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Tripp Lite B050-000 Network Card User Manual

1. Figure 6 36 Device Information This section contains a summary with various information about this B050 000 and its current firmware and allows you to reset the card You may have a look at Figure 6 36 for an example The Data file for support allows you to download the B050 000 data file with specific support information This is an XML file with certain customized support informa tion like the serial number etc You may send us this information together with a support request It will help us to locate and solve your reported problem 85 Chapter 6 Menu Options Connected Users test 62 238 0 39 test 80 145 25 183 test 212 183 10 29 test 62 153 241 228 RC exclusive active active 26 min idle 20 min idle Host IP address Connected user s Figure 6 37 displays the B050 000 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 indicates 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 Control Bar in Chapter 5 To display the user activity the last column is used It contains either the term active for an active User activity Remote Console opened in exclusive mode Figure 6 37 Connected Users user or the according idle time for an inactive user
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3. Chapter 6 Menu Options You may use the text buttons Prev and Next to browse within the data The button Prev displays the previous page with newer log information whereas the button Next switches to the following page with older log information Update Firmware gt A X E ile Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help E 5 a 1 ha v s e iB http 192 168 1 188 home asp Go Firmware Upload Firmware File Browse EA 2 Update Firmware t Figure 6 39 Update Firmware The B050 000 is a complete standalone computer The software it runs is called the firmware The firmware of the B050 000 can be updated remotely in order to install new functionality or special features A new firmware update is a binary file which will be sent to you by email If the firmware file is a compressed file with suffix zip you have to unzip it before you can proceed In order to extract the archive you may use WinZip from http www winzip com for Windows OS or a tool named unzip that might be already provided in your OS UNIX Linux OS X Before you can start updating the firmware of your B050 000 the new and uncom pressed firmware file has to be accessible on the system that you use for connecting to the B050 000 Updating the firmware is a three stage process Firstly the new firmware file is uploaded onto the B050 000 In order to do that you need to select the file on your local sy
4. Device Authentication Username user Password eeee 6 redirectable drives found Figure 6 13 Selecting the desired drive Select the drive you would like to redirect All available devices drive letters are shown here Please note that the whole drive is shared with the remote computer not only one partition If you have a hard disc with more than one partition all drive letters that belong to this disc will be redirected The Refresh button may be used to regenerate the list of drive letters especially for an USB stick Chapter 6 Menu Options Write Support Drive Redirection Connection Parameters Device my device Drive A iv Port 443 Secure Connection Allow Write Support EXPERIMENTAL DANGEROUS Caution This might destroy all data on the shared medial Note The whole drive is redirected here If vou redirect a local hard disk with more than one partition all partitions of the drive will be available on the remote computer Device Authentication Username user Password eese B redirectable drives found Figure 6 14 Selecting write support This feature may be enabled here Write support means that the remote computer is allowed to write on your local drive As you can imagine this is very dangerous If both the remote and the local system try to write data on the same device this will certainly destroy the file system on the drive Please use this
5. Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 5 1 SetupDevice Status Ready m Figure 4 2 B050 000 setup tool Linux version Connect the B050 000 to your computer either via local network or via USB Start the setup tool from the CD ROM on the computer where the B050 000 is installed Depending on the connection USB or network the device detection is different Note Configuration via network requires the device to have a valid IP address If your net work provides a properly configured DHCP server the B050 000 should be automatically assigned an IP address A window opens as seen in Figure 4 1 on a Windows OS and Figure 4 2 on a Linux OS MAC Address Detection Using the tool for Windows On the upper left corner the MAC address of the B050 000 is displayed To detect the MAC address manually press the button Refresh Devices The displayed MAC address is the same MAC address printed on the white sticker placed on the back of the B050 000 If the B050 000 is connected via USB it is classified as a USB device and an appropriate drive letter is chosen for this device 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 preconfig ured 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 18 Chapter 4 Configurat
6. If the reset button on the HTML frontend is used to restart the B050 000 all logging information is saved permanently and is available after the B050 000 has been started If the B050 000 loses power or a hard reset is performed all log ging data will be lost To avoid this use one of the log methods described below NFS Logging enabled Define a NFS server where a directory or a static link has to be exported to in order to write all logging data to a file that is located there To write logging data from more than one B050 000 devices 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 the button 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 message Warning In contrast to the internal log file on the B050 000 the size of the NFS log file is not limited Every log event will be ap pended to the end of the file so it grows continuously and you may have to delete it or move it away from time to time SMTP Logging enabled With this option the B050 000 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 dest
7. OK to set the options for this share UNIX and UNIX like OS UNIX Solaris Linux If you like to access the share via SAMBA SAMBA has to be set up properly You may either edit the SAMBA configuration file etc samba smb conf or use the Samba Web Administration Tool SWAT or WebMin to set the correct parame ters For additional options see the Section called Options for details Drive Redirection The Drive Redirection is another possibility to use a virtual disc drive on the remote computer 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 It is even possible to enable a write support so that for the remote machine it is possible to write data to your local disc e 2 D http 192 168 1 161 home asp Back c Reload Home Active Image No disk emulation set Drive Redirection Drive Redirection allows you to share your local drive floppy CD ROM removable disks and harddisks with the remote system Drive Redirection Disable Drive Redirection v Force read only connections App GTS SEES TES Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 11 Drive Redirection 53 Chapter 6 Menu Options 54 Please note th
8. 47 Chapter 6 Menu Options The following list shows the command syntax and their usage help Displays the list of possible commands quit Exits the current session and disconnects from the client version Displays the release information terminal Starts the terminal pass through mode for serial port 1 The key sequence esc exit switches back to the command mode The command has an optional pa rameter 1 or 2 to select the desired serial port for pass through access Virtual Media Floppy Disk File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help e Y Y 2 a http 192 168 1 161 home asp Back ird p Reload Home Active Image No disk emulation set Floppy Disk Floppy Image Upload Floppy Image File Browse em Figure 6 4 Virtual Floppy Area 48 Chapter 6 Menu Options Upload a Floppy Image Within two small steps working on the basis of a certain floppy image can be achieved First the path of the image has to be specified You can do that either by hand or by using the file selection dialog of your web browser To open the file selection dialog click on the button Browse and select the desired image file Floppy Image Upload Floppy Image File Browse Figure 6 5 Select Image File The maximum image size is limited to 1 44MB To use a larger image mount this image via Windows Share or SAMBA see the Section called Use Image on Windows Share SAMBA for details
9. Back Reload Home Change Password New Password Confirm New Password Apply Change Password Figure 6 20 Set password To change your password enter the new password in the upper entry field Retype the password in the field below Click Apply to submit your changes 62 Chapter 6 Menu Options Users And Groups File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help gt gt e Back Reload Home iD http 192 168 1 188 home asp pUser Management Existing users jd z New user name d Full user name Jonos Password M Confirm Password M Email address deoacmecom Mobile number PAS Role fuser ignored for super user i A Figure 6 21 Set User User Management The B050 000 comes with a pre configured user account for the user super that has fixed permissions This user has all possible rights to configure the device and to use all functions the B050 000 offers Upon delivery the account for the user super has the password pass Make sure to change the password immediately after you have installed and firstly accessed your B050 000 A full list of available options follows This list can only be seen by the superuser 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 T
10. Event Log o gt amp E Back v 2 Event Log Figure 6 38 displays the Event Log list It includes the events that are kept by the B050 000 extended by the event date a short event description and an IP address the request was sent from 86 Reload Home gt oa File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help iB http 192 168 1 188 home asp Event Log Date 01 24 2006 16 39 39 01 24 2006 16 39 37 01 24 2006 16 39 24 01 24 2006 16 39 21 01 24 2006 16 39 03 01 24 2006 16 38 53 01 24 2006 16 05 08 01 24 2006 16 05 07 01 24 2006 16 03 49 01 24 2006 16 03 34 01 24 2006 16 03 27 n4 ma mone AROSA Event Remote Console Remote Console Authentication Authentication Authentication Authentication Remote Console Remote Console Remote Console Remote Console Remote Console SONATA Prev Next Description Connection to client 192 168 1 214 closed Connection to client 192 168 1 214 established User super logged in from IP address 192 168 1 214 User jd failed to log in from IP address 192 168 1 214 User admin logged in from IP address 192 168 1 214 User super logged in from IP address 192 168 1 214 Connection to client 192 168 1 214 closed Connection to client 192 168 1 214 established Connection to client 192 168 1 214 closed Connection to client 192 168 1 214 established Connection to client 192 168 1 214 closed AREAS a iU Figure 6 38 Event Log List Go
11. The pre configured settings deliver the best result because of optimized adjust ment of compression and color depth for the indicated network speed Manually Allows to adjust both compression rate and the color depth individually De pending on the selected compression rate the data stream between the B050 000 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 while several users are accessing the B050 000 simultaneously The standard color depth is 16 Bit 65536 colors The other color depths are in tended for slower network connections in order to allow a faster transmission of data Therefore compression level 0 no compression uses only 16 Bit color depth At lower bandwidths only 4 Bit 16 colors and 2 Bit 4 gray scales are recommended for typical desktop interfaces Photo like pictures have best re sults with 4 Bit 16 gray scales 1 Bit color depth black white should only be used for extremely slow network connections 65 Chapter 6 Menu Options 66 Remote Console Type File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help gt Q 62 2 D http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home y Remote Console Type Default Java VM Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plugin If you do not have the Java Browser Plugin already installed on your system this option will cause downloading of around 11 MByte Plugin code
12. We invite you to access the Tripp Lite s Web site http www tripplite com There you shall find all modifications made after the editorial deadline You may also contact us via email to lt techsupport tripplite com gt Chapter 1 The Quick Start Guide Installation The B050 000 redirects local keyboard mouse and video data to a remote administra tion console All data is transmitted with the TCP IP protocol family The B050 000 can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well Combin ing the B050 000 with a KVM switch allows to access multiple remote servers over one single remote console Connectors and Indicators General Overview The B050 000 has peripheral interfaces and indicators on both the front side and the rear side of the device See the following sections for a detailed description for each side Figure 1 1 Connectors and Indicators General Overview Chapter 1 The Quick Start Guide Front Side Connectors Figure 1 2 system port DC 5VEthernet Power Status LED Figure 1 2 Front Side Connectors and Indicators System port Attach the system cable with the gray connector to this port Power Status LED Displays the status of the B050 000 LED off the B050 000 has no or not enough power LED blinking the B050 000 is booting up if this process takes longer than one minute the reason may be a lack of power LED on the B050 000 is up and running If the B050 0
13. amp rzHo OK ATLOMO amp K3X1 OF Modem server IP address 192 168 3 1 i Modem client IP address 92 168832 s Passthrough access to serial port 1 via Telnet SSH Speed Data bits Parity Stop Bits Handshake gt Serial Port 115200 v 8 y none v fo i z None yf IPM 220 L Inline Power Module Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 32 Serial Settings The B050 000 Serial Settings Figure 6 32 allow you to specify what device is con nected to the serial port and how to use it To access the serial interface a port repli 79 Chapter 6 Menu Options 80 cator cable is required see the Section called B050 000 System Components in Chapter 2 Configuration or console login Do not use the serial port for any special function use it only for the initial con figuration see Table 4 1 Modem The B050 000 offers remote access using a telephone line in addition to the stan dard access over the built in Ethernet adapter The modem needs to be connected to the serial interface of the B050 000 Logically connecting to the B050 000 using a telephone line means nothing else than building up a dedicated point to point connection from your console com puter to the B050 000 In other words the B050 000 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
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15. The path of the image file on the share User optional If necessary specify the user name for the share named before If unspecified and a guest account is activated this guest account information will be used as your login Password optional If necessary specify the password for the given user name For an example you may have a look on Figure 6 7 First the B050 000 will look for a server named mysql acme com Then the entered share name is selected in Chapter 6 Menu Options our example we use the share storage and the image file cdrom_image iso is opened If this file can only be accessed with both an user name and password enter the according values in the input fields for user name and password In our case the file is owned by the user johndoe and protected by an user specific pass phrase displayed as a number of stars To register the specified file image and its location click on the button Set The specified image file is supposed to be accessible from the B050 000 The informa tion above has to be given from the point of view of the B050 000 It is important to specify correct IP addresses and device names Otherwise the B050 000 may not be able to access the referenced image file properly leave the given file unmounted and will display an according error message instead So we recommend to state correct values and repeat this step if necessary storage B File Edit View Favorites Tools He
16. This case was reported for some Windows versions 2000 XP other OS may not be fully excluded This behaviour depends on the BIOS version used in that machine To set this option press the button Apply Creating an Image Floppy Images UNIX and UNIX like OS To create an image file make use of dd This is one of the original UNIX utilities and is included in every UNIX like OS UNIX Sun Solaris Linux To create a floppy image file copy the contents of a floppy to a file You can use the following command dd if dev fdo of tmp floppy image dd reads the entire disc from the device dev d0 and saves the output in the spec ified output file tmp floppy image Adjust both parameters exactly to your needs input device etc 59 Chapter 6 Menu Options 60 MS Windows You can use the tool RawWrite for Windows 4 RawWrite Bal xi Rawwrite for windows http uranus it swin edu au jn linux Written by John Newbigin Floppy drive E ANA Write Read About Help Support Use this tab to write an image to floppy disk Image file F essentials freedos install FDB8 al Number of copies fi Exit Windows NT 5 0 build number 2195 42 Disk 1 of 1 Figure 6 18 RawWrite for Windows selection dialog Select the tab Read from the menu Enter or choose the name of the file in which you would like to save the floppy content Click on the button Copy to initiat
17. host system In general there is no need to change mouse settings on that Chapter 5 Usage Single Double Mouse Mode D P 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 and need to be synchonized Single Mouse Mode is only available if using SUN JVM 1 4 or higher Options LOPHONS To open the Options menu click on the button Options See the Section called Remote Console Options for a detailed description of the available options for the B050 000 Remote Console Options To open the Options menu click on the button Options D X Logout Options E 4 Monitor Only Exclusive Access Scaling Mouse Handling Local Cursor 4 Video Settings Refresh Video Soft Keyboard Local Keyboard Hotkeys Encoding Figure 5 6 Remote Console Options Menu A description of the options follows Monitor Only Toggles the Monitor Only filter on or off If the filter is switched on no remote console interaction is possible The remote screen can be viewed only 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 Console at the same time again until this user disables the exclusive access or logs off Note This option is only accessible for members of the administrator group a
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19. 6 27 Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service dyndns org can be used in the following scenario see Figure 6 28 Dynamic IP Figure 6 28 Dynamic DNS Scenario The B050 000 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 as 74 Chapter 6 Menu Options signed by the provider the B050 000 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 card The administrator has to register a B050 000 that is supposed to take part in the ser vice with the Dynamic DNS Server and assign a certain hostname to it He will get a nickname and a password in return to the registration process This account infor mation together with the hostname is needed in order to determine the IP address of the registered B050 000 You have to perform the following steps in order to enable Dynamic DNS Make sure that the LAN interface of the B050 000 is properly configured Enter the Dynamic DNS Settings configuration dialog as shown in Figure 6 27 Enable Dynamic DNS and change the settings according to your needs see below Enable Dynamic DNS This enables the Dynamic DNS service This requires a configured DNS server IP address Dynamic DNS server This is the server name where B050 000 reg
20. IPMI facilities you have an additional way to power on or off the system or to perform a hard reset Furthermore it provides the possibility to show an event log of the host system and the status of some system sensors i e temperature If your host system supports IPMI you can access it by one of the following ways IPMI over LAN IPMI V1 5 is required 81 Chapter 6 Menu Options 82 IPMI Settings Figure 6 33 shows the B050 000 IPMI settings panel Its options will be explained below IPMI disabled Disables IPMI on the B050 000 This means that Status via IPMI and Event Log via IPMI are not available and the power on off and reset functions do not use IPMI rather than the ATX and the reset cable connected from the B050 000 to the motherboard IPMI over LAN You can connect the IPMI over a LAN connection too The prerequisite for this access type is a host system with IPMI V1 5 and a network adapter with a side band connection to the BMC mostly on board In the IPMI Settings you have to enter the IP address of this host system the user name of a valid IPMI account and password for this account You can also access other IPMI systems if you enter their IP address Date And Time File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help gt J 52 2 O httpy 192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home Date Time Settings UTC Offset ih y User specified time Date i pa 7 2006 mm dd yyyy Time he B
21. In terms of transferred data there can be an improvement The compression plays an important role here You can choose a compression level from the sub menu Com pression in the Options menu of the Remote Console Please note that the video will be compressed on the B050 000 transferred to the Remote Console and unpacked in a Java environment Depending on the remote host and on the local machine this procedure may take some time and may result in an slowly updated picture in the Remote Console To improve the speed you may also set the picture quality in the Remote Console to either 8 bit or even to grayscale Due to less video data to be processed this is likely to be more effective than the highest compression level Chapter 6 Menu Options Remote Control KVM Console File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help o 2 D http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home Remote Console Preview Click to open Desktop size 800 x 600 Device Power Supply 4 Power Supply External tm http 192 168 1 188 title app asp Figure 6 1 KVM Console Remote Console Preview To open the KVM console either click on the menu entry on the left or on the console picture on the right To refresh the picture click on the button that is named Refresh 45 Chapter 6 Menu Options 46 Remote Power a v v J 2 i iB http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back i
22. Indicators General Overview The B050 000 has peripheral interfaces and indicators on both the front side and the rear side of the device See the following sections for a detailed description for each side Figure 3 1 Connectors and Indicators General Overview 13 Chapter 3 Installation Front Side Connectors and Indicators system port DC 5VEthernet Power Status LED Figure 3 2 Front Side Connectors and Indicators System port Attach the system cable with the gray connector to this port Power Status LED Displays the status of the B050 000 LED off the B050 000 has no or not enough power LED blinking the B050 000 is booting up if this process takes longer than one minute the reason may be a lack of power LED on the B050 000 is up and running If the B050 000 is connected via USB only and the Power Status LED tends not to stop blinking after one minute the B050 000 may not receive enough power via USB In that case attach the enclosed power supply to the B050 000 Power supply DC 5V Attach the enclosed power supply to the B050 000 Voltage 5V Current 1 5 A RJ45 Ethernet UTP3 5 cables can be connected to the B050 000 using this standard RJ45 jack 14 Chapter 3 Installation Rear Side Connectors port replicator Figure 3 3 Rear Side Connectors Port replicator Here you may attach an optional port replicator enabling PS 2 support serial and local console Connecting the B05
23. Security Encryption Settings Force HTTPS If this option is enabled access to the web front end is only possible using a HTTPS connection The B050 000 will not listen on the HTTP port for incoming connections In case you want to create your own SSL certificate that is used to identify the B050 000 refer to the Section called Certificate KVM encryption This option controls the encryption of the RFB protocol RFB is used by the Re mote Console to transmit both the screen data to the administrator machine and 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 In case that the connection cannot be established an unencrypted connection will be used instead If set to Force the applet tries to make an encrypted connection An error will be reported in case the connection establishment fails Chapter 6 Menu Options Certificate File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help 3 gt e Back Reload Home iB http 192 168 1 188 home asp Certificate Signing Request CSR Common name John Doe Organizational unit Marketing Dept Organization JACME Corp Locality City Washington Dc State Province sa t lt isSSSCtsS Country SO code Us 2 Emal deacmecom ETETA Challenge password ess 5 1 Confirm Challenge password ess Key length bits 1024 y tee Stored value is equal t
24. Telnet Console Virtual Media User Management Change Password User Management Users KVM Settings User Console KVM Settings Keyboard Mouse KVM Settings Video Device Settings Maintenance Device Information Maintenance Event Log Maintenance Update Firmware Maintenance Unit Reset x X x w o Misc Settings Keyboard Mouse Video X x xX x X Keyboard Mouse Video X x ox x X x X X Keyboard Mouse Video Device 97 Appendix D Users and Roles 98 Appendix E Key Codes Table E 1 shows the key codes used to define the key strokes or hotkeys for sev eral functions Please note that these key codes do not necessarily represent the key Characters that are used on international keyboards A key on a standard 104 key PC keyboard with a US English language mapping is named The layout for this key board is shown in Figure E 1 However most modifier keys and other alphanumeric keys used for hotkey purposes in application programs are on a similar position no matter what language mapping you are using Some of the keys also have aliases This means that a key can be named by two different key codes tab q w Caps a IShift z Letrl Win Alt F2 F3 F4 s FS F6 F7 FS F9 FIOFILFI12 Prnt Scrl Brk S 6 7 8 9 0 Bsp Ins PoslPgup Num tiyjujifjo p Del EndPgdn 7 8 9 gihj j k 1 i N 4 S5S 6 v b ajmj 7 Rshift Up 1 2 3 CR Space AltGR Menu RCt
25. behave exactly the same way as if you were sitting directly in front of the screen of your remote system That means that both the keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way Open the console by selecting the preview picture on the main site of the HTML frontend Figure 1 6 shows the top of the Remote Console Chapter 1 The Quick Start Guide O Remote Console ES Ctrl Alt Delete Re swe t Options Ei i Console Norm Desktop size is 640 x 480 In OB s Out OB s 3 Sa Figure 1 6 Top part of the Remote Console There are some options to choose from the menu the important ones are the follow ing Auto Adjust button H If the video displayed is of bad quality or distorted in some way press this but ton and wait a few seconds while the B050 000 tries to adjust itself for the best possible video quality K Snc Sync Mouse Choose this option in order to synchronize the local with the remote mouse cur sor This is especially necessary when using accelerated mouse settings on the host system In general there is no need to change mouse settings on that Video Settings in Options Menu This opens a new window with elements to control the B050 000 Video Settings You can change some values for instance related to brightness and contrast of the picture displayed which may improve the video quality It is also possible to revert to the default settings for all video modes or only the current one Note At
26. called Initial Configuration Chapter 4 Configuration Terminal Installing default configuration Writing configuration data to flash Done Rebooting Figure 4 4 Terminal with reset messages 25 Chapter 4 Configuration 26 Chapter 5 Usage Prerequisites The B050 000 features an embedded operating system and applications offering a variety of standardized interfaces This chapter will describe both these interfaces and the way to use them in a more detailed manner The interfaces are accessed using the TCP IP protocol family thus they can be accessed using the built in Ethernet adapter The following interfaces are supported HTTP HTTPS Full access is provided by the embedded web server The B050 000 environment can be entirely managed using a standard web browser You can access the B050 000 using the insecure HTTP protocol or using the encrypted HTTPS protocol Whenever possible use HTTPS Telnet A standard Telnet client can be used to access an arbitrary device connected to the B050 000 s serial port via a terminal mode SSH The B050 000 also offers SSH Secure Shell access as a secure alternative to Tel net The primary interface of the B050 000 is the HTTP interface This is covered exten sively in this chapter Other interfaces are addressed in subtopics In order to use the Remote Console window of your managed host system the browser has to come with a Java Runtime Environment ve
27. client 6 No connection can be established to the B050 000 Have a look on your hardware Is the B050 000 attached to a power supply Verify your network configuration IP address router You may send a ping request to the B050 000 to find out whether the B050 000 is reachable via network 7 Special key combinations e g ALT F2 ALT F3 are intercepted by the console system and not transmitted to the host You have to define a so called Button Key This can be done in the Remote Console settings see the Section called Remote Console Control Bar in Chapter 5 Alternatively you can use the soft keyboard feature see the Section called Soft Keyboard in Chapter 5 91 Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions 8 The B050 000 web pages are not displayed correctly Check your browser s cache settings Make sure the cache settings are not set to something like never check for newer pages Otherwise the B050 000 pages may be loaded from your browser cache and not from the card 9 Windows XP does not awake from standby mode This is possibly a Windows XP problem Try not to move the mouse pointer while XP switches into standby mode 10 For SUN computers a USB keyboard does not work The B050 000 emulates a USB keyboard If you attach a USB keyboard to your host two keyboards are detected It cannot be predicted which one of these comes first and you will be able to work with SUN supports only one USB keyboard 11 Cannot
28. ene E ertet tei e E ataca 45 Remote POWet A nete reri ea recen dr 45 Telnet Gonsole 5 54 EA eet edd 46 Virtual Mediaset ri rect ee edere id eee aee 48 Floppy Disk unito vetitis vei tbe cadis udo 48 CDD RONF eese teer HR DA EP et Hm e e t e ted end 49 Brive Redirection een temi e tete ai Ds 53 OPON Sei Secs ce sce oae ED Oe ide 59 Creating an Image isse eidem amete red ede ene eine rad 59 Us ir Managemernt cendi E eee laaan 61 Change Password ee eee ete ue ire a edipi t 62 Users And Groups iret ette ret den i ten bt redd 62 LAA AAA A A DR a AA DR EISE HR Mna Da 64 User Console hie ettet tette UO e dte ree ete t e Ped 64 Keyboard MOUSE etn oret rh tette tete P terit eee 67 bulo A NN 69 DIS E AAA ET EN OT 70 Networker moa teet A Oeo at cotas 70 Dynamic NAAA tifee a rt ne rr ber etre tree ten ren 73 DE METER TEE eet T ME RTT bes saardisi ENES 75 Cer ficate iion ERI ed a BU eite ete tek Ce rdv 76 Serial Settings e e ete ted teatro he eben error 79 Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI 81 Wate And TE eme eene tete art etre dee et 82 ACA TREDDE 83 Maintenance ree Pa e caer eene ocd Pe EE EC see e ee aevo 85 Device Information e aste vecta deett ec pe e eed dde 85 Bent LOB ionis ee oec teret ave tit p DR pe ERE x 86 Update Firmware ete rede d eet re Prin e bee idt 87 Unt Reset 5 ascen eee eter arta ve He 88 A Frequently Asked Questions
29. mouse choose Auto Mouse Speed For XP disable the option enhance pointer precision in the Control Panel Note The remote mouse is always synchronized with the local mouse if selecting the option MS Windows 2000 or newer 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 use the Single Mouse Mode MAC OS X We recommend using the Single Mouse Mode OS 2 We recommend using the Single Mouse Mode Linux First choose the option Other Operating Systems from the the Mouse Type selection box Second choose the option Auto Mouse Speed This applies for both USB and PS 2 mice Video Modes The B050 000 recognizes a limited number of common video modes When running X11 on the host system please do not use any custom modelines with special video modes If you do the B050 000 may not be able to detect them We recommend using any of the standard VESA video modes instead Please refer to Appendix C for a list of all supported video modes Resetting the B050 000 to its Factory Settings 24 Using the Serial Interface Reset the B050 000 and immediately press the ESC key On your screen a command prompt gt will be visible Enter the command defaults press the Enter key and wait for a few seconds for the B050 000 to reboot Now you may use the default settings as described in the Section
30. only when you exactly know what you are doing 57 Chapter 6 Menu Options Device Authentication Drive Redirection ao Connection Parameters Device my device Drive A iv Port 443 Secure Connection Allow write Support EXPERIMENTAL DANGEROUS Caution This might destroy all data on the shared medial Note The whole drive is redirected here If vou redirect a local hard disk with more than one partition all partitions of the drive will be available on the remote computer Device Authentication Username user Password eeee 6 redirectable drives found Figure 6 15 Device Authentication To use the Drive Redirection you have to authenticate on the B050 000 using a valid username and password A permission to change the virtual disc configuration is necessary Navigation Buttons Connect Disconnect To establish the drive redirection press the Connect button once If all the settings are correct the status bar displays that the connection has been established the Connect button is disabled and the Disconnect button is enabled On an error the status line shows the error message The drive redirection soft ware tries to lock the local drive before it is redirected That means that it tries to prevent the local operating system from accessing the drive as long as it is redirected This may also fail especially if a file on the drive is currently open In the case of a lock
31. rennen tnt ntn tn tatnen eet ton suene nens 117 vi Preface Copyright This publication contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright No part of this publication may be reproduced transcribed stored in a retrieval sys tem translated into any language or computer language or transmitted in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of the publisher Tripp Lite Tripp Lite acknowledges the following trademarks Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Windows 98 Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation IBM AT VGA PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks and XT and CGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Tripp Lite is a registered trademark of Tripp Lite 1111 W 35th Street Chicago IL 60609 USA Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Tripp Lite disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own The firmware of this product uses in part software under GPL licence See Appendix J for the license text This product includes software developed by the University of California Berkeley and its contributors This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http w
32. system In order to send the key combination A1tGr Shift F4 four steps are required First select the button AltGr once Second select the button Shift Finally choose the but ton F4 twice The last press will release all the buttons and send the key combination to the remote system 37 Chapter 5 Usage 38 LJ B050 000 English United States rage x F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 FB F9 FL FLIFL2 Prn 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 In 4 awe tly DelEn y t a ee NA civ ivi nim d nim s Z iL Ctrl St ivi nim d E e gt Ins De Figure 5 11 Soft Keyboard Y Show Displays the Soft Keyboard Mapping Used for choosing the according language and country mapping of the Soft Key board Lt DX c R Options 4 Monitor Only F Exclusive Access Scaling 9 Mouse Handling Local Cursor E Video Settings Refresh Video Soft Keyboard 4 show Local Keyboard Mapnpina f Hotkeys Encoding English United Kingdom 4 German Germany German Switzerland 4 French France 4 Italian Italy 4 Japanese Japan 4 Spanish Spain Portuguese Portugal 4 Hebrew Israel Russian Russia 2 Finnish Finland 4 Swedish Sweden 42 Norwegian Norway 3 Danish Denmark French Belgium z 2 Dutch Belgium Figure 5 12 Soft Keyboard Mapping Chapter 5 Usage Local Keyboard Used to change the language mapping of
33. temporary but fixed skew Choose this option from the Remote Console Options menu entry Mouse Handling If defined you may also press the mouse synchronization hotkey sequence see the Section called Remote Console Control Bar in Chapter 5 for details Intelligent Sync If the Fast Sync does not work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system use the Intelligent Synchronization instead This method adjusts the parameters for the actual movement of the mouse pointer so that the mouse pointer is displayed at the correct position on the screen This method takes more time than the Fast Sync and can be accessed with the appropriate item in the Remote Console Option menu entry Mouse Handling The Intelligent Synchronization requires a correctly adjusted picture Use the Auto Adjustment function or the manual correction in the Video Settings panel to setup the picture Furthermore the shape of the mouse pointer has a significant influence on the pointer detection We recommend to use a simple but common pointer shape In most cases the detection and synchronization of animated pointer shapes is likely to fail In general pointer shapes that change during the pointer detection process are rather impossible to figure out in the transferred video picture With the usage of a standard mouse pointer shape the detection is rather simple and the syncronization is at its best D Dx Ctrl Alt Delete FB Pp sc de Options
34. upload the signed certificate in MacOS X 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 prefer ences for this type of file Make sure that the encoding is set to plain text and the checkbox use for outgoing is set As an alternative you may also use a Mozilla based browser Mozilla FireFox 12 Every time I open a dialog box with some buttons the mouse pointers are not synchronous anymore Disable the setting Automatically move mouse pointer to the default button of dia log boxes in the mouse settings of your operating system 13 The Remote Console does not open with Opera in Linux Some versions of Opera do not grant enough permissions if the signature of the ap plet cannot be verified To solve the problem add the lines grant codeBase nn pp rc RemoteConsoleApplet permission java lang RuntimePermission accessClassInPackage sun x to the java policy file of opera e g usr share opera java opera policy 14 The Remote Console remains black Check the B050 000 for being USB powered only If there is not enough power via USB the remote Console opens but remain black Attach an external power supply to the B050 000 Verify the B050 000 settings using the according section in the front end 15 I forgot my password How can I reset the B050 000 to factory defaults You may use the serial inte
35. which the executable runs unless that component itself accompanies the executable If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code 4 You may not copy modify sublicense or distribute the Program except as ex pressly provided under this License Any attempt otherwise to copy modify subli cense or distribute the Program is void and will automatically terminate your rights under this License However parties who have received copies or rights from you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance 5 You are not required to accept this License since you have not signed it How ever nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this Li cense Therefore by modifying or distributing the Program or any work based on the Program you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so and all its terms and conditions for copying distributing or modifying the Program or works based on it 6 Each time you redistribute the Program or any work based on the Program the recipient automatically receives a licen
36. 0 000 to the Host System Perform the following steps in order to connect the KVM signals of the server system to the B050 000 1 Attach the pre mounted system cable to The VGA outlet of your server or the local console video port of your KVM switch Use the system cables s blue connector that is still unused The USB to one of the USB interfaces of your server or your USB KVM switch 2 Connect the RJ45 Ethernet connector to your local Ethernet hub using a CAT5 cable 3 Connect the external power supply to the 5V power connector and power on the B050 000 Warning The USB standard guarantees up to 500mA power per single USB port The B050 000 needs up to 700mA current and therefore does not work on USB alone However most of the current USB ports provide more than 700mA so that no external power is needed to power the B050 000 Taking more power from a USB port than specified may cause damage to your computer and is therefore not recommended 15 Chapter 3 Installation Connecting a Local Console To connect a local console to the host system besides the B050 000 you may attach a monitor a keyboard and a mouse to the connectors on the port replicator available separately Connecting Ethernet 16 The front side of the B050 000 provides a RJ45 connector for Ethernet The connec tor is used either for a 100 Mbps 100Base TX connection or for a 10 Mbps 10BASE T connection The adapter can sense the conne
37. 00 is connected via USB only and the Power Status LED tends not to stop blinking after one minute the B050 000 may not receive enough power via USB In that case attach the enclosed power supply to the B050 000 Power supply DC 5V Attach the enclosed power supply to the B050 000 Voltage 5V e Current 1 5 A RJ45 Ethernet UTP3 5 cables can be connected to the B050 000 using this standard RJ45 jack Chapter 1 The Quick Start Guide Rear Side Connectors Figure 1 3 port replicator Figure 1 3 Rear Side Connectors Port replicator Here you may attach an optional port replicator enabling PS 2 support serial and local console Connecting the B050 000 to the Host System Perform the following steps in order to connect the KVM signals of the server system to the B050 000 1 Attach the pre mounted system cable to The VGA outlet of your server or the local console video port of your KVM switch Use the system cables s blue connector that is still unused The USB to one of the USB interfaces of your server or your USB KVM switch 2 Connect the RJ45 Ethernet connector to your local Ethernet hub using a CAT5 cable 3 Connect the external power supply to the 5V power connector and power on the B050 000 Warning The USB standard guarantees up to 500mA power per single USB port The B050 000 needs up to 700mA current and therefore does not work on USB alone However most of the current USB ports provide more than
38. 000 is displayed To detect the MAC address manually press the button Refresh Devices The displayed MAC address is the same MAC address printed on the white sticker placed on the back of the B050 000 If the B050 000 is connected via USB it is classified as a USB device and an appropriate drive letter is chosen for this device 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 preconfig ured 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 an user name and an according password Then press the Setup Device button 5 Chapter 1 The Quick Start Guide Using the Linux tool On the top of the window the MAC address of the device is displayed To detect the MAC address manually press the button Refresh The displayed MAC address is the same MAC address printed on the white sticker placed on the back of the B050 000 The Linux setup tool does currently not support device configuration via the USB interface Please use either a network connection or the serial console for the initial device configuration Furthermore there are two buttons on the window Query Device and Setup Device Press the Query Device button to display the preconfigured values of the network configuration The values are displayed in th
39. 700mA so that no external power is needed to power the B050 000 Taking more power from a USB port than specified may cause damage to your computer and is therefore not recommended Chapter 1 The Quick Start Guide Initial Network Configuration Initially the B050 000 network interface is configured with the parameters shown in Table 1 1 Table 1 1 Initial Network Configuration Parameter Value IP auto configuration DHCP IP address Netmask 255 255 255 0 Gateway none IP access control none Warning IP address If the DHCP connection fails on boot up the B050 000 will not have an If this initial configuration does not meet your local requirements adjust the values to your needs You may either configure the B050 000 via serial interface or use the setup tool that can be found on the CD ROM delivered with this package B050 000 Setup Tool The setup tool is used to determine the IP address assigned to the B050 000 by the DHCP server or to change the device s initial network configuration Main Window Device Setup r Device Device MAC address AAE xl r Network Configuration IP auto configuration None DHCP C BOOTP Refresh Devices IP address Mp Device Type Bo50 000 Subnet mask Enable WLAN Configuration WLAN Devices only Gateway Authentication wireless LAN Configuration Super user login Wireless LAN ESSID y Super user passwo
40. B050 000 Installation and User Guide TRIPP LITE B050 000 Installation and User Guide Copyright O 2005 2006 Tripp Lite 1111 W 35th Street Chicago IL 60609 USA Based on Firmware 04 01 00 Last updated on 28 April 2006 Document ID Table of Contents A AA A E A A RN RCA vii A ADN vii About the B050 000 er e eee aa vii Limited Warranty zoe epe Rt etre epe vii Limitations of Liability eere tereti ede R EA vii Technical SuppORL yisi neaei nE ira AE tpi eto ere rene Hehe en viii 1 The Quick Start Guide rettet tute eon otto te si ee eb e ed noon Hin Da eoa nn sii suce e aan 1 Installations aceite ete cree ER ee ten tertio cp rti i Pee as eto ee E b vot 1 Connectors and Indicators esee eene nennen enne ner o nan nn nana na ronanc ns 1 General CV Wa dete uM ee pee erede 1 Front Side Connectors Figure 1 2 sse 1 Rear Side Connectors Figure 1 3 sse eee 2 Connecting the B050 000 to the Host System sss 3 Initial Network Configuration sse eee ee eene nennen 3 B050 000 Setup Tool e econtra e ederet en Cree te e ead 4 Mari WIN Wik eects eere cseteris iter tone da Bits AL 4 MAC Address Detection nander ia ana aan 5 Authentication A E A E OE ENER EAEE 6 Configuration via Serial Interface sse nene 6 Web Interface 2 eerte nece cree feet Ped event de eee ete exeun eoe a e 7 The Remote Console
41. ES Figure 4 3 Remote Console Control Bar Sync Button The Sync Mouse button on top 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 video mode changed recently See also the Section called Remote Console Control Bar in Chapter 5 Note At first start if the local mouse pointer is not synchronized with the remote mouse pointer press the Auto Adjust Button once Chapter 4 Configuration Host System Mouse Settings The host s operating system knows various settings for the mouse driver Warning The following limitations do not apply in case of USB and Mouse Type MS Windows 2000 and newer While the B050 000 works with accelerated mice and is able to synchronize the lo cal with the remote mouse pointer there are the following limitations which may prevent this synchronization from working properly Special Mouse Driver There are mouse drivers which influence the synchronization process and lead to desynchronized mouse pointers If this happens make sure you do not use a special vendor specific mouse driver on your host system Windows 2003 Server XP Mouse Settings Windows XP knows a setting named improve mouse acceleration which has to be deactivated Active Desktop If the Active Desktop feature of Microsoft Windows is enabled do not use a plain background
42. Instead use some kind of wallpaper As an alternative you could also disable the Active Desktop completely See also the Section called Recommended Mouse Settings for mouse mode recommen dations Navigate your mouse pointer into the upper left corner of the applet screen and move it slightly forth and back Thus the mouse will be resynchronized If resynchronizing fails disable the mouse acceleration and repeat the procedure Single and Double Mouse Mode The information above applies to the Double Mouse Mode where remote and local mouse pointers are visible and need to be synchronized The B050 000 also features another mode the Single Mouse Mode where only the remote mouse pointer is vis ible Activate this mode in the Remote Console see the Section called Remote Console Control Bar in Chapter 5 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 it is necessary to define a mouse hotkey in the Remote Console Settings Panel Press this key to free the captured local mouse pointer Recommended Mouse Settings For the different operating systems we can give the following advice MS Windows NT4 NT4 supports PS 2 only Please choose the options PS 2 mouse and Auto Mouse Speed 23 Chapter 4 Configuration MS Windows 2000 2003 XP all versions In general we recommend the usage of a mouse via USB Choose USB without Mouse Sync For a PS 2
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44. Secondly click on the button Upload to initiate the transfer of the chosen image file into the B050 000 s on board memory This image file is kept in the on board memory of the B050 000 until the end of the current session until you logged out or initiated a reboot of the B050 000 Download a Floppy Image A floppy image kept in the B050 000 s memory can be both read and written to To retrieve the changed image contents after writing to it click the Download button and select a folder to store the file in Active Image Floppy Image Image Name fdos1440 img RATO t mn Cs Figure 6 6 Active Image File 49 Chapter 6 Menu Options 50 CD ROM Use Image on Windows Share SAMBA To include an image from a Windows share select CD ROM from the submenu J Ge 2 O http 192 168 1 161 home asp Back Reload Home Active Image No disk emulation set Image on Windows Share Share host server acme com was Share name storage Path to image fiedrom_image iso User optional onde Password optional pem 2 CD ROM Image Figure 6 7 Selecting CD ROM and Windows Share The following information has to be given to mount the selected image properly Share host The server name or its IP address On Windows 95 98 and Windows ME do not specify the IP address but the server name NetBIOS Name Share name The name of the share to be used Path to image
45. Settings The B050 000 settings for the host s keyboard type have to be correct in order to make the remote keyboard work properly Check the settings in the B050 000 front end See the Section called Keyboard Mouse in Chapter 6 for details Remote Mouse Settings A common problem with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mouse cursors The B050 000 addresses this situation with an intelligent syn chronization algorithm There are three mouse modes available on the B050 000 Auto Mouse Speed The automatic mouse speed mode tries to detect the speed and acceleration set tings of the host system automatically See the section below for a more detailed explanation 21 Chapter 4 Configuration 22 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 with the scaling It should be noted that this works only when mouse acceleration is turned off on the remote system Single Double Mouse Mode This mode is described in the Section called Single and Double Mouse Mode Auto Mouse Speed and Mouse Synchronization The automatic mouse speed mode performs the speed detection during mouse syn chronization Whenever the mouse does not move correctly there are two ways for re synchronizing local and remote mouse Fast Sync The fast synchronization is used to correct a
46. The Plugin will enable extended Remote Console functionality r Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings TF Start in Monitor Mode PF Start in Exclusive Access Mode r Mouse Hotkey Hotkey lalt r12 Used for fast mouse synchronization in Double Mouse mode and to free the grabbed mouse in Single Mouse mode Click here for Help r Remote Console Button Keys Key Definition Name Button Key 1 Ctrl Alt Delete s erica Click for Hel TT mr Resetto defaults Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 23 User Console Settings Part 2 Specifies which Remote Console Viewer to use Default Java Virtual Machine JVM Uses the default JVM of your web browser This may be the Microsoft JVM for the Internet Explorer or the Sun JVM if it is configured this way Use of the Sun JVM may also be forced see below Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plugin Instructs the web browser of your administration system to use the JVM of Sun Microsystems 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 yet installed on your system it may be downloaded and installed automatically However in order to make the installation possible you still have to answer the according dialogs with yes The download volume is around 11 Mbytes The
47. advantage of downloading Sun s JVM is the usage of a stable and identical JVM across different platforms The Remote Console software is optimized for this JVM version and offers a wider range of functionality when run in SUN s JVM Chapter 6 Menu Options Hint If you are connected over a slow connection to the Internet you can also pre install the JVM on your administration machine Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings Start in Monitor Mode Sets the initial value for the monitor mode By default the monitor mode is dis abled 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 startup This forces the Remote Consoles of all other users to close Nobody else can open the Remote Console at the same time again until you disable this feature or log off Mouse Hotkey Allows to specify a hotkey combination which starts either the mouse synchroniza tion process if pressed in the Remote Console or is used to leave the single mouse mode Remote Console Button Keys Button Keys allow simulating keystrokes on the remote system that cannot be gener ated locally The reason for this might be a missing key or just the fact that the local operating system of the Remote Console is unconditionally catching this keystroke already Typical examples are Control Alt Delete on Windows and DOS that is always
48. also be preset in the Section called User Console in Chapter 6 The sub menu Compression from the Options menu has no influence on the picture quality but on the data rate of the picture that is transferred to the Remote Console Reducing the Noise of the Video Picture To reduce the noise from the video picture for the Remote Console you may adjust the Noise filter Prior to that we recommend to optimize the video picture as described in the Section called Optimizing the Video Picture In most cases the rate of transferred data indicates the noise level The higher the transfer rate the higher the noise of the video picture You may do an adjustment using the Noise filter The higher the filter level the more information is filtered from the transferred video picture see the Section called Video in Chapter 6 for details and the data rate is reduced Using the B050 000 with low bandwidth The network connection of the B050 000 has an important influence on the time be tween two single video pictures On a connection with low bandwidth it takes longer 43 Chapter 5 Usage 44 to transfer the video data from the B050 000 to the Remote Console on the local host If the remote screen has changed a new picture is sent In terms of transfer time there is no difference between text screens and screens in graphics mode The video picture is taken as graphics data no matter what the screen looks like and which video mode is chosen
49. an IP address If this initial configuration does not meet your requirements the following describes the initial IP configuration that is necessary to access the B050 000 for the first time B050 000 Setup Tool The setup tool is used to determine the IP address assigned to the B050 000 by the DHCP server or to change the device s initial network configuration Main Window x r Device r Network Configuration Device MAC address MNAE IP auto configuration None DHCP C BOOTP Refresh Devices IP address Device Type Boso 000 Subnet mask NEN Enable WLAN Configuration WLAN Devices only Gateway m Authentication r Wireless LAN Configuration Super user login Wireless LAN ESSID Super user password Est Enable WEP encryption New super user password FP WLAN WEP Key New password confirm gt Query Device Setup Device Cancel Help Status Found 7 devices 7 network 0 USB Figure 4 1 B050 000 setup tool Windows version 17 Chapter 4 Configuration a Terminal DXx File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help fho skye psetup setup Looking for devices done O Device Setup nx MAC address fe 00 00 50 01 c6 y Query Device Super user login Super user password Device Type BO50 000 New super user password New super user password confirm IP auto configuration IP address 192 1685 116
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51. ase the Primary DNS Server cannot be contacted Miscellaneous Network Settings Remote Console And HTTPS port Port number at which the B050 000 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 B050 000 s HTTP server is listening If left empty the default value will be used Telnet port Port number at which the B050 000 s Telnet server is listening If left empty the default value will be used SSH port Port number at which the B050 000 s Secure Shell SSH server is listening If left empty the default value will be used Bandwidth Limit The maximum network traffic generated through the B050 000 Ethernet device Value in Kbit s Enable Telnet access Set this option to allow accessing the B050 000 using the Telnet gateway see the Section called Telnet Console Chapter 6 Menu Options Enable SSH access Set this option to allow accessing the B050 000 using the Secure Shell SSH pro tocol Ths SSH console offers the same features as Telnet see the Section called Telnet Console but uses a secure encrypted connection instead Disable Setup Protocol Enable this option to exclude the B050 000 from the setup protocol LAN Interface Settings This entry field displays the current settings for the Ethernet LAN interface of the B050 000 You may choose between auto negotiation and a fixed setting for the Eth ernet transceiver settings inter
52. at Drive Redirection 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 actually 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 If 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 We recommend to use the Drive Redirection with care especially the write support Drive Redirection Options As shown in Figure 6 11 the following options may be enabled 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 Software Requirements To use this feature you have to install the Drive Redirection software that is currently only available for Microsoft Windows This software can be found on the product CD ROM Chapter 6 Menu Options Configuration Drive Redirection Jo ES Connection Parameters Device m
53. bled 20 Chapter 4 Configuration Finally you will be asked if the values are correct and may adjust them if necessary After your confirmation the B050 000 performs a reset using the new values Web Interface The B050 000 may be accessed using a standard Java enabled web browser You may use the HTTP protocol or a secure encrypted connection via HTTPS Just enter the configured IP address of the B050 000 into your web browser The initial login set tings are Table 4 3 Standard User Settings Parameter Value Login super Password pass Changing these settings to user specific values is strongly recommended and can be done on the User Management page see the Section called Users And Groups in Chapter 6 Mouse Keyboard and Video configuration Between the B050 000 and the host there are two interfaces available for transmitting keyboard and mouse data USB and PS 2 available separately The correct opera tion of the remote mouse depends on several settings which will be discussed in the following subsections B050 000 USB interface To use the USB interface a correct cabling between the managed host and the man aging device is necessary 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 Please see the Section called Keyboard Mouse in Chapter 6 for more details B050 000 Keyboard
54. bsequent revision of the license THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OPENLDAP FOUNDATION AND ITS CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OPENLDAP FOUNDATION ITS CONTRIBUTORS OR THE AUTHOR S OR OWNER S OF THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE The names of the authors and copyright holders must not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale use or other dealing in this Software without specific written prior permission Title to copyright in this Software shall at all times remain with copyright holders OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation Copyright 1999 2003 The OpenLDAP Foundation Redwood City California USA All Rights Reserved Permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this docu ment is granted 117 Appendix K The OpenLDAP Public License 118
55. caught or the key sequence Control Backspace on Linux that can be used for terminating the X Server In order to define a new Button Key or to adjust an existing one have a look at the rules that describe the setting for a key In general the syntax for a key is as follows confirm keycode keycode A term in brackets is optional The star at the end means that you add further keys as often as required for your case The term confirm adds an confirmation dialogue that is displayed before the key strokes will be sent to the remote host The keycode is the key to be sent Multiple key codes can be concatenated with either a plus a minus or an gt sign The plus sign builds key combinations all the keys will be pressed until a minus sign or the end of the combination is encountered In this case all pressed keys will be released in reversed sequence So the minus sign builds single separate keypresses and keyreleases The gt sign releases the last key only The star inserts a pause with a duration of 100 milliseconds Asanexample the key combination of Ctrl Alt and F2 is represented by the sequence Ctrl Alt F2 For a full list of key codes and aliases please refer to the Appendix E Note If you need more button keys than shown use the button More entries This will open a list of additional entry fields 67 Chapter 6 Menu Options Keyboard Mouse File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tab
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57. changes instantly but may lead toa 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 35 Chapter 5 Usage 36 xi Brightness af fil gt ContrastRed fil gt 100 Contrast Green 4f iif gt 100 ContrastBlue 4f gt 100 Clock af d gt 1344 Phase af al gt 12 Horizontal Offset 4f gt 293 gt vertical Offset Save Changes 1024x768 60Hz Undo Changes Brightness Video Settings through the remote console 35 Resetthis Mode Reset All Modes Figure 5 10 Video Settings Panel Controls the brightness of the picture Contrast Controls the contrast of the picture Clock Defines the horizontal frequency for a video line and depends on the video mode Different video card types may require different values here The de fault settings in conjunction with the auto adjustment procedure should be adequate for all common configurations To achieve a better picture quality you may try to change this setting together with the sampling phase Phase Defines the phase for video sampling used to control the display quality together with the setting for sampling clock Horizontal Position Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in horizontal direction while this optio
58. ction speed and will adjust to the appro priate operation mode automatically 10 Mbps Connection For 10BASE T Ethernet networks the Fast Ethernet adapter uses category 3 4 or 5 UTP cable To establish a 10 Mbps connection the cable has to be connected to a 10BASE T hub 1 Make sure that the cable is wired appropriately for a standard 10BASE T adapter 2 Align the RJ45 plug with the notch on the adapter s connector and insert it into the adapter s connector 100 Mbps Connection For 100BASE TX Ethernet networks the B050 000 supports category 5 UTP cabling To establish a 100 Mbps connection the cable has to be connected to a 100BASE TX hub 1 Make sure that the cable is wired appropriately for a standard 100BASE TX adapter 2 Align the RJ45 plug with the notch on the adapter s connector and insert it into the adapter s connector Warning The UTP wire pairs and configuration for 100BASE TX cable are identi cal to those for 10BASE T cable when used with category 5 UTP cable Chapter 4 Configuration Initial Configuration The B050 000 s communication interfaces are all based on TCP IP It comes pre configured with the IP configuration listed in Table 4 1 Table 4 1 Initial network configuration Parameter Value IP auto configuration DHCP IP address Netmask 255 255 255 0 Gateway none IP access control none Warning If the DHCP connection fails on boot up the BO50 000 will not have
59. d NFS Server AAA 2 NSShe NES Log File I SMTP Logging Enabled SMTP Sener Event Log Receiver Email Address a Sender Email Address E SNMP Logging Enabled Destination IP Community Click here to view the 0 000 SNMP MI Event Log Assignments Event List Board Message Y Security Fr Remote Console v Host Control F Authentication v Resetto defaults Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 35 Event Log Important events like a login failure or a firmware update are logged to a selection of logging destinations see Figure 6 35 Each of those events belong to an event group 83 Chapter 6 Menu Options 84 which can be activated separately The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the B050 000 To show the log list click on the item Event Log from the section Maintenance 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 Event Log Targets List logging enabled To log events you may use the internal log list of the B050 000 To show the log list click on Event Log on the Maintenance page Since the B050 000 s system memory is used to save all the information the max imum number of possible log list entries is restricted to 1 000 events Every entry that exceeds this limit overrides the oldest one automatically Warning
60. d 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 button Apply 69 Chapter 6 Menu Options Video File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help B 0 amp D http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home Miscellaneous Video Settings Noise filter small Ej I Force Composite Sync Required for Sun Computers Apply ESMESTIS Stored value is equal to the default e Video Figure 6 25 Video Settings To set the options see below click on the button Apply Miscellaneous Video Settings Noise filter This option defines how the B050 000 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 im mediately 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 de pending on the quality of the video input signal All in all the default settin
61. e failure Serious hardware failures can be categorized into five different categories with dif ferent chances to happen Table 2 1 Hardware failures Category Probability Hard disk failure 50 Power cable detached power supply failure 28 CPU Controller motherboard failure 10 CPU fan failure 8 RAM failure 4 Chapter 2 Introduction Using the B050 000 administrators can determine which kind of serious hardware failure has occurred see Table 2 2 Table 2 2 Host system failures and how they are detected Type of failure Detected by Hard disk failure Console screen CMOS set up information Power cable detached power supply Server remains in power off state after failure power on command has been given CPU Controller main board failure Power supply is on but there is no video output CPU fan failure By IPMI or server specific management software RAM failure Boot Sequence on boot console Notes 1 According to a survey made by the Intel Corp 11 Chapter 2 Introduction 12 Chapter 3 Installation Operation Overview The B050 000 redirects local keyboard mouse and video data to a remote adminis tration console All data is transmitted with the TCP IP protocol family The B050 000 can be used in both a multi administrator and multi server environ ment Combining one or more B050 000 s with a single KVM switch allows access to multiple servers on a single remote console Connectors and
62. e text fields lo cated nearby If necessary adjust the network settings to your needs To save the changes enter an user name and an according password Then press the Setup Device button Authentication To adjust the authentication settings enter your login as a superuser and change your password Super user login Enter the login name of the super user The initial value is super Super user password Enter the current password for the super user This initial value is pass 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 on Windows On a Linux system close the window by the ap propiate button of the window frame Configuration via Serial Interface To configure the B050 000 via serial interface both a serial port replicator cable and a null modem cable are required available separately Connect the Null Modem Cable to the serial interface with the black connector on the port replicator The serial interface needs to be adjusted with the parameters as shown in Table 1 2 Table 1 2 Serial parameters Parameter Value Bits second 115200 Data bits 8 Parity no Chapter 1 The Quick Start Guide Parameter Value Stop bits 1 Flow control none Use a terminal software e g hyperterm or minicom to connect t
63. e the image creation process For related tools you may have a look at the homepage of the fdos project http www fdos org ripcord rawrite CD ROM ISO 9660 Images UNIX and UNIX like OS To create an image file make use of dd This is one of the original UNIX utilities and is included in every UNIX like OS UNIX Sun Solaris Linux To create a CDROM image file copy the contents of the CDROM to a file You can use the following command dd if dev cdrom of tmp cdrom image dd reads the entire disc from the device dev cdrom and saves the output in the spec ified output file tmp cdrom image Adjust both parameters exactly to your needs input device etc Chapter 6 Menu Options MS Windows To create the image file use your favourite CD imaging tool Copy the whole contents of the disc into one single ISO image file on your harddisk For example with Nero you choose Copy and Backup Then navigate to the Copy Disc section Select the CD ROM or DVD drive you would like to create an ISO image from Specify the filename of the ISO image and save the CD ROM content in that file oor m Burn Image to Disc Back up Files ef Back up Hard Drive Restore Backups Schedule Backups Figure 6 19 Nero selection dialog 61 Chapter 6 Menu Options User Management Change Password File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help a v c x Ge 2 iD http 192 168 1 188 home asp
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65. ephone line No impact on server or network performance e Automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen capture High performance mouse tracking and synchronization Port to connect a user console for direct analogous access to KVM device Local Mouse suppression only when using SUN s Java Virtual Machine Chapter 2 Introduction B050 000 System Components The B050 000 is a stand alone product with the following dimensions 95mm D x 25mm H x 72mm W The B050 000 is shipped with e a B050 000 base unit an external power supply a power cord a KVM cable transparent equipment feet e an Installation and User Manual on a CD ROM a quick start guide When the Server is up and running The B050 000 gives you full control over the remote server The Management Console allows you to access the remote server s graphics keyboard and mouse and to send special commands to the server You can also perform periodic maintenance of the server Using the Console Redirec tion Service you can do the following Reboot the system a graceful shutdown Watch the boot process Boot the system from a separate partition to load the diagnostic environment Run special diagnostic programs When the Server is dead 10 Obviously fixing hardware defects is not possible using a remote management de vice Nevertheless the B050 000 gives the administrator valuable information about the type of a hardwar
66. equivalent to new in accordance with industry standard practices Tripp Lite warrants that the hardware products including the firmware will be free from defects in materials and work manship under normal use Any implied warranties on the Tripp Lite firmware and hardware are limited to 24 months respectively beginning on the date of invoice Some states jurisdictions do not allow limitations on duration of an implied war ranty so the above limitation may not apply to you Additionally Tripp Lite grants a special warranty for 6 month Customer Remedies Tripp Lite s entire liability and exclusive remedy shall be at Tripp Lite s option ei ther a return of the price paid or b repair or replacement of the firmware or hard ware that does not meet this Limited Warranty and which is returned to Tripp Lite with a copy of your receipt Damage due to shipping the products to you is cov ered under this warranty Otherwise warranty does not cover damage due to exter nal causes including accident abuse misuse problems with electrical power servic ing not authorized by Tripp Lite usage not in accordance with product instructions failure to perform required preventive maintenance and problems caused by use of parts and components not supplied by Tripp Lite Any replacement hardware will be warranted for the remainder of the original period or thirty 30 days whichever is longer Tripp Lite will repair or replace products returned to Tripp Li
67. face speed and duplex mode in case auto negotia tion does not work correctly LAN interface speed Depending on your network connection you may select an according speed value for this interface To adjust the interface automatically choose autodetect default value If this selection results in misbehaviour of the interface choose one of other speed options to work with The interface will transmit and receive data with that fixed speed LAN interface duplex mode If necessary you may also select a specific duplex mode The default value is set to autodetect which leads to an automatic setting of the duplex mode depend ing on your network recommended As an alternative you may explicitly set the interface to either half duplex or full duplex mode These settings may also be configured via serial console See the Section called Initial Configuration via Serial Console in Chapter 4 for details 73 Chapter 6 Menu Options Dynamic DNS File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help v Y a O http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home rDynamic DNS Settings Enable Dynamic DNS Dynamic DNS server www dyndns org DNS System Dynamic Hostname eg yourhost dyndns com A Username 00000000000 Password Ld Check time HH MM H Check interval X Delete saved external IP a RESet to defaults Resetto defaults Stored value is equal to the default 2 Dynamic DNS Figure
68. fast one and requires a correctly adjusted picture To setup the picture you may use either the auto adjustment function or the manual correction in the Video Settings panel Local Cursor Offers a list of different cursor shapes to choose from for the local mouse pointer The selected shape will be saved for the current user and activated the next time this user opens the Remote Console The number of available shapes depends on the Java Virtual Machine a version of 1 2 or higher offers the full list 4 Monitor Only F Exclusive Access Scaling Mouse Handling Local Cursor l 1 Transparent 2 Video Settings F Default Refresh Video 4 Big Soft Keyboard a Pixel Local Keyboard Crosshair Hotkeys Encoding Figure 5 9 Remote Console Options Menu Cursor Video Settings Opens a panel for changing the B050 000 video settings The B050 000 features two different dialogs which influence the video settings Video Settings through the HTML Frontend Select this option to enable local video port This option decides if the local video output of the B050 000 is active and passing through the incoming signal from the host system The option Noise Filter defines how the B050 000 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 recog nized immediately A small filter displays all
69. first start if the local mouse pointer is not synchronized with the remote mouse pointer press the Auto Adjust Button once Chapter 2 Introduction Introduction The B050 000 is a manufacturer independent remote administration system The B050 000 works as an integrated solution on your server system Based on an embedded operating system the B050 000 provides both exceptional stability and permanent availability independent of the present state of the server s operating system As a system administrator you have entire control and location independent remote access to react upon both critical incidents and cases of necessary maintenance Figure 2 1 The B050 000 Features The B050 000 defines a new class of remote access devices It combines digital remote access via IP networks with comprehensive and integrated system management The B050 000 offers convenient remote KVM access and control via LAN or Inter net It captures digitizes and compresses video and transmits it with keyboard and mouse signals to and from a remote computer Remote access and control software runs on its embedded processors only but not on mission critical servers so that there is no interference with server operation or impact on network performance Furthermore the B050 000 offers additional remote power management with the help of optional available devices Features of the B050 000 are KVM keyboard video mouse access over IP or analog tel
70. g should be suitable for most situations Force Composite Sync Required for Sun Computers To support signal transmission from a Sun machine enable this option If not enabled the picture of the remote console will not be visible Device Settings Network The Network Settings panel as shown in Figure 6 26 allows changing network related parameters Each parameter will be explained below Once applied the new network settings will immediately come into effect 70 Chapter 6 Menu Options File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help gt Q Go 2 D http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back ard top Reload Home Network Basic Settings IP auto configuration DHCP gt p Preferred host name DHCP only PA IP address fi 68 1 1 Subnet mask 255 255 2550 1 Gateway IP address 2 168 1 1 Primary DNS server IP address 5216811 Secondary DNS server IP address m Network Miscellaneous Settings Remote Console amp HTTPS port Tc HTTP port go TELNET pon 23 SSH port p2 Bandwidth Limit kbit s Enable TELNET access Enable SSH access Disable Setup Protocol 2 Network LAN Interface Settings Current LAN interface parameters autonegotiation on 100 Mbps full duplex link ok LAN interface speed Autodetect x LAN interface duplex mode Autodetect z Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 26 Network Settings Warning The initia
71. gen eration The CSR can be downloaded to your administration machine with the Download CSR button see Figure 6 31 Send the saved CSR to a CA for certification You will get the new certificate from the CA after a more or less complicated traditional authentication process depend ing on the CA 77 Chapter 6 Menu Options Upload the certificate to the B050 000 using the Upload button as shown in Fig ure 6 31 Certificate Signing Request CSR The following CSR is pending countryName US stateOrProvinceName U S A localityName Washington D C organizationName ACME Corp organizationalUnitName Marketing Dept commonName John Doe emailAddress jd acme com Sone nn Certificate Upload SSL Certificate File Browse Figure 6 31 SSL Certificate Upload After completing these three steps the B050 000 has its own certificate that is used for identifying the card to its clients Warning If you destroy the CSR on the B050 000 there is no way to get it back In case you deleted it by mistake you have to repeat the three steps as described above Common name This is the network name of the B050 000 once it is installed in the user s network usually the fully qualified domain name It is identical to the name that is used to access the B050 000 with a web browser but without the prefix http In case the name given here and the actual network name diffe
72. 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 the card will select USB if available or otherwise falls back to PS 2 To get 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 68 Chapter 6 Menu Options the USB cable must be connected or must be selected in the Host interface option 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 If a keyboard timout is required the according option can be enabled Additionally set the desired time value in the input field below USB Mouse Type Enables the USB mouse type Choose an appropriate option from the selection box For a detailed description about the mouse type and recommended options for the different operating systems see the Section called Recommended Mouse Settings in Chapter 4 Mouse Speed Auto mouse speed Use this option if the mouse settings on the host use an additional acceleration setting The B050 000 tries to detect the acceleration an
73. he password for the login name It must be at least four characters long Confirm password Confirmation of the password above Email address This is optional 63 Chapter 6 Menu Options Mobile number This information may be optionally provided Role Each user can be a member of a group named a role either an administrator or a regular user Choose the desired role from the selection box To create an user press the button Create The button Modify changes the dis played user settings To delete an user press the button Delete Note The B050 000 is equipped with an host independent processor and memory unit which both have a limitation in terms of the processing instructions and memory space To guarantee an acceptable response time we recommend not to exceed the number of 25 users connected to the B050 000 at the same time The memory space that is available onto the B050 000 mainly depends on the configuration and the usage of the B050 000 log file entries etc That s why we recommend not to store more than 150 user profiles KVM Settings 64 User Console The following settings are user specific That means the super user can customize these settings for every users separately Changing the settings for one user does not affect the settings for the other users File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help 9 J 62 i O http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home r Re
74. ination you have to specify a SMTP server that has to be reachable from the B050 000 device and that needs no authentication at all lt serverip gt lt port gt SNMP Logging enabled If this is activated the B050 000 sends a 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 Chapter 6 Menu Options authentication and host power events have an own trap class that consists of several fields with detailed information about the occurred event To receive this SNMP traps any SNMP trap listener may be used Event Log Assignments You may choose which actions of the B050 000 will be saved in the log file Tick the desired box es and click Apply to confirm your selection Maintenance Device Information File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help e Ge a O http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home Device Information Product Name B050 000 Serial Number C47DAA2C08F09121 Device IP Address 192 168 1 115 Device MAC Address FE 00 00 50 01 F8 Firmware Version 04 01 00 Firmware Build Number 3191 Firmware Description Standard Edition Hardware Revision DE 2 Device Information View the datafile for support Users _ super 192 168 1 180 active
75. ing failure you will be prompted if you want to establish the connection anyhow This should not be a serious problem when the note above is respected If the write support is enabled a drive which is not locked might be damaged by the Drive Redirection With the Disconnect button a connection via Drive Redirection connection is stopped Exit Hide If the Exit button is pressed the Drive Redirection software is closed If a Drive Redirection connection is active the connection will be closed before the appli cation terminates 58 Chapter 6 Menu Options Using the Hide to Tray button the application is hidden but not terminated com pletely That means that an active connection will be kept active until it is closed explicitly You can access the software by its tray icon The tray icon also shows whether a connection is established or not A double click on the icon shows the application window or with a right click you may access a small menu see Figure 6 16 Show Dialog Q ex Exit Figure 6 16 Tray Info Options Virtual Media Options Disable USB Mass Storage if no image is loaded Figure 6 17 USB mass storage option Set this option to disable the mass storage emulation and hide the virtual drive as long as no image file is currently loaded If unset and no file image will be found it may happen that the host system will hang on boot due to changes in the boot order or the boot manager LILO GRUB
76. ion save the changes enter an user name and an according password Then press the Setup Device button Using the Linux tool On the top of the window the MAC address of the device is displayed To detect the MAC address manually press the button Refresh The displayed MAC address is the same MAC address printed on the white sticker placed on the back of the B050 000 The Linux setup tool does currently not support device configuration via the USB interface Please use either a network connection or the serial console for the initial device configuration Furthermore there are two buttons on the window 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 lo cated nearby If necessary adjust the network settings to your needs To save the changes enter an user name and an according password Then press the Setup Device button Authentication To adjust the authentication settings enter your login as a superuser and change your password Super user login Enter the login name of the super user The initial value is super Super user password Enter the current password for the super user This initial value is pass 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
77. isters itself in regular intervals Cur rently this is a fixed setting since only dyndns org is supported for now Hostname This is the hostname of the B050 000 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 You have used this password during your manual registration with the Dynamic DNS Server Check time The B050 000 card 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 B050 000 Warning The B050 000 has its own independent real time clock Make sure the time setting of the B050 000 is correct see the Section called Date And Time The option Delete saved external IP is useful if you would like to update your IP address saved externally To delete the saved address press the button Delete 75 Chapter 6 Menu Options 76 Security File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help v gt aJ Y 2 iD http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home Encryption Settings Force HTTPS for Web access KVM Encryption off Try Force Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Security Figure 6 29 Device
78. l IP configuration is usually done directly at the host system using the special procedure described in Table 4 1 Warning Changing the network settings of the BO50 000 might result in losing connection to it In case you change the settings remotely make sure that all the values are correct and you still have an option to access the B050 000 Basic Network Settings IP auto configuration With this option you can define if the B050 000 should fetch its network settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server For DHCP select dhcp and for BOOTP select 71 Chapter 6 Menu Options 72 bootp accordingly If you choose none then IP auto configuration is disabled Preferred host name Preferred host name to request from DHCP server Whether the DHCP server takes the B050 000 s suggestion into account or not depends on the server con figuration IP address IP address in the usual dot notation Subnet Mask The net mask of the local network Gateway IP address In case the B050 000 should be accessible from networks other than the local one this IP address must be set to the local network router s IP address Primary DNS Server IP Address IP address of the primary Domain Name Server in dot notation This option may be left empty however the B050 000 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 c
79. lp Back A Search O4 Folders History Us Oz Address a storage Go I MAE storage cdrom image i so Select an item to view its description See also My Documents My Network Places My Computer 1 object s D bytes ig My Computer A Figure 6 8 The image file on the share Furthermore the specified share has to be configured correctly Therefore admin istrative permissions are required As a regular user you may not have these per missions You should either login as a system administrator or as root on UNIX systems or ask your system administrator for help to complete this task Windows 2000 XP Open the Explorer navigate to the directory or share and press the right mouse button to open the context menu Select Sharing to open the configuration dialog see Figure 6 9 51 Chapter 6 Menu Options Documents Program Files Local Disk C and Settings File Folder Modified 3 11 2005 1 14 PM Attributes normal storage Properties Figure 6 10 Share configuration dialog 52 Chapter 6 Menu Options Adjust the settings for the selected directory Activate the selected directory as a share Select Share this folder Choose an appropriate name for the share You may also add a short descrip tion for this folder input field Comment If necessary adjust the permissions button permissions Click
80. mal 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 Warning In difference to the remote host system the Remote Console window on your local window system is just one window among others In order to make keyboard and mouse work your Remote Console window must have the local input focus Remote Console Control Bar The upper part of the Remote Console window contains a control bar Using its ele ments you can see the status of the Remote Console and influence the local Remote Console settings A description for each control follows p LL SS SSS ox Ctrl Alt Delete A src Options Figure 5 5 Remote Console Control Bar Ctrl Alt Delete CUl Alt Delete Special button key to send the Control Alt Delete key combination to the re mote system see also the Section called KVM Settings in Chapter 6 for defining new button keys Auto Adjust button El If the video displayed is of bad quality or distorted in some way press this but ton and wait a few seconds while the B050 000 tries to adjust itself for the best possible video quality KS Snc Sync Mouse Choose this option in order to synchronize the local with the remote mouse cur sor This is especially necessary when using accelerated mouse settings on the
81. mote Console Settings for User The settings on this page are user specific Changes you make here will affect the selected user only EE o r Transmission Encoding Automatic Detection Pre configured Network speed v Manually Compression Color depth m 2 User Console Figure 6 22 User Console Settings Part 1 Chapter 6 Menu Options Remote Console Settings for User This selection box displays the user ID for which the values are shown and for which the changes will take effect Select the desired user from the selection box and press the button Update This will result in displaying the according user settings below Note You are allowed to change the settings of other users only if you have the necessary access rights for this task For a regular user without the correct permissions it is not possible to change the settings for any other users Transmission Encoding The Transmission Encoding setting allows changing the image encoding algorithm that is used to transmit the video data to the Remote Console window Itis possible to optimize the speed of the remote screen depending on the number of users working at the same time and the bandwidth of the connection line Modem ISDN DSL LAN etc Automatic detection The encoding and the compression level is determined automatically from the available bandwidth and the current content of the video image Pre configured
82. n sss 21 B050 000 USB Interface eee ete redeo 21 B050 000 Keyboard Settings sss 21 Remote Mouse Settings sse 21 Auto Mouse Speed and Mouse Synchronization sss 22 Host System Mouse Settings sse 23 Single and Double Mouse Mode sss 23 Recommended Mouse Settings sss 23 Video Modes ire meet deme ee pee re re eese e erp a ed ed Eee een 24 Resetting the B050 000 to its Factory Settings 24 Using the Serial Interface sssssssssseeeeeeeee eene eene 24 5 USB 27 Prerequisites c nce iere aia re ede oe ie idle IRR tds 27 Login into the B050 000 and logout sssssssssseeeeeeneee 28 Login into the B050 000 sssssesssseeeeeeenn eee e enne nennen 28 NENA ie etit cte Preestreno ATTE 29 Logout from the B050 000 sssssssseeeeeee e eee een enn nennen 30 The Remote Console pare reet err ree e EE entree Pup acne 31 General Description inert ett emend inn n rn ei dre 31 Main WIBdOW ecce te eerie ree ERE eer o Matre de eodd 31 Optimizing the Video Picture sse ee eene 42 Reducing the Noise of the Video Picture sssssseeeeeeeee 43 Using the B050 000 with low bandwidth sse 43 6 Menu EOS COL CR 45 Remote Control ec Me iU 45 KVM Consola ttr ter
83. n is selected Vertical Position Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in vertical direction while this option is selected 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 permanently Chapter 5 Usage Undo Changes Restore last settings Note The Video Settings Panel and the according entry in the Options menu is only available for members of the administrator group and the user super Refresh Video Use this option to refresh the video picture The video data for the Remote Console is updated completely On startup of the Remote Console the B050 000 transmits the entire video picture from the remote host Subsequently the parts of the video picture that did not change are filtered and not transmitted again This leads to less video data to be transmitted It may happen that there are parts of the video picture that are not updated correctly video noise compression errors You may use this option to initiate an entire re fresh manually Soft Keyboard The Soft Keyboard simulates an entire keyboard that is connected to the remote sys tem It is necessary in case your remote system runs with a completely different lan guage and country mapping than your administration machine By selecting the ac cording button s you can send key codes and also key sequences to the
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85. n your video picture to be transferred and on the number of changes between two single video pictures We recommend to use a higher compression level if the network bandwidth is low The higher the compression level the more time is necessary to both pack or unpack the video data on either side of the connection The compression quality depends on the video picture itself e g the number of the colors or the diversity of pixels The lower the compression quality the more data have to be sent and the longer it may take to transfer the whole video picture If level 0 is chosen the video compression is disabled completely The option Video Optimized has its advantages if transferring high quality mo tion pictures In this case the video compression is disabled completely and all video data is transferred via network as full quality video snippets Therefore a high amount of bandwidth is required to ensure the quality of the video picture 39 Chapter 5 Usage ci Me Options 4 Monitor Only F Exclusive Access Scaling Mouse Handling Local Cursor 4 Video Settings Refresh Video Soft Keyboard Local Keyboard Hotkeys Encoding g Compression I video Optimized Color depth E 0 none 1 fastest 32 a3 44 35 36 a7 48 49 best Figure 5 14 Remote Console Options Encoding compression Color depth Set the desired color depth You may select between 8 or 16 bit for Video Opti mized compression level 0 or bet
86. nd the user super A change in the access mode is also visible in the status line See the Section called Remote Console Status Line for more information 33 Chapter 5 Usage Scaling Allows you to scale down the Remote Console You can still use both mouse and keyboard however the scaling algorithm will not preserve all display details D X Logout Options el 4 Monitor Only F Exclusive Access Scaling Mouse Handling i 50 Local Cursor m 10096 Video Settings 4 Scale to fit Refresh Video Soft Keyboard Local Keyboard Hotkeys Encoding Figure 5 7 Remote Console Options Menu Scaling Mouse Handling The submenu for mouse handling offers two options for synchronizing the local and the remote mouse pointer as explained in the Section called Mouse Keyboard and Video configuration in Chapter 4 c Options 2 Monitor Only F Exclusive Access Scaling gt A Mouse Handling I Fast Sync Alt F12 Local Cursor Intelligent Sync Video Settings Mouse Mode Refresh Video Soft Keyboard Local Keyboard Hotkeys Encoding Figure 5 8 Remote Console Options Menu Mouse Handling e Fast Sync The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary but fixed skew Intelligent Sync 34 Chapter 5 Usage Use this option if the fast sync does not work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system Warning This method takes more time than the
87. nfigured the Remote Console is very unlikely to be able to establish the according connection This is because today s web proxies are not capable of relaying the RFB protocol In case of problems please consult your network administrator in order to provide an appropriate network environment Main Window Starting the Remote Console opens an additional window It displays the screen con tent of your host system The Remote Console will behave exactly in the same way as if you were sitting directly in front of the screen of your remote system That means keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way However be aware of the fact that the remote system will react to keyboard and mouse actions with a slight delay The delay depends on the bandwidth of the line which you use to connect to the B050 000 31 Chapter 5 Usage 32 With respect to the keyboard the very exact remote representation might lead to some confusion as your local keyboard changes its keyboard layout according to the remote host system If you use a German administration system and your host sys tem uses a US English keyboard layout for instance special keys on the German keyboard will not work as expected Instead the keys will result in their US English counterpart You can circumvent such problems by adjusting the keyboard of your remote system to the same mapping as your local one The Remote Console window always tries to show the remote screen with its opti
88. o picture for the Remote Console you may follow the steps as given here Chapter 5 Usage 1 Press the Auto Adjust button once see the Section called Remote Console Control Bar for details 2 Choose the option Video Settings from the Options Menu of the Remote Console Press the button Reset this Mode O Brightness cE 63 Contrast Red CE J fie 127 Contrast Green E A 127 Contrast Blue AOO E O 127 Clock EJ J d 1800 Phase a 4 Horizontal Offset E n Aa 425 Vertical Offset d BE eses se Save Changes G0x960 60Hz Undo Changes Figure 5 18 Remote Console Video Settings Reset this Mode 3 Again press the Auto Adjust button once 4 The B050 000 detects the video mode with 8 bits 256 colors automatically To improve the picture quality you may select 16 bit True Color from the Options Menu of the Remote Console sub menu Encoding entry Color Depth see the Section called Encoding for details 5 Finally if the the Remote Console transfer rate is too high you may do an ad justment using the Noise filter The higher the filter level the more information is filtered from the transferred video picture see the Section called Video in Chapter 6 for details and the data rate is reduced Currently the video picture with the best quality can be achieved with the settings 16 bit High Color in the Remote Console or LAN High Colour in the web frontend This option can
89. o the B050 000 Reset the B050 000 and immediately press the ESC key You will see a gt prompt Enter the command config and press the key ENTER Quite soon afterwards you are asked to adjust the IP auto configuration the IP address the net mask and the default gateway Pressing the ENTER key without entering values does not change settings The gateway value has to be set to 0 0 0 0 for no gateway or any other value for the IP address of the gateway After the confirmation the B050 000 performs a reset using the new values as set before Web Interface The B050 000 may be accessed using a standard Java enabled web browser You may use the HTTP protocol or a secure encrypted connection via HTTPS Just enter the configured IP address of the B050 000 into your web browser The initial login set tings are Table 1 3 Standard User Settings Parameter Value Login super Password pass Changing these settings to user specific values is strongly recommended and can be done on the User Management page see the Section called Users And Groups in Chapter 6 The Remote Console The Remote Console is the redirected screen keyboard and mouse of the remote host system in which the B050 000 is installed The web browser which is used for accessing the B050 000 has to supply a Java Runtime Environment version 1 1 or higher However it is strongly recommended to install Sun JVM 1 4 The Remote Console will
90. o the default Figure 6 30 Certificate Settings The B050 000 uses the Secure Socket Layer SSL protocol for any encrypted network traffic between itself and a connected client During the connection establishment the B050 000 has to expose its identity to a client using a cryptographic certificate Upon delivery this certificate and the underlying secret key is the same for all B050 000 ever produced and certainly will not match the network configuration that will be applied to the B050 000 by its user The certificate s underlying secret key is also used for securing the SSL handshake Hence this is a security risk but far better than no encryption at all However it is possible to generate and install a new base64 x 509 certificate that is unique for a particular B050 000 In order to do that the B050 000 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 who you claim you are and signs and issues a SSL certificate to you To create and install a SSL certificate for the B050 000 the following steps are neces sary Create a SSL Certificate Signing Request using the panel shown in Figure 6 30 You need to fill out a number of fields that are explained below Once this is done click on the button Create which will initiate the Certificate Signing Request
91. parameters given in Table 4 2 When configuring with a serial terminal reset the B050 000 and immediately press the ESC key You will see a gt prompt Enter config press Enter and wait for a few seconds for the configuration questions to appear Table 4 2 Serial line parameters Parameter Value Bits second 115200 Data bits 8 Parity no Stop bits 1 Flow control none As you proceed the following questions will appear on the screen To accept the default values which are shown in square brackets below press Enter IP auto configuration non dhcp bootp dhcp IP 192 168 1 22 Net mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 0 0 0 0 for none 0 0 0 0 IP autoconfiguration With this option you can specify whether the B050 000 should get its network settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server For DHCP enter dhcp and for BOOTP enter bootp If you do not specify any of these the IP autoconfiguration is disabled and subsequently you will be asked for the following network settings IP address The IP address the B050 000 uses This option is only available if IP autoconfig uration is disabled Net mask The net mask of the connected IP subnet This option is only available if IP auto configuration is disabled 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 This option is only available if IP autocon figuration is disa
92. pendix F Pin Assignment 104 Appendix G Specifications Sizes and Weight Table G 1 B050 000 Specification Attribute Value Height 95mm Width 25mm Length 72mm Weight 160g w o replicator cable 290g with attached replicator cable Housing Aluminium silver anodized Power Consumption up to 700mA Environment Temperature Table G 2 Temperature Attribute Value Operating 0 C to 55 C 32 F to 131 F Storage 18 C to 70 C 0 4 F to 158 F Humidity Table G 3 Humidity Attribute Value Operating 10 to 90 non condensing Storage 596 to 9576 non condensing 105 Appendix G Specifications 106 Appendix H B050 000 Operation Advices This device has to be operated with the provided power supply only The use of other power supplies voids the product liability of the manufacturer If the power supply shows a malfunction it must not be opened Instead a request a replacement from the manufacturer or the vendor The power cord of the power supply is the point of junction to the supply network AC 230 V Therefore both the power supply and the socket have to be easily accessible to disconnect them quickly if it is necessary 107 Appendix H B050 000 Operation Advices 108 Appendix I Tripp Lite Warranty Information Limited Warranty Tripp Lite 1111 W 35th Street Chicago IL 60609 USA Tripp Lite manufactures its hardware products from parts and components that are new or
93. r the browser will pop up a security warning when the B050 000 is accessed using HTTPS Organizational unit This field is used for specifying to which department within an organization the B050 000 belongs Organization The name of the organization to which the B050 000 belongs Locality City The city where the organization is located State Province The state or province where the organization is located 78 Chapter 6 Menu Options 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 U S 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 four characters Confirm Challenge Password Confirmation of the Challenge Password Email The email address of a contact person that is responsible for the B050 000 and its security Key length This is the length of the generated key in bits 1024 Bits are supposed to be suf ficient for most cases Longer keys may result in slower response time of the B050 000 during connection establishment Serial Settings File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help gt 2 Y 2 D http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home r Serial Port Settings Configuration login C Modem Serial line speed 115200 gt bits s Modem init string
94. r 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 ad dress is possible but you must make sure that it is not interfering with the IP settings of the B050 000 and your console computer The default value will work in most cases Chapter 6 Menu Options Passthrough access to serial port via Telnet SSH 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 or SSH Select the appropriate options for the serial port and use the Telnet Console or a stan dard Telnet SSH client to connect to the B050 000 For more information about the Telnet interface you may have a look at the Section called Telnet Console IPM 220 L Inline Power Module This is an optionally available external module to switch power of a single sys tem by putting it in the power supply line of the controlled system Intelligent Plattorm Management Interface IPMI e Back O Reload Home iB http 192 168 1 188 home asp IPMI Settings IPMI disabled IPMI over LAN IP address i Username Password IPMB BMC address hexadecimal Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 33 IPMI Generals By using the B050 000
95. rd Fo EJ Enable WEP encryption New super user password I i y O WLAN WEP Key New password confirm o Query Device Setup Device Cancel Help Status Found 7 devices 7 network 0 USB Figure 1 4 B050 000 setup tool Windows version Chapter 1 The Quick Start Guide a Terminal DX File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help fho skye psetup setup Looking for devices done O Device Setup 0X MAC address fe 00 00 50 01 c6 y Query Device Super user login Super user password Device Type B050 000 New super user password New super user password confirm IP auto configuration IP address 192 168 5 116 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 158 5 1 Status Ready m Figure 1 5 B050 000 setup tool Linux version Connect the B050 000 to your computer either via local network or via USB Start the setup tool from the CD ROM on the computer where the B050 000 is installed Depending on the connection USB or network the device detection is different Note Configuration via network requires the device to have a valid IP address If your net work provides a properly configured DHCP server the B050 000 should be automatically assigned an IP address A window opens as seen in Figure 1 4 on a Windows OS and Figure 1 5 on a Linux OS MAC Address Detection Using the tool for Windows On the upper left corner the MAC address of the B050
96. rd p Reload Home rPower Control via IPMI Sa a emm Remote Power r Direct Power Control Serial Port 1 IPM Current State On Get State Sa EA Figure 6 2 B050 000 Power Buttons Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI The B050 000 is capable of controlling the power status of an IPMI enabled host sys tem See the Section called Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI for config uration instructions If the B050 000 is configured to act as an IPMI client the Remote Power Control page will show three buttons Power On Sends an IPMI Power On command to the Baseboard Management Controller BMC Power Off Sends an IPMI Power Off command to the BMC Reset Sends an IPMI Hard Reset command to the BMC Chapter 6 Menu Options Telnet Console File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help e 5 gt Q B D http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home Telnet Console B050 000 Terminal Server c 2000 2002 2 Telnet Console Login super Password Login failed Login super Password lt 5H gt help Usage help lt cmd gt lt subemd gt lt subcmd gt A help screen for specified command is printed With no arguments given a table of all commands is printed to the screen The following commands are supported help quit version E Figure 6 3 Telnet Console The B050 000 firmware features a Telnet gateway tha
97. remote sys tem and act as if you would work with a keyboard that is directly connected to the remote system In order to open the Soft Keyboard select the entry Soft Keyboard from the Options menu You can send single key strokes like r as well as combinations of keys such as Ctrl C Or A1tGr Shift F4 For a single key stroke you can click on the button with the according character Single keys such as regular characters and numbers are sent immediately Special keys like Ctr1 Shift as well as the function keys r1 to F12 have to be selected twice The first press sends the signal key is pressed the second press indicated the signal key is released to the remote system After the first press the button will change its color to signalize that the according key is pressed currently After the second press the button will appear as usual and signalize that the key was sent To send the key combination ctri c select the button Ctr1 first The button will change its color Press the button c The following key c in our example will be combined with the previously selected key Both the buttons Ctr1 and c are released and the key combination will be sent to the remote system The button Ctr1 will appear as normal color change In order to send the key combination Ct r1 F5 three steps have to be done Select the button ctr1 once and the button F5 twice The last press will release both buttons and send the key combination to the remote
98. rface For a detailed description see the Section called Resetting the B050 000 to its Factory Settings in Chapter 4 92 Appendix B Glossary ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface A specification that enables the operating system to implement power manage ment and system configuration ATX Advanced Technology Extended A particular specification that covers the style of motherboards and enclosure introduced by Intel in 1995 DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol A protocol for dynamically assigning IP configurations to host names especially used in a local network DNS Domain Name System A protocol used to locate computers on the Internet by their name FAQ Frequently Asked Questions HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol One of the protocols used for communication between single computers espe cially between web browsers and web servers HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure The secure version of HTTP IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface A specification defining a set of common interfaces for operating system inde pendent platform management and health monitoring LED Light Emitting Diode A semiconductor device that emits incoherent monochromatic light when elec trically biased in the forward direction PS 2 Personal System 2 IBM s second generation of personal computers which was released to the pub lic in 1987 Today PS 2 is known as a device interface for mouse and ke
99. rl Left Down Right o Figure E 1 English US keyboard Layout used for the key codes Table E 1 Key Names Key Alias Key s 0 9 A Z TILDE MINUS z EQUALS lt LESS SLASH BACKSPACE TAB ENTER CAPS LOCK N BACK SLASH LSHIFT SHIFT RCTRL CTRL STRG RSHIFT SHIFT LCTRL CTRL STRG 99 Appendix E Key Codes 100 Key LALT SPACE ALT GR ESCAPE F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PRINTSCREEN SCROLL LOCK BREAK INSERT HOME PAGE_UP PAGE_DOWN DELETE END UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT NUM_LOCK NUMPADO NUMPAD1 NUMPAD2 NUMPAD3 NUMPAD4 NUMPAD5 NUMPAD6 NUMPAD7 NUMPADS NUMPAD9 NUMPADPLUS Alias Key s ALT ESC POS 1 DEL NUMPAD_PLUS Key NUMPAD NUMPADMUL NUMPADMINUS NUMPADENTER WINDOWS MENU Alias Key s NUMPAD_MUL x NUMPAD_MINUS Appendix E Key Codes 101 Appendix E Key Codes 102 Appendix F Pin Assignment VGA HD 15 Table F 1 VGA HD 15 5 4 3 2 10 9 8 7 6 dS 44 49 02 01 Figure F 1 VGA HD 15 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Red 9 USB 5V 2 Green 10 GND sync 3 Blue 11 USB_D 4 USB D 12 SDA DDC 5 GND 13 HSYNC 6 GND red 14 VSYNC 7 GND green 15 SCL DDC 8 GND blue RJ45 Connector Ethernet Figure F 2 RJ45 Table F 2 RJ45 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 TX 5 Not connected 2 TX 6 RX 3 RX 7 Not connected 4 Not connected 8 Not connected 103 Ap
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101. rsion 1 1 or higher If the browser has no Java support such as on a small handheld device you are still able to maintain your remote host system using the administration forms displayed by the browser itself Important We recommend to install a Sun JVM 1 4 For an insecure connection to the B050 000 we can recommend the following web browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 0 or higher on Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP Netscape Navigator 7 0 Mozilla 1 6 and Mozilla Firefox on Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP Linux and other UNIX like Operating Systems In order to access the remote host system using a securely encrypted connection you need a browser that supports the HTTPS protocol Strong security is only assured by using a key length of 128 Bit Some of the old browsers do not have a strong 128 Bit encryption algorithm Using the Internet Explorer open the menu entry and Info to read about the key length that is currently activated The dialog box contains a link that leads you to 27 Chapter 5 Usage information on how to upgrade your browser to a state of the art encryption scheme Figure 5 1 shows the dialog box presented by the Internet Explorer 6 0 3 About Internet Explorer xj a Version 6 0 2600 0000 Cipher Strength 128 bit Product I a Dr i 8996737 04304 Upda Figure 5 1 The Internet Explorer displaying the encryption key length Newer web brow
102. rupted Unit Reset File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help 9 gt Ge a D http 11192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home i Reset USB L Video Engine Reset Device 2 Unit Reset This may take up to a minute Figure 6 40 Unit Reset This section allows you to reset specific parts of the device This involves the both keyboard and mouse the video engine and the B050 000 itself Resetting the card itself is mainly needed to activate a newly updated firmware It will close all current Chapter 6 Menu Options connections to the administration console and to the Remote Console The whole process will take about half a minute Resetting subdevices e g video engine will take some seconds only and does not result in closing connections To reset a certain B050 000 functionality click on the button Reset as displayed in Figure 6 40 Note Only the user super is allowed to reset the B050 000 89 Chapter 6 Menu Options 90 Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions 1 The remote mouse does not work or is not synchronous First check the VGA connection Both the B050 000 and the local monitor have to support the same video resolution Make sure that your mouse settings match your mouse model i e PS 2 or wheel mouse The mouse model has to be set similarly on both the B050 000 and the Oper ating System you use on your host In some circumstances the mou
103. s 5 hh mm ss Synchronize with NTP Server Primary Time server Secondary Time server The NTP Server configuration is obtained automatically For proper function please make sure that the BOOTP DHCP server used by this device provides correct time server information Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 34 Date and Time This link refers to a page where the internal realtime clock of the B050 000 can be set up see Figure 6 34 You have the possibility to adjust the clock manually or to use a NTP time server Without a time server your time setting will not be persistent so you have to adjust it again after the B050 000 loses power for more than a few minutes To avoid this you can use a NTP time server which sets up the internal clock Chapter 6 Menu Options automatically to the current UTC time Because NTP server time is always UTC there is a setting that allows you to set up a static offset to get your local time Warning There is currently no way to adjust the daylight saving time automati cally So you have to set up the UTC offset twice a year properly to the local rules of your country Event Log File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help gt Ga 2 O http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home Event Log Targets Y List Logging Enabled Entries shown per page 20 ii Clear internal log Clear I NFS Logging Enable
104. s Help 9 J 52 2 a http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back J p Reload Home Keyboard Mouse Settings Host Interface Auto v active USB 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 Auto as Keyboard Mouse host interface then the card will choose USB if available or 2 otherwise falls back to PS 2 PS 2 Keyboard Model Generic 104 Key PC x E Key release timeout enabled Timeout after v msec Enable key release timeout if you experience duplicated keystrokes during poor network performance USB Mouse Type Windows gt 2000 Mac OS X gt Mouse speed Auto Fixed scaling 1 1 00 Apply Reset to defaults Stored value is equal to the default Figure 6 24 Keyboard and Mouse Settings Host Interface Enables a certain interface the mouse is connected to You can choose between Auto for automatic detection USB for a USB mouse and PS 2 for a PS 2 mouse Warning To use the USB and or PS 2 interface you need a correct cabling be tween the managed host and the managing device If the managed host has no USB keyboard support in the BIOS and you
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109. se synchronization process could behave incorrectly refer to the Section called Mouse Keyboard and Video configuration in Chapter 4 for further explanation 2 The video quality is bad or the picture is grainy Enter the Remote Console and press the Auto Adjust button see the Section called Remote Console Control Bar in Chapter 5 to adjust the B050 000 s video input param eters to the correct values 3 Login on the B050 000 fails Verify both your user login and your password By default the user super has the password pass Moreover your web browser has to be configured to accept cookies 4 The Remote Console window of the B050 000 does not open A firewall may prevent the access to the Remote Console The TCP ports 80 for HTTP and 443 for both HTTPS and RFB have to be open the server providing the firewall has to accept incoming TCP connections on these ports 5 Remote console is unable to connect and displays a timeout error Have a look on your hardware If there is a proxy server between the B050 000 and your host then you may not be able to transfer the video data using RFB Establish a direct connection between the B050 000 and the client Furthermore check the settings of the B050 000 and choose a different server port used for RFB transfer If you use a firewall then check the according port for accept ing connections You may restrict these connections for the IP addresses used by the B050 000 and your
110. sers do support strong encryption by default Login into the B050 000 and logout Login into the B050 000 Open your web browser Type in the address of your B050 000 which you configured during the installation process The address used might be a plain IP address or a host and domain name in case you have given your B050 000 a symbolic name in the DNS For instance type the following in the address line of your browser when establishing an unsecured connection http 192 168 1 22 In order to use a secure connection type in https 192 168 1 22 This will lead you to the B050 000 login page as shown in Figure 5 2 Authenticate with Login and Password Username user Password peeeeeen fumum Figure 5 2 Login screen 28 Chapter 5 Usage Warning Your web browser has to accept cookies or else login is not possible The B050 000 has a built in super user that has all the permissions to administrate your B050 000 See the following table for the default settings Please note that the user super is not allowed to login via the serial interface of the B050 000 Table 5 1 Standard User Settings Parameter Value Login super Password pass Warning Please make sure to change the super user password immediately after you have installed and accessed your B050 000 for the first time Not changing the pass phrase for the super user is a severe security risk and might result in unauthorized acce
111. ss to the B050 000 and to the host system including all possible consequences Navigation Having logged into the B050 000 successfully the main page of the B050 000 appears see Figure 5 3 This page consists of three parts each of them contains specific in formation The buttons on the upper side allow you to navigate within the front end see Table 5 2 for details The lower left frame contains a navigation bar and allows you to switch between the different sections of the B050 000 Within the right frame task specific information is displayed that depends on the section you have chosen before 29 Chapter 5 Usage gt MEN TT IN 1 X File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tabs Help gt wd Go 2 L3 http 192 168 1 188 home asp Back Reload Home Remote Console Preview Click to open Desktop size 800 x 600 Power Supply Power Supply External Figure 5 3 Main page Table 5 2 Buttons from the front end Return to the main page of the B050 000 Open the B050 000 Remote Console Exit from the B050 000 front end Warning If there is no activity for half an hour the BO50 000 will log you out automatically A click on one of the links will bring you back to the login screen Logout from the B050 000 This link logs out the current user and presents a new login screen Please note that an automatic logout will be performed in case there is no activi
112. stem using the button Browse of the Up load Firmware panel see Figure 6 39 Then click Upload to transfer the previ ously selected file from your local file system onto the B050 000 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 func tion will be aborted and the current firmware is kept as is Secondly if everything went well you see the Update Firmware panel The panel shows you the version number of the currently running firmware and the version 87 Chapter 6 Menu Options 88 number of the uploaded firmware Pressing the button Update will store the new version and substitute the old one completely Warning This process is not reversible and might take some minutes Make sure the B050 000 s power supply will not be interrupted during the update process because this may cause an unusable device Thirdly after the firmware has been stored the B050 000 will reset automatically After about one minute you will be redirected to the Login page and requested to login once again Warning The three stage firmware update process and complete consistency check are making a mistake in updating the firmware almost impossi ble However only experienced staff members or administrators should perform a firmware update Make sure the B050 000 s power supply will not be inter
113. t enables a user to connect to the B050 000 via a standard Telnet client For connecting to the B050 000 via Telnet protocol you may use a terminal program such as xterm TeraTerm or Putty As an alternative you may also enter the telnet command on the command line or use the Run dialog from the Windows Start Menu As an example you may type the following sequence telnet 192 168 1 22 Replace the IP address by the one that is actually assigned to the B050 000 This will prompt for user name and password in order to log into the device The credentials that need to be entered for authentication are identical to those of the web interface That means the user management of the Telnet interface is entirely controlled with the according functions of the web interface Once you have successfully logged into the B050 000 a command line will be pre sented and you can enter the according 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 dis play some parameters In terminal mode the pass through access to serial port 1 is activated if the serial settings were made accordingly To access the B050 000 via se rial interface both a serial port replicator cable and a null modem cable are required available separately All inputs are redirected to the device on serial port 1 and its answers are displayed on the Telnet interface
114. te s facility To request warranty service you must inform Tripp Lite within the warranty period If warranty service is required Tripp Lite will issue a Return Material Authoriza tion Number You must ship the products back to Tripp Lite in their original or an equivalent packaging prepay shipping charges and insure the shipment or accept the possibility of loss or damage during shipment No Other Warranties To the maximum extend permitted by applicable law Tripp Lite disclaim all other warranties either express or implied including but not limited to implied war ranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with regard to the firmware the accompanying written materials and any accompanying hardware This limited warranty gives you specific legal rights You may have others which vary from state jurisdiction to state jurisdiction No Liability For Consequential Damages To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law in no event shall Tripp Lite be liable for any damages whatsoever including without limitation special incidental consequential or indirect damages for personal injury loss of business information or any other pecuniary loss arising out of the use of or inability to use this product even if Tripp Lite has been advised of the possibility of such damages In any case Tripp Lite s entire liability under any provision of this agreement shall be limited to the amount actually paid by you for the fi
115. the names Yoyodyne Inc hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program Gnomovi sion which makes passes at compilers written by James Hacker lt signature of Ty Coon gt 1 April 1989 Ty Coon President of Vice This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into pro prietary programs If your program is a subroutine library you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the library If this is what you want to do use the GNU Library General Public License instead of this License 115 Appendix J GNU General Public License GPL 116 Appendix K The OpenLDAP Public License Version 2 8 17 August 2003 Redistribution and use of this software and associated documentation Software with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions in source form must retain copyright statements and notices 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce applicable copyright statements and notices this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution and 3 Redistributions must contain a verbatim copy of this document The OpenLDAP Foundation may revise this license from time to time Each revision is distinguished by a version number You may use this Software under terms of this license revision or under the terms of any su
116. the window and accept the changes press the OK button otherwise press the Cancel button on Windows On a Linux system close the window by the ap propiate button of the window frame Initial Configuration via DHCP Server By default the B050 000 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 rec ommended to configure a fixed IP assignment to the MAC address of the B050 000 You can find the MAC address on the outside of the shipping box and labeled on the bottom side If this initial configuration does not meet your local requirements use the setup tool to adjust the values to your needs The setup tool can be found on the CD ROM delivered with this package You can follow the procedure described below 19 Chapter 4 Configuration Initial Configuration via Serial Console To configure the B050 000 via serial interface both a serial port replicator cable and a null modem cable are required available separately Using a serial terminal the B050 000 has a serial line interface rear side This connec tor is compliant with the RS 232 serial line standard To establish a serial connection use a standard NULL Modem cable The serial line has to be configured with the
117. to the B050 000 make sure to configure your console computer accordingly For instance on Windows based operating systems you can configure a dial up network connection which de faults to the right settings like PPP The Modem Settings panel allows you to configure the remote access to the B050 000 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 with which the B050 000 is communicating with the modem Most of all modems available today will support the default value of 115 200 bps In case you are using an old modem and discovering problems try to lower this speed Modem Init String The initialization string used by the B050 000 to initialize the modem The default value will work with all modern standard modems directly con nected 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 giving a new string Refer to the modem s manual about the AT command syntax Modem server IP address This IP address will be assigned to the B050 000 itself during the PPP hand shake Since it is a point to point IP connection virtually every IP address is possible but you must make sure that it is not interfering with the IP settings of the B050 000 and you
118. ty for half an hour 30 Chapter 5 Usage The Remote Console General Description The Remote Console is the redirected screen keyboard and mouse of the remote host system that the B050 000 controls IB AAN O Ctri Alt Delete y snc Ns Options nts File Edit View Insert Format Help Ofer lta SIR al olej fria 0 7 western EE Hello welcome to the Remote Console w eek Qseach Pyrolders Bristory 3 OS X A Ele Address 2a my Pictures My Pictures Sample JPEG Image Modified 9 2 2004 1 06 PM 1 object s selected Mstart c BS ory Pictures E Document WordPad saim Console Norm Desktop size is 1024 x 768 In O B s Out OB s 384 Figure 5 4 Remote Console The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to establish its own TCP connection to the B050 000 The protocol that is run over this connection is neither HTTP nor HTTPS but RFB Remote Frame Buffer Protocol Currently RFB tries to establish a connection to port 443 Your local network environment has to allow this connection to be made i e your firewall and in case you have a private internal network your NAT Network Address Translation settings have to be configured accordingly In case the B050 000 is connected to your local network environment and your con nection to the Internet is available using a proxy server only without NAT being co
119. us line 41 Chapter 5 Usage 42 The status line displays the number of frame buffer updates Fps as well as the incoming In and the outgoing Out network traffic in kilobyte per second A low value of the network traffic is recommended and can be achieved as described in the Section called Optimizing the Video Picture If compressed encoding is enabled a value in brackets displays the compressed transfer rate JS w In OB s Out OB s ad Figure 5 17 Status line transfer rate The next button displays the Remote Console Access settings Table 5 3 Buttons displaying the access state One single user is connected to the Remote Console of the B050 000 One or more users are connected to the Remote Console of the B050 000 Exclusive access is set for you Any other user may not access the remote host via Remote Console unless you disable this option SHEE A remote user has exclusive access You may not access the remote host via Remote Console unless the other user disables this option The outer right button displays the state of the Monitor Only settings Table 5 4 Buttons displaying the Monitor Only state Sa The option Monitor Only is disabled B The option Monitor Only is enabled For more information about Monitor Only and Exclusive Access settings see the ac cording paragraphs in the Section called Remote Console Control Bar Optimizing the Video Picture To achieve an optimal vide
120. ween 1 and 8 bit for compression level 1 to 9 The higher the color depth the more video information has to be captured and to be transferred 40 Chapter 5 Usage c Options 4 Monitor Only 4 Exclusive Access Scaling Mouse Handling Local Cursor 4 Video Settings Refresh Video Soft Keyboard Local Keyboard Hotkeys Encoding F 16 bit True Color 48 bit 256 col Figure 5 15 Remote Console Options Color Depth Note If displaying motion pictures on a connection with low speed you may achieve an improvement regarding the video transfer rate by lowering the color depth and disabling the option Video Optimized As a general result the data rate is reduced less bits per color Furthermore the B050 000 will not have to do any video compression In total this will lead to less transfer time of the motion picture Remote Console Status Line The status line shows both console and the connection state On the left the size of the remote screen is displayed Figure 5 16 was taken from a Remote Console with a resolution of 800x600 pixels see Appendix C for a list of screen resolutions that can be displayed using the B050 000 The value in brackets describes the connection to the Remote Console Norm means a standard connection without encryption SSL indicates a secure connection using Secure Socket Layer SSL eo pra Console Norm Desktop size is 800 x 600 In OB s Out O B s ii Sa Figure 5 16 Stat
121. ww openssl org Authors Tripp Lite Team This document was created on 28 April 2006 About the B050 000 The B050 000 provides server management capabilities You can use the B050 000 to manage and monitor components in your servers through a modem or LAN even if your network is down The B050 000 offers a comprehensive hardware solution for server management Limited Warranty The buyer agrees that if this product proves to be defective Tripp Lite is only obli gated to repair or replace this product at Tripp Lite s discretion according to the terms and conditions of Tripp Lite s general trading conditions Tripp Lite shall not be held liable for any loss expenses or damage directly incidentally or consequentially re sulting from the use of this product Please see the Warranty Information shipped with this product for full warranty details vii Preface Limitations of Liability Tripp Lite shall in no event be held liable for any loss expenses or damages of any kind whatsoever whether direct indirect incidental or consequential whether aris ing from the design or use of this product or the support materials provided with the product No action or proceeding against Tripp Lite may be commenced more than two years after the delivery of the product to the buyer Technical Support viii If you need help installing configuring or running the B050 000 call your Tripp Lite OEM or VAD Technical Support representative
122. y device Drive A iv Port 443 Secure Connection Allow write Support EXPERIMENTAL DANGEROUS Caution This might destroy all data on the shared medial Note The whole drive is redirected here If vou redirect a local hard disk with more than one partition all partitions of the drive will be available on the remote computer Device Authentication Username user Password eeee 6 redirectable drives found Figure 6 12 Main View Specify the parameters of the network connection see Figure 6 12 Device This is the address either the DNS name or the IP address of the B050 000 you would like to connect to Port This is the network port By default B050 000 uses the remote console port 443 here You may change this value if you have changed the remote console port in your B050 000 s network settings Secure Connection Enable this box to establish a secure connection via SSL This will maximize the security but may reduce the connection speed 55 Chapter 6 Menu Options 56 Drive Selection Drive Redirection Connection Parameters Device my device A v Port 443 ecure Connection Allow Write Support EXPERIMENTAL DANGEROUS Caution This might destroy all data on the shared medial Note The whole drive is redirected here If you redirect a local hard disk with more than one partition all partitions of the drive will be available on the remote computer
123. yboard 93 Appendix B Glossary 94 SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol A widely used network monitoring and control protocol SSH Secure Shell An encrypted network protocol providing a secure replacement for Telnet SSL Secure Socket Layer An encryption technology for the Internet used to provide secured data trans missions SVGA Super Video Graphics Array A refinement of the Video Graphics Array VGA that provides increased pitch and resolution performance UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair A cable with two conductors twisted as a pair and bundled within the same outer PVC covering Appendix C B050 000 Video Modes Table C 1 lists the video modes the B050 000 supports Please do not use any other custom video settings besides of these If done so the B050 000 may not be able to detect them Table C 1 B050 000 Video Modes Resolution x y Refresh Rates Hz 640x340 70 85 640x400 56 85 640x480 60 67 72 75 85 90 100 120 720x400 70 85 800x600 56 60 70 72 75 85 90 100 832x624 75 1024x768 60 70 72 75 85 90 100 1152x864 75 1152x870 75 1152x900 66 76 1280x960 60 85 1280x1024 60 75 85 1600x1200 60 65 70 75 2048x1536 85 local port only 95 Appendix C B050 000 Video Modes 96 Appendix D Users and Roles Table D 1 Roles Frontend Section Regular User Administrator Superuser Remote Control KVM Remote Control Remote Power Remote Control
124. your browser machine running the Re mote Console Applet Normally the applet determines the correct value automati cally However depending on your particular JVM and your browser settings this is not always possible A typical example is a German localized system that uses a US English keyboard mapping In this case you have to change the Local Keyboard setting to the right language manually Hotkeys Opens a list of hotkeys defined before In order to send a registered command to the host system choose the according entry A confirmation dialog can be added that will be displayed before sending the selected command to the remote host Choose OK to perform the command on the remote host For a detailed description see the Section called Remote Console Button Keys in Chapter 6 ESAS O 0 X Do you really want to send Ctrl Alt Delete Figure 5 13 Remote Console Confirmation Dialog Encoding These options are used to adjust the encoding level in terms of compression and color depth They are only available unless Transmission Encoding is determined automatically see the Section called Transmission Encoding in Chapter 6 Compression level You may select an value between 1 and 9 for the desired compression level with level 1 enabling the fastest compression and level 9 the best compression The most suitable compression level should always be seen as a compromise between the network bandwith that is available o

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