8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 8 port / 16 port PS/2 KVM over IP SWITCH USER’S MANUAL Rev 1.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE 1 2. INTRODUCTION 4 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 When the server is up and running When the sever is dead Features Package contents Technical specifications System requirement Cable diagrams Product Details 3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3.1 3.2 Operation Overview Connecting PS/2 IP-KVM SWITCH to the host system 4. CONFIGURATION 4.1 Initial Configuration 4.1.1 Initial configuration via DHCP server 4.1.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 5.5 Main Window 5.5.1 Remote Console Control Bar 5.5.2 Remote Console Status Line 6. MENU OPTIONS 6.1 30 30 36 37 Remote Control 37 6.1.1 KVM Console 6.1.2 Telnet Console 37 37 6.2 User Management 39 6.2.1 Change Password 6.2.2 Users And Groups 39 39 6.3 KVM Settings 40 6.3.1 User Console 6.3.2 Keyboard/Mouse 6.3.3 Video 40 43 44 6.4 Device Settings 6.4.1 6.4.2 6.4.3 6.4.4 6.4.5 6.4.6 6.4.7 6.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 1. The Quick Installation Guide Installation PS/2 IP-KVM switch redirects local keyboard, mouse and video data to a remote administration console. All data is transmitted via IP. PS/2 IP-KVM switch can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well. Besides, PS/2 IP-KVM switch is a KVM switch, which can also be used with a local console.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Use a terminal software (e.g. hyper term or minicom) to connect to PS/2 IP-KVM switch. Reset PS/2 IP-KVM switch and immediately press . You will see some device information and a ’=>’ prompt. Enter the command ’config’ and press . After waiting a few moments you may configure IP auto configuration, IP address, net mask and default gateway. Pressing without entering values does not change settings. The gateway value must be set to 0.0.0.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch switch Video Settings. You can change some values, for instance the brightness 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 the local mouse pointer is not synchronized with the remote mouse pointer, press the Auto Adjust Button once.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 2. Introduction Thank you for purchasing PS/2 IP-KVM switch. PS/2 IP-KVM switch can save your MONEY, TIME, SPACE, EQUIPMENT and POWER. PS/2 IP-KVM switch defines a new class of remote KVM access devices. PS/2 IP-KVM switch combines an 8/16/32-port KVM switch with digital remote KVM access via IP networks and comprehensive system management. PS/2 IP-KVM switch provides convenient; remote KVM access and control via LAN or Internet.
/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Type of failure Detected by Hard disk failure Console screen, CMOS set-up information Power cable detached, power Server remains in power off state after power on supply failure 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. 2.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 2.4 Package contents Model No.: 8 port PS/2 IP-KVM switch Base unit- 8 port PS/2 IP-KVM switch 1 PCS User’s manual 1 PCS Installation software and User Manual on CD-ROM 1 PCS AC to DC Power Adapter 1 PCS Rack Mount Kit 1 SET Daisy Chain Cable 1 PCS 3-in-one cables (One HDDB 15-pin male to one HDDB Optional 15-pin and two Mini Din 6-pin PS/2 cables) Null modem cable 1 PCS Model No.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 2.5 Technical specifications Model No. PC Port Console Port PC Port Connector (All Female Types) Console Port Connector (All Female Types) 8 port PS/2 IP-KVM switch 16 port PS/2 IP-KVM switch 8 16 1 VGA HDDB 15-pin(shared with PS/2 keyboard and Mouse) Storage Temperature -20 ~ 60℃ Humidity Size Weight (kg) Dimension (cm) 0~80%, Non-Condensing 19” Rack Mount / 1RU 2.0kg 19” Rack Mount / 1RU 2.2kg 41(L) X 16.4(W) X 4.6(H) 41(L) X 16.4(W) X 4.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 2.6 System requirement Model No. Local console side Network Side 8 ports PS/2 IP-KVM switch One VGA Monitor One Keyboard One Mouse 10/100Mbps Ethernet or Modem Remote Console side One computer Computer side 8 PCs with 8 3-in-one cables (One HDDB 15-pin male to one HDDB 15-pin and two Mini Din 6-pin PS/2 cables) Model No.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 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.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 3. Hardware installation 3.1 Operation Overview Figure 3.1 shows the connections of PS/2 IP-KVM switch to its host, to peripheral devices, to the power source and to the local area network. Administrator IP Network Administrator 8/16 Servers 8/16 port PS/2 KVM over IP switch Figure 3.1: PS/2 IP-KVM switch usage scenario PS/2 IP-KVM switch redirects local keyboard, mouse, and video data to a remote administration console. All data is transmitted via IP.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Step 3 (Local console) Connect the monitor to the KVM Switch. Using the attached cable, or the one included with your monitor, connect it to the HDDB15-pin female port on the back of the KVM unit labeled with the monitor symbol at the CONSOLE connector. Step 4 Connect the keyboard to the KVM Switch. If you have an AT type keyboard, 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.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Step 7 Double-check all of the connections. You can check the color of keyboard and mouse connector to make sure the keyboard and mouse cables go to the correct ports. Step 8 Repeat step 5 to 7 for the remainder of the computers. Step 9 Connect the Ethernet and/or modem, ISDN, depending how you want to access PS/2 IP-KVM switch. INTERNET Mode The rear side of PS/2 IP-KVM switch provides a RJ-45 connector for Ethernet.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 3.2.1 Connecting the External Reset/Power Option Please refer to the manual of the PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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 printing this manual supported options are: ¾ . Avocent.SPC1 800/1600 ¾ . Sentry In-Line Power Module ¾ .
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 4. Configuration 4.1 Initial Configuration The PS/2 IP-KVM switch's communication interfaces are all based on TCP/IP. It comes pre-configured with the IP configuration listed in Table 4-1. Parameter IP auto configuration IP-Address Net-mask Default-Gateway Value DHCP 255.255.255.0 none Table 4-1. Initial network configuration Warning If the DHCP connection fails on boot up, the PS/2 IP-KVM switch will not have an IP address.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Figure4-1. IP-KVM switch setup tool On the upper left corner, the MAC address of the IP-KVM switch is displayed. To detect the MAC address, manually, press the button “Refresh Devices”. The displayed MAC address is the same MAC address printed on the white sticker placed on the back of the IP-KVM switch. If the IP-KVM switch is connected via USB, it is classified as an USB device and an appropriate drive letter is chosen for this device.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 4.1.2 Initial configuration via serial console Using a serial terminal, the PS/2 IP-KVM switch has a serial line interface (rear 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, reset the PS/2 IP-KVM switch and immediately press the “ESC” key. You will see some device information, and a “=>” prompt.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 4.1.3.1 PS/2 IP-KVM switch keyboard settings The PS/2 IP-KVM switch settings for the host's keyboard type have to be correct in order to make the remote keyboard work properly. Check the settings in the PS/2 IP-KVM switch front-end. See 6.3.3 for details. 4.1.3.2 Remote Mouse Settings A common problem with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mouse cursors. The PS/2 IP-KVM switch addresses this situation with an intelligent synchronization algorithm.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch While the IP-KVM switch works with accelerated mice and is able to synchronize the local with the remote mouse pointer, there are the following limitations, which may prevent this synchronization from working properly: Special Mouse Driver There are mouse drivers which influence the synchronization process and lead to desynchronized mouse pointers. If this happens, make sure you do not use a special vendor-specific mouse driver on your host system.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 5. Usage 5.1 Prerequisites The PS/2 IP-KVM switch features an embedded operating system and applications offering a variety of standardized interfaces. This chapter will describe both these interfaces, and the way to use them in a more detailed manner. The interfaces are accessed using the TCP/IP protocol family, thus they can be accessed using the built-in Ethernet adapter. The following interfaces are supported: HTTP/HTTPS Full access is provided by the embedded web server.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Figure 5-1. The Internet Explorer displaying the encryption key length Newer web browsers do support strong encryption on default. 5.2 Using PS/2 KVM over IP switch as a KVM switch The power on state of 8/16 port PS/2 KVM over IP switch: When you power on KVM switch, it will ask you the password, the default password value is eight zero –“ 00000000 “. Please key in eight zero and enter the same value at retype field.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch please put 16 port IP-KVM switch on the 1st bank ( or say Master bank). It is based on 16 port IP-KVM switch supports 16 port LEDs display on the front panel. Otherwise, 8 port IP-KVM switch is allocated at 1st bank and there is a 16 port IP-KVM switch chained to the slave bank, the master bank (or say 1st bank) is unable to show the PC port LEDs (from port 9 to 16) of 16 port IP-KVM switch completely.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch To select PC port: Scroll Lock + Scroll Lock Scroll Lock + Scroll Lock Scroll Lock + Scroll + Lock Bank No 1~8 + + B + S Port No. 01~08 (8 port) 01~16 (16 port) 01~32 (32 port) + = = = Selected Bank and PC Beeper on local KVM Switch (Note: The default Beeper function is ON and beeper control is only for available for Scan Mode ) Auto Scan To get out of Auto Scan Mode, Press any key or SPACE bar.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch D. Before chaining the slave bank up to six banks, you need a VGA extender between the fifth bank and the sixth bank to enhance the VGA signal. Figure 5-2: Daisy Chain Connection 5.2.2 Hot Plug The KVM Switch supports “Hot Plug“ function for easy addition or removal of PCs. The user can arrange or maintain PCs as follows: a.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch mouse software driver supports the “Hot Plug” function. 5.2.3 On Screen Display Operation 1. OSD menu can be popped up in powered on PC port or non-powered on PC port or empty PC port. The resolution of OSD menu is fixed to 1024X768 for non-powered on PC port or empty PC port. 2. When you pop up the OSD menu window go through the hot key (Scroll Lock + Scroll Lock + space), you will see the following small window on your monitor. a. The 1ST line bar is Bank no. b.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch a. The “OSD: 10 SEC” means that the OSD windows display or PC system name exists 10 sec. on your monitor. You can modify it from 05 sec to 99 sec. The factory default value is 10 sec. b. The “SCAN TIME” means that scan interval from one PC port to next PC port. The default SCAN time is 10 sec and the maximum scan time is 99 sec. c. The “CHANGE PASSWORD” is for user to avoid all PC systems to be intruded by the other person. The default password is 8 digits “00000000“.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch be flashed during the refresh process. When the OSD value back to default setting, the bank seven segment LED on the front panel will stop flashing 5.3 Login into the PS/2 IP-KVM switch and logout 5.3.1 Login into the PS/2 IP-KVM switch Launch your web browser. Direct it to the address of your PS/2 IP-KVM switch, which you configured during the installation process.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Warning Please make sure to change the super user password immediately after you have installed and accessed your PS/2 IP-KVM switch for the first time. Not changing the pass phrase for the super user is a severe security risk and might result in unauthorized access to the PS/2 IP-KVM switch and to the host system including all possible consequences! Warning Your web browser has to accept cookies, or else login is not possible.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Warning If there is no activity for half an hour, the PS/2 IP-KVM switch will log you out, automatically. A click on one of the links will bring you back to the login screen. 5.3.2 Logout from the PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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 half an hour. 5.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 5.5 Main Window Starting the Remote Console opens an additional window. It displays the screen content of your host system. The Remote Console will behave exactly in the same way as if you were sitting directly in front of the screen of your remote system. That means keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way. However, be aware of the fact that the remote system will react to keyboard and mouse actions with a slight delay.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Sync mouse Activates the mouse synchronization process. Choose this option in order to synchronize the local with the remote 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.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch If a user has the appropriate permission, he can force the Remote Consoles of all other users to close. No one can open the Remote Console at the same time again until this user disables the exclusive access, or logs off. A change in the access mode is also visible in the status line (see Figure 5-8). Figure 5-8. Remote Console Exclusive Mode • Scaling Allow you to scale down the Remote Console.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Warning This method takes more time than the fast one and requires a correctly adjusted picture. Use the auto adjustment function 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 saved for the current user and activated the next time this user opens the Remote Console.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch (depending on the quality of the video input signal). All in all the default setting should be suitable for most situations. Video Settings through the remote console Figure 5-11. Video Settings Panel Brightness Controls the brightness of the picture Contrast Controls the contrast of the picture Clock Defines the horizontal frequency for a video line and depends on the video mode. Different video card types may require different values here.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Save changes Save changes permanently Undo Changes Restore last settings Soft Keyboard Figure 5-12. 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. • Mapping Used for choosing the according language and country mapping of the Soft-Keyboard. Figure 5-13.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch • Local Keyboard Used to change the language mapping of your browser machine running the Remote Console Applet. Normally, the applet determines the correct value automatically. However, depending on your particular JVM and your browser settings this is not always possible. A typical example is a German localized system that uses an US-English keyboard mapping. In this case you have to change the Local Keyboard setting to the right language, manually.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 6. Menu Options 6.1 Remote Control 6.1.1 KVM Console Figure 6-1. KVM Console To open the KVM console, either clicks on the menu entry on the left, 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 PS/2 IP-KVM switch firmware features a Telnet server that enables a user to connect via a standard Telnet client.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch terminal or an according emulation, it is even possible to perform a console redirection as long as the PS/2 IP-KVM switch host machine is using a text mode screen resolution. Connecting to the PS/2 IP-KVM switch is done as usual and as required by the Telnet client, for instance in a UNIX shell: telnet 192.168.1.22 Replace the IP address by the one that is actually assigned to the PS/2 IP-KVM switch. This will prompt for username and password in order to log into the device.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 6.2 User Management 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. 6.2.2 Users And Groups Figure 6-13.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch The PS/2 IP-KVM switch comes with 2 pre-configured user accounts that have fixed permissions. The account super has all possible rights to configure the device and to use all functions PS/2 IP-KVM switch offers. The account “user” has only the permission to open and use the Remote Console. Even his user name and password can only be changed by the super account. Upon delivery, both accounts have the password pass.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch User select box This selection box displays the user ID for which the values are shown and for which the changes will take effect. You may change the settings of other users if you have the necessary access rights. 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.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Remote Console Type Specifies, which Remote Console Viewer to use. Default Java-VM Uses the default Java Virtual Machine of your Browser. This may be the Microsoft JVM for the 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 the web browser of your administration system to use the JVM of Sun Microsystems.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch [confirm] [+|-[*]]* “confirm” requests confirmation by a dialog box before the key strokes will be sent to the remote host. “keycode” is the key to be sent. Multiple key codes can be concatenated with a plus, or a minus sign. The plus sign builds key combinations, all keys will be pressed until a minus sign or the end of the combination is encountered. In this case all pressed keys will be released in reversed sequence.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch PS/2 Keyboard Model Enables a certain keyboard layout. You can choose between “Generic 101-Key PC” for a standard keyboard layout, “Generic 104-Key PC” for a standard keyboard layout extendend by three additional windows keys, “Generic 106-Key PC” for a japanese keyboard, and “Apple Macintosh” for the Apple Macintosh. USB Mouse Type Enables USB mouse type.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch display, but small changes in some display regions may not be recognized 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.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch IP auto configuration With this option you can control if the PS/2 IP-KVM switch should fetch its network settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server. For DHCP, select “dhcp” , and for BOOTP select “bootp” accordingly. If you choose“none” then IP auto configuration is disabled. IP address IP address in the usual dot notation. Subnet Mask The net mask of the local network.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 6.4.2 Dynamic DNS Figure 6-20. Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service (dyndns.org) can be used in the following scenario (see Figure 6-21): Figure 6-21. Dynamic DNS Scenario The PS/2 IP-KVM switch is reachable via the IP address of the DSL router, which is dynamically assigned by the provider.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch together with the hostname is needed in order to determine the IP address of the registered PS/2 IP-KVM switch. You have to perform the following steps in order to enable Dynamic DNS: • Make sure that the LAN interface of the PS/2 IP-KVM switch is properly configured. • Enter the Dynamic DNS Settings configuration dialog as shown in Figure 6-20. • Enable Dynamic DNS and change the settings according to your needs (see below).
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 6.4.3 Security Figure 6-22. Device Security Force HTTPS If this option is enabled access to the web front-end is only possible using an HTTPS connection. The PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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 PS/2 IP-KVM switch refer to the Section called Certificate. KVM encryption This option controls the encryption of the RFB protocol.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 6.4.4 Certificate Figure 6-23. Certificate Settings The PS/2 IP-KVM switch uses the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol for any encrypted network traffic between itself and a connected client. During the connection establishment the PS/2 IP-KVM switch has to expose its identity to a client using a cryptographic certificate.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Figure 6-24. SSL Certificate Upload After completing these three steps, the PS/2 IP-KVM switch has its own certificate that is used for identifying the card to its clients. Warning If you destroy the CSR on the PS/2 IP-KVM switch there is no way to get it back! In case you deleted it by mistake, you have to repeat the three steps as described above.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 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. Challenge Password Some certification authorities require a challenge password to authorize later changes on the certificate (e.g. revocation of the certificate). The minimal length of this password is 4 characters.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Configuration or console login Do not use the serial port for any special function, use it only for the initial configuration (see Table 4-1). Modem The PS/2 IP-KVM switch offers remote access using a telephone line in addition to the standard access over the built-in Ethernet adapter. The modem needs to be connected to the serial interface of the PS/2 IP-KVM switch .
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Passthrough access to serial port via Telnet Using this option, it is possible to connect an arbitrary device to the serial port and access it (assuming it provides terminal support) via Telnet. Select the appropriate options for the serial port and use the Telnet Console, or a standard Telnet client to connect to the PS/2 IP-KVM switch .
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 6.4.7 Event Log Figure 6-29. Event Log Important events like a login failure or a firmware update are logged to a selection of logging destinations (see Figure 6-29). Each of those events belongs to an event group, which can be activated separately. The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the PS/2 IP-KVM switch. To show the log list, click on “Event Log” on the “Maintenance” page.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch the NFS share will be mounted immediately. That means, the NFS share and the NFS server must be filled with valid sources or you will get an error message. SMTP Logging enabled With this option, the PS/2 IP-KVM switch is able to send Emails to an address given by the Email address text field in the Event Log Settings. These mails contain the same description strings as the internal log file and the mail subject is filled with the event group of the occurred log event.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 6.5 Maintenance 6.5.1 Device Information Figure 6-31. Device Information Board Summary This section contains a summary with various information about this IP-KVM and it’s current firmware and allows 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 file with certain customized support information like the serial number etc.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Figure 6-32 displays the IP-KVM 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 means that the Remote Console is open. If the Remote Console is opened in exclusive mode the term (exclusive mode) is added. For more information about this option see the Section called Remote Console Control Bar in Chapter 5.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 6.5.3 Update Firmware Figure 6-33. Update Firmware The PS/2 IP-KVM switch is a complete standalone computer. The software it runs is called the firmware. The firmware of the PS/2 IP-KVM switch can be updated remotely in order to install new functionality or special features. A new firmware update is a binary file which will be sent to you by email or which you can download from the supplier web site. If the firmware file is compressed (file suffix .
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Warning This process is not reversible and might take some minutes. Make sure the PS/2 IP-KVM switch 's power supply will not be interrupted during the update process, because this may cause an unusable card. • Thirdly, after the firmware has been stored, the panel will request you to reset the PS/2 IP-KVM switch manually. Half a minute after the reset, the PS/2 IP-KVM switch will run with the new firmware version and should be accessible.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch IP-KVM functionality click on the button Reset as displayed in Figure 6-34. Warning 1. Only the super user is allowed to reset the IP-KVM. 2. Virtual Media function is not available for 8/16 port PS/2 KVM over IP switch. 7. Troubleshooting 1. Ensure that all cables are well seated. Label all of cables with the number for each respective computer to avoid confusion. 2. The recommended VGA cable of PC port distance is 5 meters maximum without ghosting and degradation.
8/16 PS/2 KVM over IP switch configured to accept cookies. 12. The Remote Console window can’t connect to PS/2 IP-KVM switch. Possibly a firewall prevents access to the Remote Console. Make sure the TCP port numbers 443 or 80 are open for incoming TCP connection establishments. 13. No connection can be established to PS/2 IP-KVM switch. Check whether the network connection is working in general (ping the IP address of PS/2 IP-KVM switch). If not, check network hardware.
Single port PS/2 KVM over IP A. Pin Assignments A.1 VGA HD-15 A.
Single port PS/2 KVM over IP A.3 RJ 45 Connector ISDN A.4 Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 1 A.
Single port PS/2 KVM over IP B. Key Codes Table C.1 shows the key codes used to defines keystrokes or hotkeys for several functions. Please note that these key codes do not represent necessarily key characters that are used on international keyboards. They name a key on a standard 104 key PC keyboard with an US English language mapping. The layout for this keyboard is shown in Figure C.1.
Single port PS/2 KVM over IP 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 B.
Single port PS/2 KVM over IP C. Video Modes Table B.1 lists the video modes PS/2 IP-KVM switch supports. Please don’t use other custom video settings besides of these. If done so, PS/2 IP-KVM switch may not be able to detect them.
