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The KVMADMIN utility
Particularly useful for complex MC5 congurations and the control of remote
installations, KVMADMIN is a powerful administration tool.
KVMADMIN is based upon the successful VNC viewer and uses the same
security system. Rather than a graphical interface usch as the standard viewer,
KVMADMIN uses command line control to provide the following administration
facilities:
• Discover and adjust the MC5 conguration, including host systems,
• Save and restore the MC5 conguration,
• Set user names and passwords,
• Download the event log,
• Set custom video modes.
The use of KVMADMIN is strictly limited to the ‘admin’ user and for security
purposes it is not possible to retrieve user names or passwords from the MC5.
To use KVMADMIN you require the IP address and admin password of the MC5
unit. The command line is as follows:
kvmadmin <command> <ip address> [<parameters>]
where <command> is one of the following:
• -setcong <cong-le>
• -getcong <cong-le>
• -setusers <csv-le>
• -getlog <log-le>
• -gethosts <csv-le>
• -sethosts <csv-le>
• -setmodes <csv-le>
For instance, the command line:
kvmadmin -getcong kvm1.cfg 192.168.2.1
... downloads the current conguration from the MC5 unit at the given address
and stores it in the local le kvm1.cfg.
Whereas the command line:
kvmadmin -setusers users.csv 192.168.2.1
... congures the usernames and passwords for the same unit from the local le
users.csv.
For more information about KVMADMIN, please refer to the user notes supplied
with the utility.