Lindy 39405, User Manual

Page 1: ...LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED LINDY ELEKTRONIK GMBH FIRST EDITION April 2005 CPU IP Access Switch Lite User Manual English LINDY No 39405 www lindy com...

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Page 3: ...6 3 CONFIGURATION 7 3 1 Initial Configuration via a DHCP Server 7 3 2 Initial Configuration via a Serial Console 7 3 3 IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE Setup Tool 8 3 3 1 MAC Address Detection 8 3 3 2 Authentica...

Page 4: ...3 User Management 33 5 3 1 Change Password 33 5 3 2 Users Groups 33 5 4 KVM Settings 35 5 4 1 User Console 35 5 4 2 Keyboard Mouse 38 5 4 3 Video 39 5 5 Device Settings 40 5 5 1 Network 40 5 5 2 Dynam...

Page 5: ...ide the keyboard and mouse signals to and from a remote computer The IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE provides a non intrusive solution for remote access and control Remote access and control software runs on it...

Page 6: ...e High performance mouse tracking and synchronisation User console port for direct access to KVM switch Local mouse suppression only when using SUN s Java Virtual Machine Can be used with any standard...

Page 7: ...SE T Ethernet uses Category 3 4 5 5E 6 UTP 100BASE T Ethernet uses Category 5 5E 6 UTP Keyboard Emulation PS 2 Mouse Emulation PS 2 VGA Resolution Local 1600 x 1200 Remote 1280 x 1024 Housing Metal Po...

Page 8: ...the TCP IP protocol Administrator Client IP Network IP Access Switch Lite Server Host Controlling a single computer The IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE can be used in a multi administrator and multi server env...

Page 9: ...If you want to use the remote mass storage control feature use the supplied USB A B cable to connect the USB port on the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE to a USB port on the host system 2 2 2 Console Connectio...

Page 10: ...5 or 6 UTP cabling To establish a 100Mbps connection the cable must be connected to a 100Base TX hub 2 2 4 Connecting the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE to a KVM switch To connect the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE to...

Page 11: ...found on the supplied CD ROM Follow the procedure described on the next page Section 3 3 3 2 Initial Configuration via a Serial Console The IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE has a serial line interface host side...

Page 12: ...ACCESS SWITCH LITE is displayed To detect the MAC address press the Refresh Devices button The displayed MAC address is the same as that printed on the sticker on the base of the unit On the lower ri...

Page 13: ...r the super user To close the window and accept the changes press the OK button otherwise press the Cancel button 3 3 3 IP Auto Configuration With this option you can specify whether the IP ACCESS SWI...

Page 14: ...rect a temporary but fixed skew Choose this option using the Remote Console options menu or by pressing the mouse synchronization hotkey sequence ALT F12 Intelligent Sync If the fast sync does not wor...

Page 15: ...llpaper Alternatively you could also disable the Active Desktop completely Navigate your mouse pointer into the upper left corner of the applet screen and move it back and forth slightly In this way t...

Page 16: ...just the mouse settings either via xset m 1 or use the CDE Control Panel to set the mouse to 1 1 no acceleration As an alternative you may also use the Single Mouse Mode MAC OS X We recommend using th...

Page 17: ...rface This is covered extensively in this section Other interfaces are addressed in the relevant subsections In order to use the Remote Console window of your managed host system the browser must feat...

Page 18: ...l lead you to the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE login page as shown below The IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE has a built in super user account that has all the permissions enabled to administrate your IP ACCESS SWITCH...

Page 19: ...allows you to switch between the different sections of the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE Within the main area task specific information is displayed Return to the main page of the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE Logou...

Page 20: ...environment and your connection to the Internet is available using a proxy server only without NAT being configured the Remote Console is very unlikely to be able to establish a connection This is bec...

Page 21: ...ents you can see the state of the Remote Console and influence the local Remote Console settings A description for each control follows Ctrl Alt Delete Sends the Control Alt Delete key combination to...

Page 22: ...n or the manual correction in the Video Settings panel to setup the picture Local Cursor Offers a list of different cursor shapes to choose from for the local mouse pointer The selected shape will be...

Page 23: ...bad after auto adjustment you may 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 togeth...

Page 24: ...Normally the applet determines the correct value automatically However depending on your particular KVM and your browser settings this is not always possible A typical example is a German localized s...

Page 25: ...ue in brackets describes the connection to the Remote Console Norm means a standard connection without encryption SSL indicates a secure connection Furthermore both the incoming In and the outgoing Ou...

Page 26: ...5 1 1 KVM Console To open the KVM console click either the menu entry on the left or on the console picture on the right To refresh the picture click on the Refresh button For the Remote Power settin...

Page 27: ...sername and password in order to log into the device The credentials that need to be entered for authentication are identical to those of the web interface That means the user management of the Telnet...

Page 28: ...list of possible commands Cls Clears the screen Quit Exits the current session and disconnects from the client Version Displays the release information Terminal Starts the terminal pass through mode...

Page 29: ...H LITE s built in memory 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 Linux To create...

Page 30: ...P ACCESS SWITCH LITE Uploading a Floppy Image Click the Browse button and navigate to the location of the image file then click the Upload button After the image has uploaded you will see the dialog b...

Page 31: ...ike 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 Linux To create a CDROM image file copy the contents of...

Page 32: ...on the folder and select the option Sharing and Security Select Share this folder and ensure the Share Name is set to Test Click Permissions to set permissions for users who access this folder accord...

Page 33: ...is is the virtual drive you have just set up You can access the uploaded CD image as though it were a regular CD Click Unset to remove the image SAMBA If you would like to access the share via SAMBA S...

Page 34: ...t of the KVM Vision Viewer application included on the supplied CD 1 To set up Drive Redirection first install KVM Vision Viewer After installation launch the application 2 Click on the Search for new...

Page 35: ...will be asked to input your user name default is super and password default is pass 4 Continue with the Wizard until the device is correctly configured Once the configuration is complete select Redir...

Page 36: ...s only possible with Windows 2000 and later versions 2 Drive Redirection works on a low SCSI level The SCSI protocol cannot recognize partitions therefore the whole drive selected will be shared inste...

Page 37: ...5 3 User Management 5 3 1 Change Password To change your password enter the new password in the upper entry field Retype the password in the lower field Click Apply to submit your changes 33...

Page 38: ...passwords as soon as you have installed and accessed the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE for the first time While the user account never sees the following options the super account can change the name and pass...

Page 39: ...emote Console window It is possible to optimize the speed of the remote screen depending on the number of users working at the same time and the bandwidth of the connection line Modem ISDN DSL LAN etc...

Page 40: ...r Browser This may be the Microsoft JVM for Internet Explorer or the Sun JVM if it is configured this way Use of the Sun JVM may also be forced see below Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plugin Instructs...

Page 41: ...okes on the remote system that cannot be generated locally The reason for this might be a missing key or the fact that the local operating system of the Remote Console is unconditionally catching this...

Page 42: ...to PS 2 To enable USB remote keyboard access during the boot process of the host the following conditions must be fulfilled the host BIOS must have USB keyboard support the USB cable must be connected...

Page 43: ...k on the Apply button 5 4 3 Video Miscellaneous Video Settings Noise filter This option defines how the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE reacts to small changes in the video input signal A large filter setting n...

Page 44: ...ou change the settings remotely make sure that all the values are correct and you still have an option to access the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE IP auto configuration With this option you can control if the...

Page 45: ...ening If left empty the default value will be used HTTP port Port number at which the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE s HTTP server is listening If left empty the default value will be used Telnet port Port num...

Page 46: ...d pick up the same IP address belonging to his device The administrator has to register an IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE that is supposed to take part in the service with the Dynamic DNS Server and assign a c...

Page 47: ...yndns org not just the actual hostname Username You have registered this username during your manual registration with the Dynamic DNS Server Spaces are not allowed in the nickname Password The passwo...

Page 48: ...e on page 45 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 s machine and the keyboard a...

Page 49: ...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 pe...

Page 50: ...differ the browser will pop up a security warning when the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE is accessed using HTTPS Organizational unit This field is used for specifying to which department within an organizatio...

Page 51: ...a contact person that is responsible for the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE and its security Key length This is the length of the generated key in bits 1024 bits are sufficient for most cases Longer keys may r...

Page 52: ...ther words the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE 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 IP...

Page 53: ...dress is possible but you must make sure it is not interfering with the IP settings of the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE and your console computer The default value will work in most cases Modem client IP add...

Page 54: ...wn for more than a few minutes To avoid this you can use an NTP timeserver which sets up the internal clock automatically to the current UTC time Because the NTP server time is always UTC there is a s...

Page 55: ...ts Every entry that exceeds this limit overrides the oldest one Note If the reset button on the HTML front end is used to restart the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE all logging information is saved permanently...

Page 56: ...SWITCH LITE sends an 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 Most of the...

Page 57: ...LINDY technical support It may help us solve any problems Connected Users The example below displays the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE activity From left to right the connected user s its IP address from whic...

Page 58: ...the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE 5 6 3 Update Firmware The IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE is a complete standalone computer The software it runs is called the firmware The firmware of the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE can be...

Page 59: ...re and the version number of the uploaded firmware Pressing the Update button will replace the old version with the new one Note This process is not reversible and may take some minutes Make sure the...

Page 60: ...y updated firmware It will close all current connections to the administration console and to the Remote Console The whole process will take about half a minute Resetting sub devices e g the video eng...

Page 61: ...st version of Java Virtual Machine Q 005 No connection can be established to the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE A 005 Check whether the network connection is working in general ping the IP address of IP ACCESS...

Page 62: ...certificate 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 checkbo...

Page 63: ...age mapping Key and aliases 0 9 A Z TILDE MINUS EQUALS LESS SLASH BACK SPACE TAB ENTER CAPS LOCK BACK SLASH LSHIFT SHIFT RCTRL RSHIFT LCTRL CTRL LALT ALT SPACE ALTGR ESCAPE ESC F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8...

Page 64: ...keys and other alphanumeric keys used for hotkey purposes in application programs are in an identical position no matter what language mapping you are using Some of the keys have aliases also they can...

Page 65: ...ttings the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE 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 7...

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Page 67: ...erates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equi...