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2. Use the 3in1 KVM cable VGA amp 2x PS 2 attached to the KVM Switch to make the connections to the host computer lf you want to use the USB mouse and keyboard or the USB virtual media feature use the supplied USB A Mini B cable to connect the USB Mini B port on the back of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH to a USB port on your server or KVM switch 2 2 2 Console Connection Side Stand alone version only Connect your local keyboard monitor and mouse console using the short VGA and PS 2 3in1 KVM splitter cable connected to the KVM over IP SWITCH port labelled Local if you want to use PS 2 peripherals if you want to use USB peripherals only you may connect your monitor directly to the HD15 connector on the IP KVM Switch If you want to use a USB mouse and keyboard connect them to the ports labelled USB located below the RJ45 ports However please note that USB mouse and keyboard signals from your local console will not be converted and output as PS 2 signals to your server KVM switch 2 2 3 Network Connection The stand alone KVM OVER IP SWITCH provides two RJ45 ports for Ethernet connection the second port can be used to cascade multiple KVM IP Switches The module version only provides one RJ45 port The ports can be used with a 100Mbps 100Base TX connection or a 10Mbps 10Base T connection The KVM OVER IP SWITCH will sense the connection speed and automatically adjust to the appropriate operation mode 10Mbps Connection 10Base T
3. 60 degrees C 0 7 kg incl accessories and packaging 2 2 kg 192 L X 120 W X 44 H Bandwidth Consumption The preconfigured network speed selection simply results in a different Compression and Colour Depth configuration in order to match the different bandwidth limitations of the network type UMTS ISDN etc The following suggested network bandwidth planning table for IP KVM installation is from the test results with 3D Labyrinth screen saver at Resolution 800x600 the worst case consuming the highest network bandwidth Compression Colour Used Bandwidth Comment 3 0 3 3 MB s uncompressed synchronized video data most bandwidth needed high colour bandwidth needed LAN high colour 16 bit 1 0 1 3 MB s uncompressed video data 2 8 bit 110 140 kb s slower video because of compression UMTS pa Ct 80 100kb ss slower video because of compression ISDN 128k __ _ 6 Mbot 20 30kbs 16 colours IGPRS HSCSD 8 2bit 5 7kbs grayscale gt gt gt 56 Well Known TCP UDP Port Numbers Port numbers are divided into three ranges Well Known Ports Registered Ports and Dynamic and or Private Ports Well Known Ports are those from 0 through 1023 Registered Ports are those from 1024 through 49151 Dynamic and or Private Ports are those from 49152 through 65535 Remark for older versions purchased before March 2014 Note referring to Java Update 7 51 problem for already installed devices With Java update
4. IND CONNECTION PERFECTION KVM over IP SWITCH User Manual English N1 Power LA Ready USB1 LINDY No 39414 39636 39432 www lindy com For Commercial Use Only Tested to comply with FCC Standards LINDY Group LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED amp LINDY ELEKTRONIK GMBH 2 EDITION March 2014 PREFACE This manual refers to the stand alone KVM OVER IP SWITCH No 39414 as well as to the KVM over IP modules No 39432 39636 that can be installed into the relevant KVM Switches CAT32 COMBO and U Series In January 2014 we introduced some important software changes e We have issued a LINDY certificate for the JAVA applet required to run the JAVA based browser tools to access the KVM Switch Since Oracle has issued the Java 7 51 update unsigned applets cannot be used any further e VNC support has been added to the KVM over IP Switches e French language option has been added The LINDY KVM OVER IP SWITCH features the latest and most technologically advanced SoC System on Chip IP KVM solution based on Raritan Peppercon s latest IP KVM engine technology Some screenshots may display a slightly different design referring to an older firmware version Due to constant technological advances and further development changes to this product may be introduced without further notice The LINDY team January 2014 Contents INTRODUCTION sonia ao iaa coaicaesOs 1 LIFAU CS A la 1 1 2 PACKAGE CONTEO Si in RA
5. 39432 39522 and 39636 Modular version l Home gt C D 192 168 10 173 home asp COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY Console Remote Console disconnected Keyboard Mouse Settings Keyboard Model Generic 101 104 Key PC Y Keyboard Layout United States International Key release timeout enabled Timeout after 50 Y msec Enable key release timeout if you experience duplicated keystrokes during poor network performance Num Lock 1 Caps Lock 0 Scroll Lock 0 Mouse speed Auto Fixed scaling 1 00 Absolute mouse scaling for MAC server Apply Reset to defaults 30 Stand alone version additional Host Interface menu The stand alone version has the option to use either PS 2 or USB keyboard and mouse host interface This additional option can be configured in the OSD menu _ Home gt 192 168 10 170 home asp To use the USB and or PS 2 interface you need 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 Aufo as host interface then the card will choose USB if available or otherwise falls back to PS 2 Keyboard Model Generic 101 104 KeyPC v Keyboard Layout German Key release timeout enabled Timeout after 50 v mse
6. ACCEPT CA zE 3 Upload the certificate to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH switch using the Upload button Delet Append _ DURO 39 40 Certificate Signing Request CSR The following CSR is pending TW taipei taipei test org test test test test com countryName stateOrProvinceName localityName organizationName organizationalUnitName commonName emailAddress Download Delete A _ _ ertificate Upload SSL Certificate File Upload After completing these three steps the KVM OVER IP SWITCH has its own certificate that is used to identify it to its clients i Browse Note lf you destroy the CSR on the IP ACCESS KVM SWITCH CLASSIC there is no way to get it back In case you deleted it by mistake you have to repeat the three steps as described previously Common name This is the network name of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH once it is installed in the user s network It is identical to the name that is used to access the KVM OVER IP SWITCH with a web browser without the http prefix In case the name given here and the actual network name differ the browser will pop up a security warning when the KVM OVER IP SWITCH is accessed using HTTPS Organizational unit This field is used for specifying to which department within an organization the KVM OVER IP SWITCH belongs Organization The name of the organization to which
7. 008 This could be a Windows XP problem Try not to move the mouse while XP goes into standby mode 52 Q 009 Using MacOS X an HTTPS connection fails A 009 You have to install the KVM OVER IP SWITCH certificate using our certificate installer available on the utility CD Please refer to the instructions on this CD for further information on how to install the certificate Q 010 Can t upload the signed certificate in Mac OS X A 010 If an internal error occurs while uploading the signed 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 checkbox use for outgoing is checked Another possibility is to use a Mozilla based browser Q 011 Every time 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 53 7 Key Codes This table shows the key codes used to define keystrokes or hotkeys for several functions Please note that these key codes do not necessarily represent key characters that are used on international keyboards They name a key on a standard 104 key PC keyboard with US English language mapping Key and aliases Ke
8. Console at the same time again until this user disables the exclusive access or logs off Mouse hotkey Allows the user 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 This allows simulating keystrokes 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 keystroke already Typical examples are Control Alt Delete in Windows and DOS which is always caught or Control Backspace on Linux for terminating the X Server The syntax to define a new Buiton Key is as follows confirm lt keycode gt lt keycode gt 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 joined 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 key presses and releases The star inserts a pause with duration of 100 milliseconds 5 4 2 Keyboard Mouse This section is slightly different for the stand alone units 39415 and 39414 compared to the modular versions 39430
9. IP ACCESS KVM SWITCH CLASSIC might result in losing connection In case you change the settings remotely make sure that all the values are correct and you still have an option to access the KVM over IP SWITCH 34 IP auto configuration With this option you can control if the KVM OVER IP SWITCH should obtain its network settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server For DHCP select dhcp and for BOOTP select bootp 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 Gateway IP address In case the KVM OVER IP SWITCH is 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 KVM OVER IP SWITCH will not be able to perform name resolution Secondary DNS Server IP Address IP address of the secondary Domain Name Server in dot notation It will be used in case the Primary DNS Server cannot be contacted Remote Console and HTTPS port Port number at which the KVM OVER IP SWITCH s Remote Console server and HTTPS server are listening If left empty the default value will be used HTTP port Port number at which the KVM OVER IP SWITCH s HTTP server is listening If left empty the default value will be used Telnet port Port number at whic
10. Please note that this slow connection may not provide sufficient performance for the compressed video data traffic and will result in low video and colour resolution and significantly delayed reaction time for remote connections 2 2 4 Dial up Line Modem Connection The RS232 port of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH can either be used to connect to an external Modem i e to set up a dial up line connection or can be used to connect to an external RS232 managed power switch Use the supplied cable to connect the appropriate unit 2 2 5 Connecting an External Power Switch option At the time of writing October 2009 the KVM OVER IP SWITCH supports the following external power switch options Peppercon IPM 220L Avocent SPC1 800 1600 Sentry In Line Power Module Leaning ePowerSwitch However we strongly suggest to use a directly IP managed power switch such as the LINDY IPower Switches No s 32657 32658 32652 or 32656 2 2 6 LED indicators and Switches LED Indication Power Stand RED On when power is applied alone version only Orange 10 10BaseT Ethernet connection established vid Green 100 100BaseT Ethernet connection established 10 100Mbps Blinking Activity o o ON When no data activity and link is connected Link Green Blinking when data is being transmitted RESET button Stand alone version only on the rear panel hidden behind the small hole press the button to reboot the IP KVM un
11. Superuser Remote Control Remote Power O Remote Control Telnet Console User Management Users KVM Settings User Console w o Misc Settings User Management Change X Password KVM Settings Keyboard Mouse Maintenance Device X X Information Maintenance Event Log AE SE IE A O EA Maintenance Update Firmware fT Keyboard Mouse Video Maintenance Unit Reset KVM Settings Video Keyboard Mouse Keyboard Mouse Video Video Device 99 Model No Target Device Connection Local Access Connection Remote Access Connection Network Connection Firmware Upgrade Port Max Video Resolution OS Compatibility Browser Compatibility IP Setting Management Interface Event Log Housing Material Power adaptor Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Weight Size mm 9 Technical Specifications KVM over IP SWITCH 1 x Keyboard PS 2 Mini Din 6 Pin 1 x Mouse PS 2 Mini Din 6 Pin 1x VGA HDDB 15 Pin 1 x USB 2 0 Type B receptacle 1 x PS 2 Keyboard Mini Din 6 Pin 1 x PS 2 Mouse Mini Din 6 Pin 1 x VGA HDDB 15 Pin 1 x RJ 45 10 100 Ethernet telephone line modem needed 1 x Serial DB9 Pin Local 1600 x 1200 Remote 1280 x 1024 MS Windows family Unix Sum Solaris Linux Mac OSX IE 6 0 Netscape 7 0 Mozilla 1 6 or above DHCP Bootp Fixed IP DDNS supported Web Utility Telnet Serial port NFS SMTP SNMP trap Metal Dual input 5V 2 6A x 2 Redundancy 0 50 degrees C 20
12. over IP SWITCH for the first time Not to change the default password may cause some unauthorized access to the switch and the servers connected Please make sure to store the new password in a secure place you easily can find once you forget it New super user password Enter the new password for the super user New password confirm Re type the new password for 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 KVM OVER IP SWITCH should obtain its network settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server From the drop down list select either DHCP or BOOTP If you select NONE the IP auto configuration is disabled and you should manually input the following network settings IP address The IP address the KVM OVER IP SWITCH uses Net mask The net mask of the connected IP subnet Gateway address The IP address of the default router for the connected IP subnet If you do not have a default router enter 0 0 0 0 3 4 Keyboard Mouse and Video configuration Between the KVM OVER IP SWITCH and the host there are two 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 3 4 1 KVM OVER IP SWITCH Keyboard Settings The KVM OVER IP SWITCH settings for the host s key
13. password given The default user name is super and the password is pass Furthermore your browser must be configured to accept cookies Q 004 The Remote Console window can t connect to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH A 004 Possibly a firewall prevents access to the Remote Console Make sure the TCP port numbers 443 or 80 are open for incoming TCP connections Install the latest version of Java Virtual Machine Q 005 No connection can be established to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH A 005 Check whether the network connection is working in general ping the IP address of KVM OVER IP SWITCH If not check the network hardware Is the KVM OVER IP SWITCH powered on Check whether the IP address of KVM OVER IP SWITCH and all other IP related settings are correct Also verify that all the IP infrastructure of your LAN like routers etc is correctly configured Q 006 Special key combinations e g ALT F2 ALT F3 are intercepted by the console system and not transmitted to the host A 006 You have to define a so called Button Key This can be done in the Remote Console settings Q 007 In the browser the KVM OVER IP SWITCH pages are inconsistent A 007 Check your browser cache settings Especially make sure that the cache settings are not set to something like never check for newer pages Otherwise the KVM OVER IP SWITCH pages may be loaded from your browser cache and not from the unit Q 008 Windows XP doesn t awake from standby mode A
14. remo to share y V disks and harddisks with system le te Disable Drive Redirection Yi Force read only connections _Apply Reset to defaults Drive Redirection ieconneci Not connected Drive Redirection disconnected Ctrl Alt Delete 3 Click on the floppy icon on the remote console screen Connect Drive or Connect ISO TP EVM Remote Console 192 168 123 228 Drive Connect Drive ConnectIso re Mot connected Drive Redirection disconnected Drive Redirection 20 4 Selecta drive to redirect if Connect Drive Refresh List Enable Write support ok Cancel 5 Select a ISO image to redirect if Connect ISO IMPORTANT 1 Drive Redirection is 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 instead of any particular partition 3 When connecting to a legacy KVM switch please select PS 2 mouse from the Keyboard Mouse setting on the web page Otherwise you may not be able to use Hot keys 5 2 2 Create a CD ROM ISO Image 3 192 168 10 173 home asp e a IM le IP Access Switch Co 7 A ne Remote Console disconnected Log Active Image No disk emulation set Image on Windows Share _ Drive Redirection l This option allows you to share a CD DVD image A over a Windows Share Virtual Drive This image will be emulated t
15. synchronized with the local mouse 31 Both versions continued 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 extended by three additional windows keys Generic 106 Key PC for a Japanese keyboard and Apple Macintosh for the Apple Macintosh Mouse Speed Auto mouse speed Use this option if the mouse settings on the host use an additional acceleration setting The KVM OVER IP 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 You may also set a fixed scaling which determines the amount the remote mouse pointer is moved when the local mouse pointer is moved by one pixel This option only works when the mouse settings on the host are linear This means that there is no mouse acceleration involved To set the options click on the Apply button 5 4 3 Video Mode and Resolution Available Modes Auto Detection Set Ignore Resolutions Yi 1400x1050 iJ 1680x1050 Brightness 80 Offset X 295 Contrast Red 100 Offset Y 35 Contrast Green 100 Resolution X 1024 Contrast Blue 100 Resolution Y 768 Clock 1342 Refresh Rate 60 Hor Frequency 4830 Phase 17 Vert Frequency 599 Miscellaneous Video Settings gt A 4 Automatic auto adj
16. to configure the device and to use all functions The user account has only the permission to open and use the Remote Console The default password for both accounts is pass Ensure you change the passwords as soon as you have installed and accessed the KVM OVER IP SWITCH for the first time gt 5 192 168 10 173 home asp User Management Existing users select y Lookup New user name Full user name O Password FO Confirm Password Email address CT Mobile number A Role Administrator L Enforce user to change password on next login Create Modify Delete While the user account never sees the following options the super account can change the name and password for both accounts Existing users Select an existing user for modification Once a user has been selected click the lookup button to see the user information New User name The new user name for the selected account Password The password for the login name lt must be at least four characters long Confirm password Confirmation of the above password 2 5 4 KVM Settings 5 4 1 User Console The following settings are user specific This means the super user can customize these settings for individual users separately Changing the settings for one user does not affect the settings for the other users Remote Console Settings for User The settings on this page are user specific Changes you make here will affe
17. use the following command dd if dev fdo of tmp floppy image dd reads the entire disc from the device dev fd0 and saves the output in the specified output file tmp floppy image Adjust both parameters exactly to your needs input device etc Windows Windows users should use the tool RawWrite for Windows which is included on the supplied CD 4 fawirite Raw rite for windows http uranus it swin edu au in linus Launch RawWrite you will see the window WiltenbyJohn Newbigin opposite Floppy dive Ey sa y Insert your floppy disk into your floppy drive Click the Read tab and then click on ul Use this tab to read an image file from a floppy disk Image file El Select a name and destination for the floppy image file and click the Read button As the image is written you will see the progress as a percentage figure in the bottom left hand corner Read Exit i windows NT 5 1 build number 2600 When the image has been written you can upload it to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH Uploading a Floppy Image Floppy Image Upload Floppy Image File Browse 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 below 24 Floppy image uploaded successfully Active Image Floppy Image Image Name C wfloppy _Reactivate Download 3 Discard Floppy Image Upload Floppy Im
18. 7 51 mid January 2013 Oracle has enabled new security features This update prevents to run unsigned Java applets To resolve this problem for our KVM over IP ae switches No 39414 39415 39432 and 39636 we have published LINDY signed KVM tools and processes or by programs executed by privileged users Table below shows some of the well certificates together with a new firmware for our KVM over IP switches For already installed as known port numbers For more details please visit the IANA website well as older devices please download the new firmware from the following link http www iana org assignments port numbers 39414 and 39415 Well Known Ports are assigned by IANA and on most systems can only be used by system http download lindy com download de KVM_over_IP KVMoverlPFirmwareUpgrade zip Port Protocol TCP UDP A a at 39432 and 39636 __ FTP File Transfer Protoco TOP SSH Secure Sel we IT A CA SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol TACACS TACACS BOOTP server BOOTP client RLP Resource Location Protocol http download lindy com download de KVM_over_IP KVMoverlPMudolesFirmwareUpgrade zip and follow exactly the included installation instructions Alternatively users who have installed the Java Update 7 51 can still for some time run the old tools following Oracle s workaround https ologs oracle com java platform group entry upcoming_exception_site_list_in Open your local Java Console and add th
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20. Control Bar on page 17 Connected Users To display the user activity the last column contains either the term active test 62 238 0 39 active for an active user or 20 min idle for a test 80 145 25 183 26 min idle user who is inactive for a certain test 212 183 10 29 20 min idle amore Orne test 62 153 241 228 RC exclusive active 48 5 6 2 Language Selection Menu gt C 5 192 168 10 173 home asp a Language Language Settings Language English Y Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Select between the langauges English French German 5 6 3 Event Log Displays the log list including the events that are logged by the KVM OVER IP SWITCH gt C 5 192 168 10 173 home asp a Event Log Date Event Event Log Prev Next Description 01 01 2000 05 32 12 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 10 165 closed 01 01 2000 05 32 03 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 10 165 established 01 01 2000 05 31 54 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 10 165 closed 01 01 2000 05 31 50 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 10 165 established 01 01 2000 05 31 40 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 10 165 closed 01 01 2000 05 27 08 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 10 165 established 01 01 2000 05 25 11 Authentication 01 01 2000 05 24 34 Board Message 01 01 2000 05 23 35 Board Message 01 01 2000 05 22 29 B
21. VM Uses the default Java Virtual Machine of your Browser This may be the Sun JVM if it is configured this way Use of the Sun JVM may also be forced see below Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plug in Instructs the web browser of your administration system to use Sun s JVM 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 The advantage of Sun s JVM is in providing a stable and identical Java Virtual Machine across different platforms The Remote Console software is optimized for Sun JVM versions and offers wider range of functionality when run with JVM The KVM Java applet is issued and certified by LINDY Therefore you have to install the LINDY certificate in every computer that you want to use to access the KVM switch The installation process is described in section 4 1 Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings Start in Monitor Mode Sets the initial value for the monitor mode By default the monitor mode is off In case you switch it on the Remote Console window will be started in a read only mode Start in Exclusive Access Mode Enables the exclusive access mode immediately at Remote Console start up This forces the Remote Consoles of all 29 other users to close No one can open the Remote
22. ables only It has been manufactured under the scope of ROHS compliance CE Konformitat Dieses Produkt entspricht den einschl gigen CE Richtlinien der EU f r IT Equipment und darf nur zusammen mit abgeschirmten Kabeln verwendet werden Diese Ger te wurden unter Ber cksichtigung der RoHS Vorgaben hergestellt Die formelle Konformitatserklarung k nnen wir Ihnen auf Anforderung zur Verf gung stellen LINDY Herstellergarantie Nur f r Deutschland LINDY gew hrt Endkunden f r dieses Produkt zus tzlich und Uber die gesetzliche Regelung in Deutschland hinaus eine zweij hrige Herstellergarantie ab Kaufdatum Die detaillierten Bedingungen dieser Garantie finden Sie auf der LINDY Website aufgelistet bei den AGBs FCC Statement Shielded cables must be used with this equipment to maintain compliance with radio frequency energy emission regulations and ensure a suitably high level of immunity to electromagnetic disturbances This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates 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 equipment in a residential area
23. age Fie a You must remove the current virtual disk to install a floppy image Click Reactivate A virtual floppy drive will be installed on the host system and the image will be downloaded to the virtual floppy drive from the KVM OVER IP SWITCH You can access the virtual floppy drive in the same way you would a regular drive You can download the image from the KVM OVER IP SWITCH to your remote system by clicking the Download button Clicking Discard removes the virtual floppy image from the KVM OVER IP SWITCH and from the hosts system 5 2 4 Virtual Drive Options gt C 5 192 168 10 173 home asp Virtual Drive Options Disable USB Mass Storage if no image is loaded Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default a Virtual Drive This option allows you to disable the mass storage emulation and hide the virtual drive if no image file is currently loaded To set this option press the button Apply 25 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 gt 5 192 168 10 173 home asp Change Password Old Password New Password Confirm New Password 26 5 3 2 Users And Groups The KVM OVER IP SWITCH comes with 2 pre configured user accounts that have fixed permissions The super account has all possible rights
24. al registration with the Dynamic DNS Server Check time The KVM OVER IP SWITCH registers itself in the Dynamic DNS server at this time Check interval This is the interval for reporting again to the Dynamic DNS server by the KVM OVER IP SWITCH Note The IP ACCESS KVM SWITCH CLASSIC has its own independent real time clock Make sure the time setting of the IP ACCESS KVM SWITCH CLASSIC switch is correct See the Section called Date and Time on page 50 37 5 5 3 Security HTTP Encryption LJ Force HTTPS for Web access KVM Encryption KVM Encryption Off Try J Force Group based System Access Control Please note Apply is required or changes will be lost Enable Group based System Access Control Rule Starting IP Ending IP Group Action 1 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 All ACCEPT super y ACCEPT y Append Insert Replace Delete Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Force HTTPS If this option is enabled access to the web front end is only possible using an HTTPS connection The KVM OVER IP SWITCH will not listen on the HTTP port for incoming connections If you want to create your own SSL certificate that is used to identify the KVM OVER IP SWITCH please refer to the section called Certificate on page 45 KVM encryption This option controls the encryption of the RFB protocol RFB is used by the Remote Console to transmit bot
25. ate functions of the web interface Once you have successfully logged into the KVM OVER IP SWITCH a command line will be presented and you can enter 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 the serial settings were made accordingly All inputs are redirected to the device on serial port 1 and its answers are displayed on the Telnet interface The following list shows the command mode syntax and their usage Help Displays the 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 for the serial port The key sequence esc exit switches back to the command mode 5 2 Virtual Media 5 2 1 Drive Redirection With Drive Redirection you do not have to use an image file but may work with a drive from your local computer on the remote machine The drive is hereby shared over a TCP network connection Devices such as floppy drives hard discs CD ROMs and other removable devices like USB sticks can be redirected lt is even possible to enable a write support so that for the remote machine it is possible to write data to your local disc Please note that Drive Redire
26. board type have to be correct in order to make the remote keyboard work properly The settings can be checked using the KVM OVER IP SWITCH web front end 3 4 2 Remote Mouse Settings A common problem with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mouse cursors The KVM OVER IP SWITCH addresses this problem with an intelligent synchronization algorithm There are two mouse modes available on the KVM OVER IP SWITCH CLASSIC USB Auto mouse speed and Fixed mouse speed Auto mouse speed The automatic mouse speed mode tries to detect the speed and acceleration settings of the host system automatically Speed detection is performed during mouse synchronization If the mouse does not move correctly there are two ways to re synchronize the local and remote mouse Fast Sync Fast synchronization is used to correct 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 work correctly or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system you can use the intelligent resynchronization option This method can be accessed from the Mouse Handling sub menu of the Remote Console Option menu Intelligent synchronization requires a correctly adjusted picture Use the auto adjustment function or manual correction in the Video Settings panel to setup the picture The Sync mouse button on top
27. c Enable key release timeout if you experience duplicated keystrokes during poor network performance Num Lock 0 Caps Lock 0 Scroll Lock 0 USB Mouse Type Windows gt 2000 Mac OS X Mouse speed 8 Auto O Fixed scaling 1 00 Absolute mouse scaling for MAC server Apply Resetto defaults Stored value is equal to the default Host Interface Enables the interface the mouse is connected to You can choose between Auto for automatic detection USB for a USB mouse or PS 2 for a PS 2 mouse Note To use the USB and or PS 2 interface you need the 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 USB will be selected if available otherwise it will revert 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 or must be selected in the Host interface option USB Mouse Type Enables USB mouse type Choose between MS Windows 2000 or newer for MS Windows 2000 or Windows XP or Other Operating Systems for MS Windows NT Linux or OS X In MS Windows 2000 or newer mode the remote mouse is always
28. ct the selected user only super Update Transmission Encoding Automatic Detection Pre configured a User Console Network speed LAN high color Manually Compression 0 none v Color depth 16 bit high col Remote Console Type Default Java VM e Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plugin lf you do not have the Java Browser Plugin already installed on your system this option will cause downloading of around 11 MByte Plugin code The Plugin will enable extended Remote Console functionality Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings O Start in Monitor Mode Start in Exclusive Access Mode Mouse Hotkey Hotkey Help lAlt F12 gt Used for fast mouse synchronization in Double Mouse mode and to free the grabbed mouse in Single Mouse mode Remote Console Button Keys Key Definition Help Name Button Key 1 confirm Ctrl Alt Delete i More entries Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default User select box This 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 you to change the image encoding algorithm that is used to transmit the video data to the Remote Console window It is possible to optimize the 28 speed of the remo
29. ction 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 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 lf write support is enabled the remote computer might damage the data and the file system on the redirected device On the other hand if the local operating system writes data to the redirected device the drive cache of the operating system of the remote host might contain older data This may confuse the remote host s operating system Therefore we recommend to use the Drive Redirection with care especially the write support 19 Disable Drive Redirection If enabled the Drive Redirection is switched off Force read only connections If enabled the Write Support for the Drive Redirection is switched off It is not possible to write on a redirected device Click Apply to submit your changes The method of Drive Redirection Built in Java Drive Redirection function in Remote Console 1 Run Remote Control gt KVM Console 2 Click Floppy icon 5 192 168 10 173 home asp LINDY IP Access Switch COMPUTER CONNECTION TECHNOLOGY Remote Console disconnected Logout Active image No disk emulation set our local drive Drive Redirection allows you floppy CD DVD removabl the
30. e KVM Server Serial Number 08051301180098 Board ID 96fb224500f24a5a Device IP Address 192 168 10 173 Device MAC Address 00 22 E4 00 58 98 Firmware Version 04 31 01 Firmware Build Number 61069 Firmware Description 2014 01 21 12 55 IPKMO3LINDY VNC Firmware OEM ID ipkvmstdCE50658B Java Applet Signing Certificate LINDY KVM firmware signer SHA1 Fingerprint 18 73 24 55 7B B0 C0 A8 BC B4 1C Java Applet Certificate Authority CA KVM Certificate Authority SHA1 Fingerprint BF D9 65 98 B9 EF DC F6 71 A6 CC Download CA Root Certificate to install it using Java Certificate Manager Hardware Revision 0x15 a Device Information View the datafile for support Connected Users super 192 168 10 165 active View the data file for support Allows you to download the KVM OVER IP SWITCH data file with specific support information This is an XML file with certain customized support information like the serial number etc You can send this information if you contact LINDY technical support It may help us solve any problems Connected Users The example below displays the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 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 is added For more information about this option see the section called Remote Console
31. e URL of your KVM over IP switches to the exception_site_list Java Security Exception Site List Anyhow you will receive various Java security warnings at the start of each session and Oracle may close this option by one of the next updates 27 January 2014 U T upp NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol 161 162 SNMP UDP HTTPS CP CP CP CP DP DP DP CP CP CP CP CP CP 23 Telnet over TCP Web amp Telnet client 43 eb 4 HTTPS over TCP W 443 RFB over TCP Remote Console 443 HTTPS over TCP Drive Redirection 443 RFB over TCP 58 10 Radio Frequency Energy Certifications GPL Remark Open Source Software Statement These products contain Open Source Software They include software based on the Linux kernel as well as the following additional software modules USB IP BOA BUSYBOX Brctl network bridge Iwpriv iwconfig wirelees tools HOSTAPD wirelss tools iptables netfilter tools NTPCLIENT network tools libminigui so libasound so ALSA library Libpng so PNG library snmpd SNMT service libusb USB IP Mini XML bind nsupdate dns tools The detailed information about the included software including version information and source code can be found on our respective product web page at www lindy com after entering the article number in the search field as well as on our general information page to open source software www lindy international com open_source_software a
32. e Video CD a Example Test Properties 1 Create a CD image and name it image iso EEE Y hare this folder with oth 2 Create a folder on your client PC and name it fore Tosca chang fs Bei ae ahaa Test Copy the file image iso to the folder folder Test Do not share this folder 3 Now you need to share this folder Right click on the folder and select the option Sharing and Security Select Share this folder and ensure the Share Name is set to Test Click User limit Maximum allowed Permissions to set permissions for users who O Allow this number of users is access this folder according to your N l To set f h th ssi requirements Click Apply then OK to fdr overthe neral chek Pemissona LEemissions complete To configure settings for offl click p red ee settings for offline access clic 4 Next you need to mount the image via a TEE Windows Share In the KVM OVER IP SWITCH menu on the left hand side of the browser select Virtual Media and from the sub menu select CD ROM Image Comment 22 5 Input the following parameters Share host Enter the IP address of your Console PC here e g 192 168 2 103 Share name Test The share name of the previously created folder Path to image image iso the name of the CD image User super Your user name the default is super Password pass Your password the default is pass 6 Click Set 7 You will see the dialog below detailing
33. e procedure described on the next page Section 3 3 3 2 Initial Configuration via Serial Console The KVM OVER IP SWITCH has a serial line Parameter interface host side for connecting a serial terminal Bits second This connector is compliant with the RS 232 serial Data bits line standard The serial line has to be configured Parity with the parameters given in this table Stop bits Flow Control When configuring with a serial terminal reset the KVM OVER IP SWITCH and immediately press the ESC key You will see some device information and a gt prompt Type config and press the Enter key Wait a few seconds for the configuration questions to appear As you proceed the following questions will appear on the screen To accept the default values shown in square brackets below press the Enter key IP auto configuration non dhcp bootp dhcp IP 192 168 0 70 Net mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 0 0 0 0 for none 0 0 0 0 3 3 KVM OVER IP SWITCH Setup Tool 3 3 1 MAC Address Detection Connect the KVM OVER IP SWITCH to your computer either via a local network or via USB If you use a USB connection Windows will detect the KVM OVER IP SWITCH as a Removable Disk and an appropriate drive letter will be assigned toe nsetup Start the setup tool from the CD ROM Eh A window opens as shown below Device Setup Device Hetwork Configuration we IP auto configuration DHCP Refresh De
34. eceeeeeeeees 59 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the LINDY KVM OVER IP SWITCH This device allows operators to monitor and access their computers from remote locations The KVM OVER IP SWITCH connects to the internet intranet LAN or WAN using standard CAT5 or higher cable The modular version is installed into the back of a KVM switch directly The stand alone version then uses a KVM cable to connect a local KVM switch or server It supports PS 2 as well as USB keyboard mouse and 15 way VGA type monitor connections However please note that when using a USB mouse and keyboard from the local console you have to use the USB connection to the server KVM switch too And when using PS 2 keyboard and mouse also the PS 2 connection to the server KVM Switch has to be used The KVM OVER IP SWITCH combines convenient digital remote KVM access and control with integrated system management It captures digitizes and compresses the video signal and transmits it alongside the keyboard and mouse signals to and from a remote computer The KVM OVER IP SWITCH provides a non intrusive solution for remote access and control Remote access and control software runs on its embedded processors only so there is no interference with server operation or impact on network performance The KVM OVER IP SWITCH automatically detects the video mode of the console and allows manual fine tuning for improved video quality The KVM OVER IP SWITCH also features r
35. ed Modem Init String The initialization string used by the KVM OVER IP SWITCH to initialize the modem The default value will work with all modern standard modems directly connected to a telephone line In case you have a special modem or the modem is connected to a local telephone switch that requires a special dial sequence in order to establish a connection to the public telephone network you can change this setting by entering a new string Refer to your modem s manual about the AT command syntax Modem server IP address This IP address will be assigned to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 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 KVM OVER IP SWITCH 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 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 KVM OVER IP SWITCH switch and your console computer The default value will work in most cases Pass through 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 seria
36. emote mass storage support the unit connects via a USB connection to the server KVM switch and allows virtual storage devices located at the remote users computer to provide data and a virtual drive to the server 1 1 Features Remote access of KVM switches or servers via LAN WAN or the internet control your installation from almost anywhere in the world KVM keyboard video mouse access over IP and analogue telephone line requires modem BIOS level access also for remote computers 256 bit SSL encryption SSL Certificate Management No impact on server or network performance Automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen capture High performance mouse tracking and synchronisation Local mouse suppression Remote mass storage virtual media feature Compatible with Windows Mac OS 10 and Linux Red Hat Fedora Knoppix 1 2 Package Contents KVM OVER IP SWITCH stand alone or module version Power Adapter Multi Country for EURO UK US AUS stand alone version only 19 Rack mount kit and set of 4 rubber feet for desktop use stand alone version only RS 232 Serial cable USB 2 0 A to Mini B type Cable 3 in 1 KVM Cable 1m stand alone version only Software CD including tools and this manual Printed Quick Start Manuals 3 product labels incl 1 spare with S N amp MAC module version only 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Operation Overview The pictures below show t
37. ens an additional window It displays the screen content of your host system The Remote Console will behave in exactly the same way as if you were sitting directly in front of the screen of your host system This means that the keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way However be aware of the fact that the host system will react to keyboard and mouse actions with a slight delay The delay depends on the bandwidth of the line which you use to connect to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 13 Note Your local keyboard changes its keyboard layout according to the remote host system If you use a German administration system and your host system uses a US English keyboard layout for instance some special keys on the German keyboard will not work as expected Instead the keys will result in their US English counterpart i e Z gt Y and Y gt Z You can circumvent such problems by adjusting the keyboard of your remote system to the same mapping as your local one Also see OSD KVM Settings Keyboard Mouse and section 5 4 2 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 4 3 2 Remote Console Control Bar The upper part of the Remote Console window contains a control bar Using i
38. etermine the IP address of the registered KVM OVER IP SWITCH You have to perform the following steps in order to enable Dynamic DNS Make sure that the LAN interface of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH is properly configured Open the Dynamic DNS Settings configuration dialog Enable Dynamic DNS and change the settings according to your needs see the next page 36 Dynamic DNS Settings 17 Enable Dynamic DNS Dynamic DNS server www dyndns org DNS System Dynamic Hostname eg yourhost dyndns com Username super Check time HH MM a Dynamic DNS Check interval 24h w Delete saved external IP Delete Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default javascript toggleltem Maintenance Enable Dynamic DNS Enables the Dynamic DNS service This requires a configured DNS server IP address Dynamic DNS server This is the server name where the KVM OVER IP SWITCH registers itself in regular intervals At the time of writing this is a fixed setting since only dyndns org is currently supported Hostname This is the hostname of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH that is provided by the Dynamic DNS Server Use the whole name including the domain e g testserver dyndns 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 password used during manu
39. evant sections 17 5 Menu Options 5 1 Remote Control 5 1 1 KVM Console ee Re Ne 3 AA a i A Remote Console disconnected Logout Remote Console Preview Click to open Desktop size 1024 x 768 Refresh 192 168 10 173 title_app asp 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 settings see Section 2 2 5 on page 6 5 1 2 Telnet Console To use Telnet it must be enabled in Device Settings gt Network see section 5 5 1 The KVM OVER IP SWITCH firmware features a Telnet server that enables a user to connect via a standard Telnet client If the Telnet program is using a VT 100 VT 102 or VT 220 terminal Or appropriate emulation it is even possible to perform a console redirection as long as the KVM OVER IP SWITCH host is using a text mode screen resolution Connecting to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH is done as usual and as required by the Telnet client for instance in a UNIX shell telnet your device s IP Replace the IP address by the one that is actually assigned to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH This will prompt for the 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 That 18 means the user management of the Telnet interface is entirely controlled with the appropri
40. ever it does not have the comfort features offered by Java based Web browser access The performance is also sluggish as reflected by the slow response time Most widely used VNC viewers can be used For instance Tight VNC has been tested without any problems For Real VNC the video must be set to color mode 3 other VNC viewers may require other extra settings 10 Technological progress The KVM over IP Module its software and firmware are subject to technological progress and are being continuously upgraded accordingly Therefore minor changes compared to the descriptions in this manual may be found especially for the design of the screens and menus 4 2 Logging In 4 2 1 Login to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH Launch your web browser Direct it to the address of your KVM OVER IP SWITCH which you configured during the installation process The address used might be a plain IP address or a host and domain name if you have given your KVM OVER IP SWITCH a symbolic name in the DNS Example Type the following in the address line of your browser when establishing an unsecured connection http lt IP address of KVM OVER IP SWITCH gt When using a secure connection type in https lt IP address of KVM OVER IP SWITCH gt This will lead you to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH login page as shown below Authenticate with Login and Password Username Password The KVM OVER IP SWITCH has a built in super user account that
41. g one of the links will bring you back to the login screen Access the Remote Console The Remote Console is the redirected screen keyboard and mouse of the remote host system that the KVM OVER IP SWITCH controls Selecting this button opens the Remote Console Main Window The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that establishes its own TCP connection to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH The protocol that runs over this connection is neither HTTP nor HTTPS but RFB Remote Frame Buffer Protocol RFB needs to establish a connection to port 12 number 443 Your local network environment has to allow this connection to be made e your firewall and if you have a private internal network your NAT Network Address Translation settings have to be configured accordingly If the KVM OVER IP SWITCH is connected to your local network 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 because today s web proxies are not capable of relaying the RFB protocol If you experience problems please consult your network administrator in order to provide an appropriate network environment 4 3 1 Remote Console Main Window Le EZ J j IP Access ole 192 168 10 173 pa A PE chteateDeet E N Sne 188 options as gt Console Norm Desktop size is 1 024 x768 Starting the Remote Console op
42. h the KVM OVER IP SWITCH s Telnet server is listening If left empty the default value will be used Bandwidth limitation The maximum network traffic generated through the KVM OVER IP SWITCH s Ethernet device Value in Kbit s Enable Telnet access Set this option to allow access to ARA express using the Telnet Gateway see the Section called Telnet Console on page 23 Disable Setup Protocol Enable this option to exclude the KVM OVER IP SWITCH from the setup protocol 35 5 5 2 Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service dyndns org can be used in the following scenario see illustration below INTERNET Dynamic IP Dynamic DNS Server re rr NAT NAI i DSL Router PS 2 KVM over IP switch The KVM OVER IP SWITCH 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 assigned by the provider the KVM OVER IP SWITCH connects to a special dynamic DNS server in regular intervals and registers its IP address there The administrator may contact this server as well and pick up the same IP address belonging to his device The administrator has to register an KVM OVER IP 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 This account information together with the hostname is needed in order to d
43. h the screen data to the administrator s machine and the keyboard and mouse data back to the host If set to Off no encryption will be used If set to Try the applet tries to make an encrypted connection If connection establishment fails for any reason an unencrypted connection will be used If set to Force the applet tries to make an encrypted connection An error will be reported if connection establishment fails Group based System Access Control This is the IP filtering function it keeps unauthorized hosts from accessing to the IP KVM by specifying IP filtering rules It is important to fully understand what an IP filter is If you don t fully understand this you will get unexpected results against your original plan 38 Chain rule 5 5 4 Certificate The Chain rule determines whether the access from the hosts is allowed or not lt 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 IP KVM receives a TCP packet it will process the packet with the chain rule depicted Certificate Signing Request CSR below The process ordering is important the packet will enter the chain at rule 1 first if it meets CI Conmenname OOOO the rule then take action directly othe
44. has all the permissions enabled to administrate your KVM OVER IP SWITCH Login name super factory default Password pass factory default Please note Your web browser has to accept cookies or else login is not possible Note The user super is not allowed to login via the serial interface of the IP KVM switch Please make sure you change the super user password immediately after you have installed and accessed your KVM OVER IP SWITCH for the first time Not changing the password for the super user is a severe security risk and could result in unauthorized access to the switch and to the host system s to which it is connected 4 3 Navigation Once logged into the KVM OVER IP SWITCH successfully the main page appears This page consists of three parts each of them contains specific information The buttons in the upper area allow you to navigate within the front end The lower left area contains a navigation bar and allows you to switch between the different sections of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH Within the main area task specific information is displayed Remote Console Preview Click to open Desktop size 1024 x 768 Refresh 192 168 10 173 title_app asp Return to the main page of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH Logout from the KVM OVER IP SWITCH This link logs out the current user and presents a new login screen Please note that an automatic logout will be performed if there is no activity for half an hour Clickin
45. he connection options of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH The KVM OVER IP SWITCH redirects local keyboard mouse and video signals to a remote administration console All data is transmitted using the TCP IP protocol Server Host IP Access Switch IP Network Administrator Client SAEN Controlling a single computer The KVM OVER IP SWITCH can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well Attaching one or more KVM OVER IP SWITCH units to a KVM switch matrix allows multiple server access via a single remote console BENDY m ELE sie KVMS d ETE Saris IP Network KVM Switch Access Switch A sacl aliada bula llana PEPE a EE Administrator Client Controlling multiple computers via a KVM Switch 2 2 Connections 2 2 0 KVM over IP Access Module Installation Module version only Before you install the KVM over IP Access module into the KVM switch ensure the KVM Switch is switched off and the power supply is unplugged Proceed to unscrew and remove the small metal cover on rear of the KVM switch Carefully slide the module into the slot and secure in place with the screw previously removed You may either use PS 2 or USB mouse and keyboard However please note that USB mouse and keyboard signals from your local console will not be converted and output as PS 2 signals to your server KVM switch 2 2 1 Host or KVM Switch Connection Side Stand alone version only
46. icular KVM Encryption Off Try Force KVM OVER IP SWITCH In order to do this the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 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 you claim you are and signs and issues a SSL certificate to you Group based System Access Control Please note Apply is required or changes will be lost M Enable Group based System Access Control Default Action ACCEPT The following steps are necessary to create and install an SSL certificate for the KVM OVER IP Rule Starting IP Ending IP Group Action SWITCH 1 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 All ACCEPT o o l l n mmens eanan e r 1 Create an SSL Certificate Signing Request using the panel shown in the screen shot All above You need to fill out a number of fields that are explained on the next page Once Insert _Replace o this is done click on the Create button to initiate the Certificate Signing Request non generation The CSR can be downloaded to your administration machine with the ay ene Download CSR button see the illustration on the next page p _ til AAA Group Action 2 Send the saved CSR to a CA for certification You will get the new certificate from the CA CEE O CAN ALERET after a more or less complicated traditional authentication process depending on the Super y
47. is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at their own expense WEEE Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Y Recycling of Electronic Products Europe In 2006 the European Union introduced regulations WEEE for the collection and recycling of all waste electrical and electronic equipment The Wheelie bin symbol shown indicates that this product must not be disposed of with household waste Instead the product must be recycled in a manner that is environmentally friendly For more information on how to dispose of this product please contact your local recycling centre or your household waste disposal service Each individual EU member state has implemented the WEEE regulations into national law in slightly different ways Please follow your national law when you want to dispose of any electrical or electronic products Germany Deutschland Die Europ ische Union hat mit der WEEE Direktive umfassende Regelungen f r die Verschrottung und das Recycling von Elektro und Elektronikprodukten geschaffen Das ElektroG Elektro und Elektronikger tegesetz verbietet das Entsorgen von entsprechenden auch alten Elektro und Elektronikger ten Uber die Hausm lltonne Diese Ger te m ssen den lokalen Sammelsystemen bzw rtlichen Sammelstellen zugef hrt werden Dort werden sie kostenlos entgegen genommen Die Kosten f r den weiteren Recyclingprozess bernehmen die Ger teherstel
48. it 3 Configuration The KVM OVER IP SWITCH parameter Value communication interface is based on panto configuration TCP IP The switch comes pre configured IP Address 192 168 0 70 with the IP configuration detailed here Net mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway none If this initial configuration does not meet your requirements the following section describes the configuration that is necessary to access the KVM over IP SWITCH for the first time 3 1 Initial IP Configuration via Network If DHCP mode is enabled IP auto configuration DHCP the KVM over IP Switch 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 net mask Before you connect the device to your local subnet be sure to complete the corresponding configuration of your DHCP server It is recommended to configure a fixed IP assignment to the MAC address of the KVM over IP SWITCH You can find the MAC address labelled on the bottom side of the metal housing and on the separate labels provided with the modules There is a Network Setup Software tool PSetup for setting up the network configuration IP Address Subnet mask DHCP etc It is useful when you want to change the network settings or when you cannot access to the unit due to not knowing the network settings of the unit In this case you can view or change the settings via this utility Follow th
49. l port and use the Telnet Console or a standard Telnet client to connect to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 43 5 5 6 Date And Time Date Time Settings UTC Offset 0 h y e User specified time Date 1 1 2000 mm dd yyyy Time 5 la7 116 hh mm ss Synchronize with NTP Server Primary Time server EAS Secondary Time server Apply Reset to defaults Stored value j default Stored value iS equal to the Here you can set the internal real time clock of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH You can adjust the clock manually or use an NTP timeserver Without a timeserver your time setting will be lost if the KVM OVER IP SWITCH is powered down 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 setting that allows you to set up a static offset to get your local time Note The IP ACCESS KVM SWITCH CLASSIC does not adjust to daylight saving time automatically So you have to set up the UTC offset according to the local conventions of your country 44 5 5 7 Event Log Home lt O 192 168 10 173 home asp Event Log Targets List Logging Enabled Entries shown per page 20 A Clear internal log Clear 1 NFS Logging Enabled NFS Server z NFS Share NFS Log File levtlog x LJ SMTP Logging Enabled SMTP Server j Receiver E
50. ler France En 2006 l union Europ enne a introduit la nouvelle r glementation DEEE pour le recyclage de tout quipement lectrique et lectronique Chaque Etat membre de l Union Europ enne a mis en application la nouvelle r glementation DEEE de mani res l g rement diff rentes Veuillez suivre le d cret d application correspondant a l limination des d chets lectriques ou lectroniques de votre pays Italy Nel 2006 l unione europea ha introdotto regolamentazioni WEEE per la raccolta e il riciclo di apparecchi elettrici ed elettronici Non piu consentito semplicemente gettare queste apparecchiature devono essere riciclate Ogni stato membro dell EU ha tramutato le direttive WEEE in leggi statali in varie misure Fare riferimento alle leggi del proprio Stato quando si dispone di un apparecchio elettrico o elettronico Per ulteriori dettagli fare riferimento alla direttiva WEEE sul riciclaggio del proprio Stato LINDY No 39414 39432 39636 C For Commercial Use Only i Tested to comply www lindy com with FCC Standards 60
51. ll be saved for the current user and activated the next time this user opens the Remote Console The number of available shapes depends on the Java Virtual Machine a version of 1 2 or higher offers the full list Video Settings Opens a panel for changing the KVM OVER IP SWITCH video settings The KVM OVER IP SWITCH features two different dialogs which influence the video settings Video Settings in the KVM section in the front end menu The Noise Filter option defines how the KVM OVER IP SWITCH reacts to small changes in the video input signal 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 15 filter displays all changes instantly but may lead to a constant amount of network traffic even if 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 Video Settings through the remote console Contrast Red a Contrast Green 4 Contrast Blue a Clock aj Phase aj Horizontal ofset aj Vertical Offset Resetthis Mode Reset All Modes Save Changes 1024768 60Hz Lindo Changes 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
52. mail Address Sender Email Address 6 SNMP Logging Enabled Destination IP Community Click here to view the IP Access Module SNMP MIB Event Log Assignments Event List Board Message W Security Y Remote Console W Host Control Authentication Serial Port Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Important events like a login failure or a firmware update are logged to a selection of logging destinations Each of those events belongs to an event group which can be activated separately In the Event Log Settings you can choose how many log entries are shown on each page Furthermore you can clear the log file here List logging enabled 45 The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH To show the log list click on Event Log on the Maintenance page Since the KVM OVER IP SWITCH s system memory is used to save all the information the maximum number of possible log list entries is restricted to 1000 events Every entry that exceeds this limit overrides the oldest one Note f the reset button on the HTML front end is used to restart the IP ACCESS KVM SWITCH CLASSIC all logging information is saved permanently and is available after the IP ACCESS KVM SWITCH CLASSIC has been started If the IP ACCESS KVM SWITCH CLASSIC loses power or a hard reset is performed all logging data will be lost To avoid this use one of the l
53. nabled do not use a plain background Instead use some kind of wallpaper 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 the mouse will be resynchronized If re synchronizing fails disable mouse acceleration and repeat the procedure 3 4 4 Single and Double Mouse Mode The information above applies to Double Mouse Mode where both remote and local mouse pointers are visible and need to be synchronized The KVM OVER IP SWITCH also features another mode Single Mouse Mode where only the remote mouse pointer is visible Activate this mode in the open Remote Console and click into the window area The local mouse pointer will be hidden and the remote one can be controlled directly To leave this mode use the hotkey combination ALT F12 to free the captured local mouse pointer 3 4 5 Recommended Mouse Settings For the different operating systems we can give the following advice MS Windows 2000 2003 Professional and Server XP In general we recommend the use of a USB mouse Choose USB without Mouse Sync For a PS 2 mouse choose Auto Mouse Speed For XP disable the option called enhance pointer precision in the Control Panel SUN Solaris Adjust 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 u
54. nd www lindy co uk open source software i403 The software mentioned is licensed under the various open source licenses Please refer to the respective software module library for the respective software GPL license We provide this software under exclusion of any liability You can find and download all relevant information and source code from our websites at no cost You can also request a CD with the souce codes of the software from us In this case for customers based in the UK please send a cheque issued to LINDY Electronics LTD for the amount of 80 00 to LINDY Electronics LTD Teesside Industrial Estate Thornaby TS17 9JY if you are outside of the UK please send a cheque issued to LINDY Elektronik GmbH with the amount of 95 00 to LINDY Elektronik GmbH Markircher Str 20 DE 68229 Mannheim with reference open source software CD for No where stands for the 5 digit LINDY article number This fee applies only to the incurred cost for duplicating and shipping Your source code request must specify the LINDY product article number clearly Please give us a 4 to 12 weeks processing time in order for us to provide you with the latest and correct source code information This product uses Open Source Software March 2014 99 CE Statement This equipment complies with the requirements relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility Standards EN55022 EN55024 and the further standards cited therein It must be used with shielded c
55. nnannncnrrnnnannnnnerenannnnns 8 3 4 1 KVM OVER IP SWITCH Keyboard Settings cccccocococcccncocococcccnnncononancnnnos 8 3 4 2 Remote Mouse Settings coin dao 8 3 4 3 Host System Mouse Settings occccccccoococccnnccoononcncnnnnnnnnancnnnnnnononennnnnnononanennnos 9 3 4 4 Single and Double Mouse Mode occcccoooocccocccccconccconcnonononcnnnnonononcnnnnnnononanennnos 9 3 4 5 Recommended Mouse Settings ccooooocccocccccccocccnncnononanoncnnnnononencnnnnonananenonos 9 3 4 6 Video Modest ace 9 A ra E ce aetna teenie eacecaee 10 E A the at te a Peed aaa a E caste dcnenae 10 E A 01 a Lo IN i R RO A EA PE en ES Pr AP RAPE NE 11 4 2 1 Login to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH ooooocccccccccncccccccccoccoccccnononnnononnonnnanonncnnnnnnnnnnos 11 4D Naviga ON nn 0s asaevaveuss a nasauceessenuavacseeses 12 4 3 1 Remote Console Main Window ooccccccccccoconcncncocononocononcnnnnonononononnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnos 13 4 3 2 Remote Console Control Bat c ccccccccccseseceeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeesaeeeceeeesaeaeeeeeeeesaeaeeees 14 4 3 3 Remote Console Status LIne 0 0 ccccccccceccccececccececececcececeuaucecuceececsceeaecesseavans 17 9 MENU OPTIONS conti a es ea 18 DT Remote CONTO a EE a a A AAA 18 A a a a a ea e Eaa 18 A AS EE 18 D2 VITA EMOS 0 A AAA AAA ARA 2 RANA ATA 19 52 11 Dive Redirec lon 85 dict chars E E E E A A 19 5 2 2 Create a CD ROM ISO Image
56. o the host as USB device CD DVD Image 2 Floppy Image Share host Share folder name Image file name User optional Password optional 92 168 10 173 vfloppy_options asp Follow the procedure below to create a CD ROM image which can be accessed by the host system via the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 21 First on your client PC you must create an image of your CD which can be accessed by the host system 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 CDROM image file copy the contents of the CD ROM 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 Windows To create the image file use your favourite CD Pla s mn imaging tool Copy the whole contents of the disc re into one single image file on your hard disk z V For example with Nero you choose Copy and Backup Then navigate to the Copy Disc bla Make Data Disc ol Back up Files section Select the CD ROM or DVD drive you fem would like to create an image from Specify the F Make Audio CD filename of the image and save the CD ROM content in that file Mak
57. oad e Update Firmware A new firmware update is a binary file which can be sent to you by email from the Technical Support team of LINDY 1 The new firmware file is uploaded to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH In order to do this you need to select the file on your local system using the Browse button on the Upload Firmware panel Once the firmware file has been uploaded it is checked whether it is a valid firmware file and whether there were any transmission errors In case of any error the Upload Firmware function will be aborted Update January 2014 Due to the large size of these upgrade files this firmware update must be done in two steps Step 1 and Step 2 Future updates may again be provided as a single update file The January 2014 2 step upgrade must be performed on all units having firmware older than January 2014 This is a requirement 2 If everything went well you will see the Update Firmware panel The panel shows you the version number of the currently running firmware 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 KVM over IP SWITCH s power supply will not be interrupted during the update process The update runs fully automatically and the Login screen will automatically re open after a few minutes Do not interrupt this process 50 5 6 5 Unit Reset Thi
58. oard Message 01 01 2000 05 21 38 Authentication 01 01 2000 05 21 07 Board Message 01 01 2000 05 20 07 Board Message 01 01 2000 05 19 00 Board Message 01 01 2000 05 14 05 Authentication 01 01 2000 05 12 25 Authentication 01 01 2000 00 00 36 Board Message User super logged in from IP address 192 168 10 165 Device successfully started Firmware updated to 04 31 01 Build 61069 Firmware file uploaded by user super 04 31 01 Build 61069 ipkvmstdCE50658B User super logged in from IP address 192 168 10 165 Device successfully started Firmware updated to 04 31 01 Build 61068 Firmware file uploaded by user super 04 31 01 Build 61068 ipkvmstd User super logged in from IP address 192 168 10 165 User super logged in from IP address 192 168 10 165 Device successfully started 01 01 2000 07 36 46 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 10 165 closed 01 01 2000 07 35 29 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 10 165 established 01 01 2000 07 23 42 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 10 165 closed 49 Prev Next 5 6 4 Update Firmware The KVM OVER IP SWITCH is a complete standalone computer The software it runs is called the firmware The firmware of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH can be updated remotely in order to install new functionality or special features gt C B 192 168 10 173 home asp Firmware Upload Firmware File Datei auswahlen Keine ausgewahlt Upl
59. 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 KVM port or the video mode was recently changed Tip When first started if the local mouse pointer is not synchronized with the remote mouse pointer click the Auto Adjust Button once If the mouse is still not synchronized select Intelligent Sync from the Mouse Handling sub menu of the Remote Console Option menu Fixed mouse speed This mode just translates the mouse movements from the Remote Console in a way that one pixel move will lead to n pixel moves on the remote system This parameter n is adjustable However it should be noted that this works only when mouse acceleration is turned off on the remote system 3 4 3 Host System Mouse Settings The host s operating system obtains various settings from the mouse driver Note The following limitations do not apply when using USB mice and Windows 2000 and higher 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 Windows XP Mouse Settings If using Windows XP disable the enhance pointer precision improve mouse acceleration setting Active Desktop If the Active Desktop feature of Microsoft Windows is e
60. og methods described below NFS Logging enabled Defines an NFS server to write all logging data to a file that is located there To write logging data from multiple KVM OVER IP SWITCH units to only one NFS share you have to define a file name that is unique for each device When you change the NFS settings and press Apply 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 SMTP Logging enabled With this option the KVM OVER IP 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 In order to use this log destination you have to specify an SMTP server that has to be reachable from the KVM OVER IP SWITCH and that needs no authentication at all lt serverip gt lt port gt SNMP Logging enabled If this is activated the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 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 event traps only contain one descriptive string with all information about the log event Only authentication and host power events have a trap class that consists of several fields with detailed information about the occur
61. raction is possible but monitoring is LocalCursor Video Settings Refresh Video Exclusive Access 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 Soft Keyboard Console at the same time again until this user disables the exclusive Local Keyboard access or logs off Haitis i E 24 A change in the access mode is also visible in the status line indicated by this icon Scaling Allows you to scale down the Remote Console window 25 50 100 Scale to fit You can still use both mouse and keyboard however the scaling algorithm will not preserve all display details Mouse Handling The submenu for mouse handling offers three options for synchronizing the local and the remote mouse pointer Mouse Mode Allows switching between Single Mouse Mode and Double Mouse Mode 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 Note This method takes more time than fast sync 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 Transparent Default Big Pixel Crosshair The selected shape wi
62. red event To receive these SNMP traps any SNMP trap listener may be used Warning In contrast to the internal log file on the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 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 so you may have to delete it or move it from time to time 46 5 5 8 USB Protocol Version 2 0 1 1 gt D 192 168 10 173 home asp USB Device Settings Force using USB 1 1 USB 2 0 is the default setting if the operating system of the managed computer does not support USB 2 0 please force it to Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Here you can force the USB function to USB 1 1 version protocol Some KVM switches may not be fully compatible with USB 2 0 protocols 5 5 9 Configuration File gt D 192 168 10 173 home asp Device Configuration Configuration Restore Datei auswahlen Keine ausgewahlt Restore Configuration Backup Backup Config File Here the device configuration can be backed up and restored in case you want to replace one unit with another one 47 5 6 Maintenance 5 6 1 Device Information This section contains a summary with various information about the KVM OVER IP SWITCH and its current firmware lt also allows you to reset the unit Home x WA gt C D 192 168 10 173 home asp A Device Information Product Name IP Access Module Server Nam
63. require different values here The default settings in conjunction with the auto adjustment procedure should be adequate for most common configurations If the picture quality is still 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 together with the setting for sampling clock Horizontal Offset Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in a horizontal direction Vertical Offset Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in a vertical direction Reset this Mode Reset mode specific settings to the factory made defaults Reset all Modes Reset all settings to the factory made defaults Save Changes Save changes permanenily Undo Changes Restore last settings 16 Soft Keyboard Opens up the sub 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 x PELE DIDDIITENn 2p3pa sfo r je 9 0 emsjtiMis qlwjelr tiyjuliloje t J Pearl t t alspalffolnfife 4 s gt fzfxfelvylejnim fi amp F Ctrl panja AltGriwiame Ctrl ins De SOREL Mapping Used for choosing the language and country mapping of the Soft Keyboard Local Keyboard Used to change the language mapping of your browser running
64. rwise go to chain rule 2 AA Virtual Media A xe U U U UUU Organization Locality City iw State Province Rule 1 Yes gt Action 1 Country ISO code No F y sas r Email super Rule 2 Yes Action 2 D J pin Confirm Challenge password at si Yes gt Action 3 ES 1024 7 E Create No 53 Stored value is equal to the default y Rule n Yes gt Action 4 l y ee y e The KVM OVER IP SWITCH uses the Secure Socket Layer SSL protocol for any encrypted l network traffic between itself and a connected client During the connection establishment the Check the Enable Group based System Access Control to edit the rules KVM OVER IP SWITCH has to expose its identity to a client using a cryptographic certificate Users can add a new IP filtering rule by populating the fields in the new line by using Append or This certificate and the underlying secret key is the same for all KVM OVER IP SWITCH units Insert Users can remove a rule by using Replace or Delete Use Apply to save your changes and certainly will not match the network configuration that will be applied to the KVM OVER IP HTTP Encryption SWITCH by its user The certificate s underlying secret key is also used for securing the SSL I Force HTTPS for Web access handshake Hence this is a security risk but far better than no encryption at all KVM Encryption However it is possible to generate and install a new certificate that is unique for a part
65. s 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 Modem The KVM OVER IP 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 KVM OVER IP SWITCH Connecting to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH using a telephone line allows you to set up a dedicated point to point connection from your console computer to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH In other words the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 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 KVM OVER IP SWITCH make sure you configure your console computer accordingly For instance on Windows based operating systems you can configure a dial up network connection which defaults to the right settings like PPP 42 The Modem Settings panel allows you to configure remote access to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH using a modem The meaning of each parameter will be described below The modem settings are part of the serial settings panel Serial line speed The speed the KVM OVER IP SWITCH is communicating with the modem Most 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 spe
66. s section allows you to reset specific parts of the device This involves the keyboard and mouse the video engine and the KVM OVER IP SWITCH itself Reset Keyboard Mouse PS 2 Reset Reset USB Reset Reset Video Engine Reset Reset Device Reset This may take up to a minute Unit Reset Se Resetting the unit itself is mainly needed to activate a newly 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 engine will take a few seconds only and does not result in connections closing To reset individual KVM OVER IP SWITCH functionality click on the Reset button Note Only the super user is allowed to reset the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 51 6 Troubleshooting Q 001 The remote mouse doesn t work or is not synchronized A 001 Make sure the mouse settings in KVM OVER IP SWITCH match the mouse model Use the Intelligent Sync option from the Mouse Handling sub menu of the Remote Console Options menu Q 002 The video quality is bad or the picture is grainy A 002 Try to correct the brightness and contrast settings see Page 19 until they are out of a range where the picture looks grainy Use the auto adjustment feature to correct a flickering video Q 003 Login on KVM OVER IP SWITCH fails A 003 Was the correct combination of user and
67. se the Single Mouse Mode MAC OS X We recommend using the Single Mouse Mode 3 4 6 Video Modes The KVM OVER IP SWITCH switch recognizes a limited number of common video modes When running X11 on the host system please do not use any custom mode lines with special video modes If you do the KVM OVER IP SWITCH may not be able to detect them We recommend using any of the standard VESA video modes instead 4 Usage 4 1 Prerequisites The KVM OVER IP SWITCH features an embedded operating system offering a variety of standardized interfaces This section will describe these interfaces and the way to use them in a more detailed manner The interfaces are accessed using the TCP IP protocol family The following interfaces are supported Telnet A standard Telnet client can be used to access an arbitrary device connected to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH CLASSIC USB s serial port via a terminal HTTP HTTPS Full access is provided by the embedded web server The KVM OVER IP SWITCH environment can be entirely managed using a standard web browser You can access the KVM OVER IP SWITCH using the insecure HTTP protocol or using the encrypted HTTPS protocol Whenever possible use HTTPS The primary interface of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH is the HTTP interface 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 mus
68. t feature Java Runtime Environment If the browser has no Java support Such as on a small handheld device you can still maintain your remote host system using the administration forms displayed by the browser itself Important We recommend you install the latest version of Sun s Java Virtual Machine which can be downloaded from the following web site www java com Java configuration Oracle has stopped support for unsigned applets starting with version 7 51 in January 2014 it is required that the LINDY KVM Java certificate issued January 2014 be installed in every computers Java runtime environment used to access the KVM OVER IP SWITCH The certificate can be downloaded from the KVM OVER IP SWITCH Menu Maintenance Device Info Download CA Root right click on the page and save as KVM_Certificate_Authority p12 or from the LINDY product websites To install it open the Java console i e Windows Start gt Control Panel gt Java select tab Security gt Manage Certificates gt Select Signer CA gt Import and select the downloaded certificate file p12 KVM_Certificate_Authority p12 In the Firefox browser you may eventually have to add another JAVA setting Click on the Firefox logo on top left resp the Extras menu select Add ons and Plugins and set the JAVA TM Platform SE to Always active VNC The new firmware also includes the option to access the KVM over IP switch via VNC VNC does not require Java how
69. te screen depending on the number of users working at the same time and the bandwidth of the connection line Modem ISDN DSL LAN etc Automatic detection The encoding and the compression level are determined automatically from the available bandwidth and the current content of the video image 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 adjustment of both compression rate and colour depth individually Depending on the selected compression rate the data stream between the KVM OVER IP SWITCH and the Remote Console will be compressed in order to save bandwidth Since high compression rates are very time consuming they should not be used when several users are accessing the KVM OVER IP SWITCH simultaneously The standard colour depth is 16 bit 65536 colours The other colour depths are intended for slower network connections in order to allow a faster transmission of data Therefore compression level 0 no compression uses only 16 bit colour depth At lower bandwidths only 4 bit 16 colours and 2 bit 4 grey scales are recommended for typical desktop interfaces Photo like pictures have best results with 4 bit 16 grey scales 1 Bit colour depth black white should only be used for extremely slow network connections Remote Console Type Specifies which Remote Console Viewer to use Default Java
70. the KVM OVER IP SWITCH belongs Locality City The city where the organization 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 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 41 Confirm Challenge Password Confirmation of the Challenge Password Email The email address of a contact person that is responsible for the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 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 result in slower response time by the KVM OVER IP SWITCH during connection establishment 5 5 5 Serial Port Configuration login Modem Serial line speed 115200 Y bits s Modem init string ATZHO OK ATLOMO amp K3X1 Ok Modem server IP address 1192 168 3 1 Modem client IP address 1192 168 32 Passthrough access to serial port 1 via Telnet SSH Speed Data bits Parity Stop Bits Handshake 115200 gr none Y iv None Serial Port Log 5 a Serial Port Key Word 1 Key Word Event Log More entries Apply Reset to defaults The KVM OVER IP SWITCH Serial Settings allow you to specify what device i
71. the Remote Console Applet 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 system that uses a US English keyboard mapping In this case you must manually change the local keyboard setting to the correct language Hotkeys Opens a list of previously defined hotkeys Choose one entry the command will be sent to the host system Do you really want to send Ctri Alt Delete Confirmation A confirmation dialog can be added that will be displayed before sending the selected command to the remote host Select OK to perform the command on the remote host 4 3 3 Remote Console Status Line Status line Shows both console and the connection state The size of the remote screen is displayed The example below was taken from a Remote Console with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels The value in brackets describes the connection to the Remote Console Norm means a standard connection without encryption SSL indicates a secure connection Console Norm Desktop size is 1024 x 768 In 0 Bis Out 0 Bis Furthermore both the incoming In and the outgoing Out network traffic are visible in kb s If compressed encoding is enabled a value in In 0 B s Out 0 Bis brackets displays the compressed transfer rate For more information about Monitor Only and Exclusive Access settings see the rel
72. the active image Image file set successfully CD ROM Image Image Host 192 160 2 104 Image Share Test Image File with Path image iso User name super not displayed Share host ohare name Fath to image User optional Password optional ou must remove the current virtual disk to install a CD ROM image 8 Click Reactivate Access the console window and you will see that another CD drive has been installed on the host computer This 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 SAMBA must 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 23 5 2 3 Floppy Disk Follow the steps below to upload a virtual floppy image to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH and create a virtual floppy drive on the host system Create a Floppy Image First on your client PC you must create an image of your floppy disk which can be uploaded to the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 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 and Linux To create a floppy image file copy the contents of a floppy to a file You can
73. ts elements you can see the state of the Remote Console and influence the local Remote Console settings A description for each control follows n EEL Dp ore 1 opions Ctrl Alt Delete Ctrl Alt Delete Sends the Control Alt Delete key combination to the remote system El Auto Adjust button If the video display is poor quality or distorted in some way click this button and wait a few seconds while the KVM OVER IP SWITCH tries to adjust itself for the best possible video quality la Sync LAI Sync mouse Activates the mouse synchronization process Choose this option in order to synchronize the local AND remote mouse cursors 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 Ds Single Double mouse mode Switches between the Single Mouse Mode where only the remote mouse pointer is visible and the Double Mouse Mode where remote and local mouse pointers are visible Single mouse mode is only available if using SUN JVM 1 3 or higher Tip When in single mouse mode use the hotkey combination ALT F12 to release mouse control and access the menus etc 14 Options Options Opens the Options menu A short description of each of the options follows Exclusive Access IE Monitor Only ae i Toggles the Monitor Only filter on or off If the filter is switched on Mouse Handling no remote console inte
74. ustment Set brightness to zero when auto adjusting LJ Force Composite Sync Required for Sun Computers Reset VSC Settings Reset Global Settings Reset KVM Local Settings Reset Current Mode Reset All Modes Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Video Settings the If there are no video problems leave the mode in Auto Detection 32 Noise filter This option defines how the KVM OVER IP SWITCH reacts to small changes in the video input signal 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 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 5 4 4 VNC Home x WAN gt C 65 192 168 10 173 home asp Standard VNC Settings Y Enable VNC Server VNC Server Port 5900 VNC Server Password jcluster On saving the settings all existing connections are terminated View the VNC logfile Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Video Settings To use a VNC viewer to access the KVM over IP Switch the VNC server as to be enabled Please make sure youtr firewall does not block the relevant ports We ha
75. ve tested Tight VNC that works without any problems Most common VNC viewers can be used however some may use special settings If you want to use Real VNC please set it to video mode 3 33 5 5 Device Settings 5 5 1 Network The Network Settings panel allows network related parameters to be changed Each parameter will be explained below Once applied the new network settings will immediately come into effect gt 5 192 168 10 173 home asp Network Basic Settings IP auto configuration None vw Preferred host name DHCP only e IP address 1192 168 10 173 Subnet mask 255 255 2550 3 Gateway IP address 1192 168 10 254 Primary DNS server IP address f 92 168 10 254 e Network o Secondary DNS server IP address 3 l Server Name KVM Server Network Miscellaneous Settings Remote Console amp HTTPS port haz d HTTP port 80 TELNET port 23 SSH port p2 Bandwidth Limit kbitis O Enable TELNET access LJ Enable SSH access _ Disable Setup Protocol LAN Interface Settings Current LAN interface parameters autonegotiation on 100 Mbps full duplex link ok LAN interface speed Autodetect y LAN interface duplex mode Autodetect Y Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Note The initial IP configuration is usually done directly at the host system using the special procedure described in Section 3 Changing the network settings of the
76. vices IP address 32 168 2 100 Device Type IP KVM 7 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Enable WLAN Configuration PW LAN Devices only Gateway 32 158 2 1 Authentication Wireless LAN Configuration Super ser login i Super User password i 7 Mew super User password pi New password confirm Query Device Setup Device pu Status Ready On the upper left corner the MAC address of the KVM OVER IP SWITCH 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 right corner of the window there are two buttons Query Device and Setup Device Press the Query Device button to display the preconfigured values of the network configuration The values are displayed in the text fields located above If necessary adjust the network settings to your needs To save the changes enter a user login and a password see 3 3 2 Authentication on page 9 and then press the Setup Device button 3 3 2 Authentication To adjust the authentication settings enter your login as a super user and change your password Super user login Enter the login name of the super user The initial value is super All of the characters are lower case Super user password Enter the current password for the super user This initial value is pass All of the characters are lower case Please change the password when configuring the KVM
77. y and aliases PRINTSCREEN TILDE SCROLL LOCK MINUS BREAK EQUALS INSERT HOME PAGE UP lt LESS DELETE END E PAGE DOWN SLASH UP BACK SPACE LEFT TAB DOWN RIGHT NUM LOCK ENTER NUMPADO CAPS LOCK NUMPAD1 BACK SLASH NUMPAD2 LSHIFT SHIFT NUMPAD3 RCTRL NUMPAD4 RSHIFT NUMPAD5 LCTRL CTRL NUMPAD6 LALT ALT NUMPAD7 SPACE NUMPAD8 ALTGR NUMPAD9 ESCAPE ESC NUMPADPLUS NUMPAD PLUS F1 NUMPAD F2 NUMPADMUL NUMPAD MUL F3 NUMPADMINUS NUMPAD MINUS F4 NUMPADENTER F5 WINDOWS F6 MENU F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 The layout for this keyboard is also shown However most modifier 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 be named by 2 key codes separated by a comma in the previous table DERE Azor 2110 2001 CR eel TUTE TLL hI COAAPODECAS CUM 94 8 Video Modes amp User Permissions Video Modes supported The table below lists the video modes that the KVM OVER IP SWITCH supports Please do not use any other custom video settings the KVM OVER IP SWITCH may not be able to detect them 1152x900 66 1280x960 60d User Role Permissions The table below lists the user role permissions granted for three user role groups Superuser Administrator and User Function User Administrator

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