certification authority verifies that you are the person who you claim you are and signs and issues a SSL certificate to you The following steps are necessary...

Page 83: ... certificate to the DKVM IP8 using the Upload button as shown in Figure 6 29 Figure 6 29 SSL Certificate Upload Figure 6 30 CSR string After completing these three steps the DKVM IP8 has its own certificate that is used for identifying the card to its clients Warning If you destroy the CSR on the DKVM IP8 there is no way to get it back In case you deleted it by mistake you have to repeat the three...

Page 84: ...is located 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 Note the country code has to be entered in CAPITAL LETTERS Challenge Password Some certification authorities require a challenge password to authorize later changes on the certificate e ...

Page 85: ... Figure 6 31 Authentication DKVM IP8 support internal and external authentication Figure 6 31 Local Authentication internal ROM to store the username and passowrd LDAP the external LDAP server authentication RADIUS the external RADIUS authentication ...

Page 86: ...e DKVM IP8 using a telephone line means nothing else than building up a dedicated point to point connection from your console computer to the DKVM IP8 In other words the DKVM IP8 acts as an Internet Service Provider ISP to which you can dial in The connection is established using the Point to Point Protocol PPP Before you connect to the DKVM IP8 make sure to configure your console computer accordi...

Page 87: ... the DKVM IP8 itself during the PPP handshake Since it is a point to point IP connection virtually every IP address is possible but you must make sure it is not interfering with the IP settings of the DKVM IP8 and your console computer The default value will work in most cases Modem client IP address This IP address will be assigned to your console computer during the PPP handshake Since it is a p...

Page 88: ...ersistent so you have to adjust it again after DKVM IP8 loses power for more than a few minutes To avoid this you can use a NTP timeserver which sets up the internal clock automatically to the current UTC time Because NTP server time is always UTC there is a setting that allows you to set up a static offset to get your local time Warning There is currently no way to adjust the daylight saving time...

Page 89: ...you can choose how many log entries are shown on each page Furthermore you can clear the log file here List logging enabled The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the DKVM IP8 To show the log list click on Event Log on the Maintenance page Since the DKVM IP8 s system memory is used to save all the information the maximum number of possible log list entries is restricted to...

Page 90: ...rder to use this log destination you have to specify a SMTP server that has to be reachable from the DKVM IP8 device and that needs no authentication at all serverip port SNMP Logging enabled If this is activated the DKVM IP8 sends a SNMP trap to a specified destination IP address every time a log event occurs If the receiver requires a community string you can set it in the appropriate text field...

Page 91: ...d console Login failed auth Login succeed auth Warning In contrast to the internal log file on the DKVM IP8 the size of the NFS log file is not limited Every log event will be appended to the end of the file so it grows continuously and you may have to delete it or move it away from time to time ...

Page 92: ...e with certain customized support information like the serial number etc You may send us this information together with a support request It will help us to locate and solve your reported problem Figure 6 36 Connected Users Figure 6 36 displays the DKVM IP8 activity From left to right the connected user s its IP address from which host the user comes from and its activity status is displayed RC me...

Page 93: ...last column contains either the term active for an active user or 30 min idle for an user who is inactive for a certain amount of time 6 7 2 Even log Figure 6 37 Event Log List Figure 6 37 displays the log list including the events that are logged by the DKVM IP8 ...

Page 94: ...n start updating the firmware of your DKVM IP8 the new uncompressed firmware file has to be accessible on the system that you use for connecting to the DKVM IP8 Updating the firmware is a three stage process Firstly the new firmware file is uploaded onto the DKVM IP8 In order to do that you need to select the file on your local system using the button Browse of the Upload Firmware panel Once the f...

Page 95: ...However only experienced staff members or administrators should perform a firmware update Make sure the DKVM IP8 s power supply will not be interrupted 6 7 4 Unit Reset Figure 6 39 Unit Reset This section allows you to reset specific parts of the device This involves the both keyboard and mouse the video engine and the DKVM IP8 itself Resetting the card itself is mainly needed to activate a newly ...

Page 96: ... on Check whether the IP address of DKVM IP8 and all other IP related settings are correct Also verify that all the IP infrastructure of your LAN like routers etc is correctly configured Without a ping functioning DKVM IP8 can t work either Special key combinations e g ALT F2 ALT F3 are intercepted by the console system and not transmitted to the host You have to define a so called Button Key This...

Page 97: ... screen displaying a pinkish tint with some graphic cards please try adjusting the brightness of the remote console by following steps below 1 Click Video Settings in Options menu of the remote console 2 Adjust the Brightness setting until the pinkish tint is reduced or eliminated Does any software require on servers which connect to the DKVM IP8 No the DKVM IP8 is a 100 hardware solution No extra...

Page 98: ...and password can be set on DKVM IP8 The DKVM IP8 accepts 32 letters of username and password How many concurrent user of DKVM IP8 The DKVM IP8 accepts 15 concurrent users How many bits of connection encrypted of DKVM IP8 The DKVM IP8 provides AES 256 bits connection encrypted Local mouse and remote mouse didn t sync after doing mouse Intelligent Sync Please don t put window on left up corner of re...

Page 99: ... a key on a standard 104 key PC keyboard with an US English language mapping The layout for this keyboard is shown in Figure A 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 mapping you are using Some of the keys have aliases also means they can be named by 2 key codes separated by comma...

Page 100: ...T ALT SPACE ALTGR ESCAPE ESC F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PRINTSCREEN SCROLL 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 NUMPADMUL NUMPAD MUL NUMPADMINUS NUMPAD MINUS NUMPADENTER WINDOWS MENU Table A 1 Key Names ...

Page 101: ...these If done so DKVM IP8 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 72 75 85 90 720 x 400 70 85 800 x 600 56 60 70 72 75 85 90 100 832 x 624 75 1024 x 768 60 70 72 75 85 90 1152 x 864 75 1152 x 870 75 1152 x 900 66 1280 x 960 60 1280 x 1024 60 75 1600 x 1200 60 Table B 1 Video mode ...

Page 102: ... Settings x Maintenance Device Information x x x Maintenance Event Log x Maintenance Update Firmware x Maintenance Unit Reset Keyboard Mouse Video Keyboard Mouse Video Keyboard Mouse Video Device Table C 1 User Role Permissions D DKVM IP8 port table Port Protocol Purpose 23 Telnet over TCP Web Telnet client 80 HTTP over TCP Web 443 HTTPS over TCP Web 443 RFB over TCP Remote Console 443 HTTPS over ...

Page 103: ...d Bandwidth Comment Video Optimized Video Optimized 8 bit 3 0 3 3 MB s uncompressed synchronized video data most bandwidth needed Video Optimized high color Video Optimized 16 bit 4 3 5 0 MB s uncompressed synchronized video data most bandwidth needed LAN high color 0 no compression 16 bit 1 0 1 3 MB s uncompressed video data LAN 0 no compression 8 bit 500 700 kb s uncompressed video data DSL 2 8 ...

Page 104: ...DKVM IP8 User Manual 104 104 F Cable diagrams CAT5 5E 6 Straight Through UTP STP Cable ...