Single port KVM over IP switch Single Port KVM over IP SWITCH Preliminary USER’S MANUAL Rev 1.
Single port KVM over IP switch TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 When the sever is up and running When the server is dead Features Package contents Technical specifications System requirement Cable diagrams 3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Operation overview Connecting IP- KVM to the host system Connecting IP- KVM to multi-port KVM switch Connecting External Reset/Power option 4. CONFIGURATION 4.1 Initial Configuration 4.1.
Single port KVM over IP switch 6. MENU OPTIONS 6.1 Remote Control 6.1.1 KVM Console 6.1.2 Remote Power 6.1.3 Telnet Console 6.2 Virtual Media 6.2.1 Floppy Disk 6.2.2 CD ROM 6.3 User Management 6.3.1 Change Password 6.3.2 Users And Groups 6.4 KVM Settings 6.4.1 6.4.2 6.4.3 6.4.4 6.5 Device Settings 6.5.1 6.5.2 6.5.3 6.5.4 6.5.5 6.5.6 6.5.7 6.6 User Console Power Control Keyboard/Mouse Video Network Dynamic DNS Security Certificate Serial Port Date And Time Event Log Maintenance 6.6.1 6.6.
Single port KVM over IP switch 1. The quick installation guide Installation IP-KVM switch redirects local keyboard, mouse and video data to a remote administration console. All data is transmitted via IP. IP-KVM switch can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well. Besides this, IP-KVM switch is a KVM switch, which can also be used with a local console.
Single port KVM over IP switch Parameter IP auto configuration IP-Address Net-mask Default-Gateway Value DHCP 192.168.1.22 255.255.255.0 none Table 1-1: Initial configuration If this initial configuration doesn’t meet your local requirements, you need to do the initial IP configuration. Use one of the following ways: 1. Connect the enclosed NULL modem cable to the serial interface on the rear side.
Single port KVM over IP switch keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way. Open the console by choosing the appropriate link in the navigation frame of the HTML fronted. Figure 1-2 shows the top of the Remote Console.
Single port KVM over IP switch 2. Introduction Thank you for purchasing IP-KVM switch. IP-KVM switch can save your MONEY, TIME, SPACE, EQUIPMENT and POWER. IP-KVM switch defines a new class of remote KVM access devices. IP-KVM switch defines a new class of remote KVM access devices. IP-KVM switch combines digital remote KVM access via IP networks with comprehensive and integrated system management. IP-KVM switch owes a convenient, remote KVM access and control via LAN or Internet.
Single port KVM over IP switch Type of failure Hard disk failure Power cable detached, power supply failure CPU Controller, main board failure. CPU fan failure RAM failure Detected by Console screen, CMOS set-up information Server remains in power on state after power on command has been given. Power supply is on, but there is no video output. By server specific management software Boot-Sequence on boot console Table 2-1:Host system failures and how they are detected. 2.3.
Single port KVM over IP switch 2.5. Technical specifications Model No.
Single port KVM over IP switch 2.7. Cable diagrams PS/2 Cable: Mini Din 6 pin Male to Male VGA Cable: HDB15 pin Male to Male USB 2.
Single port KVM over IP switch 3. Hardware installation 3.1 Operation Overview Figure 3-1 shows the connections of IP-KVM switch to its host, to peripheral devices, to the power source and to the local area network. Single port IP-KVM KVM PC IP Network Administrator Figure 3-1.a: IP-KVM switch usage scenario Single port IP-KVM KVM 8/16 PS/2 IP Network KVM Switch 8/16 Administrator Figure 3-1.
Single port KVM over IP switch Step 2 Connect the monitor to the IP-KVM switch console side. Step 3 Connect the keyboard to the IP-KVM switch console side. Step 4 Connect the mouse to the IP-KVM switch console side. Step 5 Connect a VGA cable (15-pin HDDB Male / Male) with the Male side to both of the PC and the host of the IP-KVM switch. Step 6 Connect one end to the PS/2 mouse port on the computer, and the other end to the host PS/2 mouse port on the IP-KVM switch.
Single port KVM over IP switch Step 8 (Option) Connect the USB jack to the USB socket of the host system while using remote mass storage control. Step 8 Connect Ethernet and/or modem, depending how you want to access IP-KVM switch INTERNET Modem 3.2.1 Connecting Ethernet The rear side of IP-KVM switch provides a RJ-45 connector for Ethernet. The connector is used either for a 100 Mbps 100BASE-TX connection or for a 10 Mbps 10BASE-T connection.
Single port KVM over IP switch 3.3 Connecting IP-KVM switch to the Multi-port KVM Switch system usage scenario 3.4 Connecting the External Reset/Power Option Please refer to the manual of the IP-KVM 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 IP-KVM switch. By the date of printing this manual supported options are: . Avocent.
Single port KVM over IP switch 4. Configuration 4.1 Initial Configuration The 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 IP-KVM switch will not have an IP address.
Single port 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.
Single port KVM over IP switch When configuring with a serial terminal, reset the IP-KVM switch and immediately press the “ ESC ” key. You will see some device information, and a “ => ” prompt. Enter “ config ” , press “ Enter ” and wait for a few seconds for the configuration questions to appear. Parameter Bits/second Data bits Parity Stop bits Flow Control Value 115200 8 No 1 None Table 4-2. Serial line parameters As you proceed, the following questions will appear on the screen.
Single port KVM over IP switch 4.1.3.2 Remote Mouse Settings A common problem with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mouse cursors. The IP-KVM switch addresses this situation with an intelligent synchronization algorithm. There are two mouse modes available on the IP-KVM switch . Auto mouse speed The automatic mouse speed mode tries to detect the speed and acceleration settings of the host system automatically. See the section below for a more detailed explanation.
Single port KVM over IP switch 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 Windows XP Mouse Settings Windows XP knows a setting named “ improve mouse acceleration ” , which has to be deactivated Active Desktop If the Active Desktop feature of Microsoft Windows is enabled do not use a plain background. Instead, use some kind of wallpaper.
Single port KVM over IP switch 5. Usage 5.1 Prerequisites The 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.
Single port 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 Login into the IP-KVM switch and logout 5.2.1 Login into the IP-KVM switch Launch your web browser. Direct it to the address of your IP-KVM switch, which you configured during the installation process.
Single port KVM over IP switch The IP-KVM switch has a built-in super user that has all permissions to administrate your IP-KVM switch: Login name super (factory default) Password pass (factory default) Table 5-1. Standard user settings Warning The user “ super ” is not allowed to login via the serial interface of the IP-KVM switch. Warning Please make sure to change the super user password immediately after you have installed and accessed your IP-KVM switch for the first time.
Single port KVM over IP switch Return to the main page of the IP-KVM switch . Open the IP-KVM switch remote console. Exit from the IP-KVM switch front end. Table 5-2. Buttons from the front end Warning If there is no activity for half an hour, the IP-KVM switch 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 IP-KVM switch This link logs out the current user and presents a new login screen.
Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-4. Remote Console The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to establish its own TCP connection to the 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 number 443. Your local network environment has to allow this connection to be made, i.e.
Single port KVM over IP switch such problems by adjusting the keyboard of your remote system 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 initially and after the screen resolution of the remote screen has been changed. However, you can always resize the Remote Console window in your local window system as usual.
Single port KVM over IP switch Options To open the Options menu, click on the button “ Options ”. Figure 5-6. 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 can force the Remote Consoles of all other users to close.
Single port KVM over IP switch • Scaling Allows 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 5-8. Remote Console Options Menu:Scaling • Mouse Handling The submenu for mouse handling offers two options for synchronizing the local and the remote mouse pointer . Fast Sync -The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary, but fixed skew.
Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-9. Remote Console Options Menu:Cursor • Video Settings Opens a panel for changing the IP-KVM switch video settings. IP-KVM switch features two different dialogs, which influence the video settings. Video Settings through the HTML-Frontend To enable local video port, select this option. This option decides if the local video output of IP-KVM switch is active and passing through the incoming signal from the host system.
Single port KVM over IP switch 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. The default settings in conjuction with the auto adjustment procedure should be adequate for all common configurations.
Single port KVM over IP switch Reset all Modes Reset all settings to the factory-made defaults. 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.
Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-13. Soft Keyboard Mapping • 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.
Single port KVM over IP switch 5.4.2 Remote Console Status Line Status line Shows both console and the connection state. The size of the remote screen is displayed. Figure 4-15 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 ” indicates means a secure connection. Figure 5-15.
Single port KVM over IP switch 5.5 Remote mass storage control 5.5.1 Driver Installation Please follow the KVM Vision Viewer Setup Wizard step by step to install the driver from the attached CD ROM. Figure 5-17.
Single port KVM over IP switch 5.5.2 Create a New Device 5.5.2.1 Start KVM Vision Viewer 5.5.2.2 Click on “Device” and select “New Device” to create a new device Figure 5-17. Create a new Device Figure 5-17. Device Configuration dialog Device Name: Enter a name to your device. Network Address: Enter an IP address the IP-KVM switch uses. Authentication Port: This is a fixed number “443”. Username: The factory default Username is “super” Password: The factory default Password is “pass”.
Single port KVM over IP switch 5.5.2.3 Click Ok, the new device will be added as below, Figure 5-18. New Device 5.5.3 Drive Redirection Settings 5.5.3.1 Move the cursor to the new device that has been created. 5.5.3.2 Click on “Device” then select “Drive Redirection” and “Redirect local drive”. Figure 5-19.
Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 5-20. Drive Redirection dialog Drive to redirect Select the local drive you want to share with the remote computer, which could be Floppy disc, CD-ROMs, USB-Sticks and hard drives. Port: This is a fixed number “443”. Warning Please be cautious that if “Allow Write Support” is selected, all data on the shred media might be destroyed. Device Authentication The factory default Username is “super” and the default Password is “pass”. 5.5.3.
Single port 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 Remote Power The power button is the representation of the ATX power button on your host system. It is used to switch on and off the power supply.
Single port KVM over IP switch Please note that after you have pressed this button the power state displayed in the administration panel will not immediately reflect the requested change. A controlled shut down of the system may take some minutes. You can observe the action caused by your button press using the Remote Console window or by reloading the Server Power Control panel. Long Press This will unconditionally power off the system.
Single port KVM over IP switch Connecting to the 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 IP-KVM switch. This will prompt for username 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.
Single port KVM over IP switch 6.2 Virtual Media 6.2.1 Floppy Disk Figure 6-3. Virtual Floppy Area Upload a Floppy Image Within two small steps working on the basis of a certain (floppy) image can be achieved. • First, the path of the image has to be specified. You can do that either by hand, or by using the file selection dialog of your web browser. To open the file selection dialog, click on the button “ Browse ” and select the desired image file. Figure 6-4.
Single port KVM over IP switch Options Figure 6-5. USB mass storage option Set this option to disable the mass storage emulation (and hide the virtual 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.
Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 6-7. Select Windows Share The following information has to be given to mount the image properly: Share host The server name, or its IP address. Share name The name of the share to be used. Path to image The path of the image file on the share. User (optional) If necessary, specify the user name for the share named before. If unspecified, and a guest account is activated, this guest account information will be used as your login.
Single port KVM over IP switch Figure 6-8. Explorer context menu Select “ Sharing ” to open the configuration dialog. Figure 6-9. Share configuration dialog Adjust the settings for the selected directory. • Activate the selected directory as a share. Select “ Sharing this folder ”. • Choose an appropriate name for the share. You may also add a short description for this folder (input field “ Comment ”). • If necessary, adjust the permissions (button “ permissions ”).
Single port KVM over IP switch UNIX and UNIX-like OS (UNIX, Solaris, Linux) If you like to access the share via SAMBA, SAMBA has to be set up properly. You may either edit the SAMBA configuration file /etc/samba/smb.conf , or use the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) or WebMin to set the correct parameters. For additional options see the Section called Options for details. Creating an Image Floppy Images UNIX and UNIX-like OS To create an image file, make use of “dd”.
Single port KVM over IP switch CD ROM/ISO 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, Linux). 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 .
Single port KVM over IP switch 6.3 User Management 6.3.1 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.
Single port KVM over IP switch 6.3.2 Users And Groups Figure 6-13. Set User The 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 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.
Single port KVM over IP switch Confirm password Confirmation of the password above. 6.4 KVM Settings 6.4.1 User Console The following settings are user specific. That means, the super user can customize these settings for every users separately. Changing the settings for one user does not affect the settings for the other users. Figure 6-14. User Console Settings (Part 1) User select box This selection box displays the user ID for which the values are shown and for which the changes will take effect.
Single port KVM over IP switch Pre-configured The pre-configured settings deliver the best result because 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 compression rate the data stream between the IP-KVM switch and the Remote Console will be compressed in order to save bandwidth.
Single port KVM over IP switch Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plugin Instructs the web browser of your administration system to use the JVM of Sun Microsystems. The JVM in the browser is used to run the code for the Remote Console window, which is actually a Java Applet. If you check this box for the first time on your administration system and the appropriate Java plug-in is not already installed on your system, it will be downloaded and installed automatically.
Single port KVM over IP switch “ 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. So the minus sign builds single, separate keypresses and -releases.
Single port KVM over IP switch 6.4.3 Keyboard/Mouse Figure 6-17. Keyboard and Mouse Settings Host Interface Enables a certain interface the mouse is connected to. You can choose between “ Auto ” for automatic detection, “ USB ” for an USB mouse, and “ PS/2 ” for a PS/2 mouse. Warning To use the USB and/or PS/2 interface you need a correct cabling between the managed host and the managing device.
Single port KVM over IP switch Linux, or OS X. In “ MS Windows 2000 or newer ” 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 IP-KVM switch 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 pointer.
Single port KVM over IP switch • Force Composite Sync (Required for Sun Computers) To support signal transmission from a Sun machine, enable this option. If not enabled the picture of the remote console will not be visible. To set the options, click on the button “ Apply ” . 6.5 Device Settings 6.5.1 Network The Network Settings panel as shown in Figure 6-19 allows changing network related parameters. Each parameter will be explained below.
Single port KVM over IP switch Subnet Mask The net mask of the local network. Gateway IP address In case the IP-KVM switch 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 IP-KVM switch will not be able to perform name resolution.
Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.2 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 IP-KVM switch is reachable via the IP address of the DSL router, which is dynamically assigned by the provider.
Single port KVM over IP switch The administrator has to register an IP-KVM switch that is supposed to take part in the service with the Dynamic DNS Server and assign a certain hostname to it. He will get a nickname and a password in return to the registration process. This account information together with the hostname is needed in order to determine the IP address of the registered IP-KVM switch.
Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.3 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 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 IP-KVM switch refer to the Section called Certificate . KVM encryption This option controls the encryption of the RFB protocol.
Single port KVM over IP switch Default policy This option controls what to do with arriving IP packets that do not match any of the configured rules. They can be accepted or dropped.
Single port KVM over IP switch Anti Brute Force Setting The Anti Brute Force user blocking mechanism allows disabling the login of a certain user if his password was entered incorrectly for a specific number of times. The duration of the blocking is also configurable. Maximum number of failed logins Enter the maximum number of failed login attempts after which it should not be possible for this user to login anymore. Leave this field empty to disable the user blocking feature.
Single port KVM over IP switch delivery, this certificate and the underlying secret key is the same for all IP-KVM switch ever produced and certainly will not match the network configuration that will be applied to the IP-KVM switch cards by its user. The certificate's underlying secret key is also used for securing the SSL handshake. Hence, this is a security risk (but far better than no encryption at all).
Single port KVM over IP switch Warning If you destroy the CSR on the 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. Common name This is the network name of the IP-KVM 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 IP-KVM switch with a web browser (without the “ http:// ” prefix).
Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.5 Serial Port Figure 6-25. Serial Port The IP-KVM switch Serial Settings (Figure 6-25 ) allow you to specify what device is connected to the serial port and how to use it. 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 IP-KVM switch offers remote access using a telephone line in addition to the standard access over the built-in Ethernet adapter.
Single port KVM over IP switch Serial line speed The speed the 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 discovering problems try to lower this speed. Modem Init String The initialization string used by the IP-KVM switch to initialize the modem. The default value will work with all modern standard modems directly connected to a telephone line.
Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.6 Date And Time Figure 6-27. Date and Time This link refers to a page, where the internal real-time clock of the 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 timeserver. Without a timeserver, your time setting will not be persistent, so you have to adjust it again, after IP-KVM switch loses power for more than a few minutes.
Single port KVM over IP switch 6.5.7 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 IP-KVM switch. To show the log list, click on “ Event Log ” on the “ Maintenance ” page.
Single port KVM over IP switch performed, all logging data will be lost. To avoid this, use one of the following log methods. NFS Logging enabled Define a NFS server, where a directory or a static link have to be exported, to write all logging data to a file that is located there. To write logging data from more than one IP-KVM switch devices to only one NFS share, you have to define a file name that is unique for each device.
Single port KVM over IP switch 6.6 Maintenance 6.6.1 Device Information Figure 6-31. Device Information Board Summary This section contains a summary with various information about this IP-KVM switch and its current firmware, and allows you to reset the card. Data file for support This link allows you to download the IP-KVM switch data file with support information. This is an XML file with certain customized support information like the serial number etc.
Single port KVM over IP switch 6.6.2 Event Log Figure 6-32. Event Log List Figure 6-32 displays the log list including the events that are logged by the IP-KVM switch. 6.6.3 Update Firmware Figure 6-33.
Single port KVM over IP switch The IP-KVM switch is a complete standalone computer. The software it runs is called the firmware. The firmware of the 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 .zip) then you must unzip it before you can proceed.
Single port KVM over IP switch 6.6.4 Unit Reset Figure 6-34. Unit Reset To reset a certain IP-KVM switch functionality, click on the button “ Reset ” as displayed in Figure 6-34 .
Single port KVM over IP switch 7. Troubleshooting Q 001: The remote mouse doesn’t work or is not synchronous A 001: Make sure the mouse settings in IP-KVM switch match the mouse model. There are some circumstances where the mouse synchronization process could behave incorrectly, refer to Section 5.3.3 for further explanation. Q 002: The video quality is bad or the picture is grainy A 002: Try to correct the brightness and contrast settings (see Section 5.3.
Single port KVM over IP switch Q 011: Every time I open a dialog box with some buttons the mouse pointers are not synchronous anymore A 011: Please check, if you have an option like ”‘Automatically move mouse pointer to the default button of dialog boxes”’ enabled in the mouse settings of the operating system. This option needs to be disabled. 8. Certificates FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Single port PS2 KVM over IP A. Pin Assignments A.1 VGA HD-15 A.
Single port PS2 KVM over IP A.3 RJ 45 Connector ISDN A.4 Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 1 A.
Single port PS2 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 PS2 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 PS2 KVM over IP C. Video Modes Table B.1 lists the video modes IP-KVM switch supports. Please don’t use other custom video settings besides of these. If done so, IP-KVM switch may not be able to detect them.
