Single Port IP KVM IKVM-1000 User’s Guide

7 IKVM-1000 directly. The USB connectivity only supported in windows 2000/XP/server 2003 and the response time of USB connection would be longer than

8 The default super user password is “pass”. It is recommended to change the su-per user password as soon as you get this device. The Wireless LAN Co

9 This is the net mask of the connected IP subnet. This option is only available if IP auto configuration is disabled. Gateway (0.0.0.0 for none) [0

10 The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary, but fixed skew. Choose the option using the Remote Console options menu or press the mou

11 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 resynchro

12 Chapter 4 Remote Usage 4.1 Prerequisite The IKVM-1000 features an embedded operating system and applications offering a variety of standardized

13 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,

14 Password pass (factory default) Warning: Please make sure to change the super user password immediately after you have installed and accessed your

15 4.3 The Remote Console Clicking on the icon opens an additional Remote Console window. The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to

16 4.3.1 Remote Console Control Bar The upper part of the Remote Console window contains a control bar. Using its elements you can see the state of t

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17 Pressing this button to activate the mouse synchronization process. Choose this option in order to synchronize the local with the remote mouse cur

18 A change in the access mode is also visible in the status line. • Scaling Allow you to scale down the Remote Console. You can still use both mous

19 shapes depends on the Java Virtual Machine; a version of 1.2 or higher offers the full list. • Video Settings Opens a panel for changing the IKVM

20 Phase--Defines the phase for video sampling, used to control the display quality together with the setting for sampling clock. Horizontal Position

21 Opens a list of hotkeys defined previously. Choose one entry, the command will be sent to the host system. A confirmation dialog can be added that

22 Chapter 5 Advanced Configuration This chapter describes all options on the web interface of IKVM-1000. 5.1 Remote Control 5.1.1 KVM Console Click

23 Displays the list of possible commands cls Clears the screen quit Exits the current session and disconnects from the client version Displays th

24 onboard memory of the IKVM-1000 until the end of the current session, until you logged out, or initiated a reboot of the IKVM-1000. Create a Flopp

25 5.2.2 CD-ROM Image Use Image on Windows Share (SAMBA) To include an image from a Windows share, select “CD-ROM Image” from the submenu. The foll

26 Furthermore, the specified share has to be configured correctly. Therefore, administrative permissions are required. As a regular user you may not

i TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION...1 1.1 Features...

27 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

28 5.2.3 Drive Redirection To use this feature, you need to install KVM Vision Viewer on the client machine. The KVM Vision Viewer can be found in t

29 3. Fill in the information: Device Name: Enter a name to your device. Network Address: Enter an IP address the IKVM-1000 uses. Authentication Por

30 Drive Redirection Settings 1. Move the cursor to the new device that has been created. 2. Click on “Device” then select “Drive Redirection” and “

31 4. Click Ok, the new device icon will be changed as below, 5.2.4 Options Set this option to disable the mass storage emulation (and hide the vi

32 5.3 User Management 5.3.1 Change Password To change your password, enter the new password in the upper entry field. Retype the password in the f

33 Select a user from “Existing users” list, then click “Delete” button. The specified user will be removed from the list immediately. 5.4 KVM Settin

34 Pre-configured The pre-configured settings deliver the best result because of optimized adjustment of compression and colour depth for the indi

35 JVM if it is configured this way. Use of the Sun JVM may also be forced. Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plugin Instructs the web browser of your

36 Mouse hotkey Allows to specify a hotkey combination which starts either the mouse synchronization process if pressed in the Remote Console, or is

1 Chapter 1 Introduction With the innovative IP-based technology, PLANET has turned the conventional KVM switches into networking devices. The IKVM-

37 released in reversed sequence. So the minus sign builds single, separate keypresses and -releases. The star inserts a pause with duration of 100 m

38 • 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

39 5.4.3 Video • Noise filter This option defines how the IKVM-1000 reacts to small changes in the video input signal. A large filter setting needs

40 Warning: the initial IP configuration is usually done directly at the host system using the initial configuration procedure. Changing the network

41 In case the IKVM-1000 should be accessible from networks other than the local one, this IP address must be set to the local network router's

42 5.5.2 Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service (dyndns.org) can be used in the following scenario. The IKVM-1000 is reachable via the

43 The administrator has to register an IKVM-1000 that is supposed to take part in the service with the Dynamic DNS Server and assign a certain hostn

44 This is the interval for reporting again to the Dynamic DNS server by the IKVM-1000. Warning: the IKVM-1000 has its own independent real time clo

45 5.5.4 Certificate The IKVM-1000 uses the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol for any encrypted network traffic between itself and a connected clie

46 Request generation. The CSR can be downloaded to your administration machine with the “Download CSR” button. • Send the saved CSR to a CA for cert

2 Host Connectors (all female type) PS/2 keyboard port PS/2 mouse port DB-15 VGA port VGA Resolution Local console: 1920 x 1440 Remote console: 1280

47 This field is used for specifying to which department within an organization the IKVM-1000 belongs. Organization The name of the organization

48 5.5.5 Serial Port The IKVM-1000 Serial Settings allows you to specify what device is connected to the serial port and how to use it. Configurati

49 configure a dial-up network connection, which defaults to the right settings like PPP. The Modem Settings panel allows you to configure the remote

50 Passthrough access to serial port via Telnet Using this option, it is possible to connect an arbitrary device to the serial port and access it

51 5.5.7 Event Log Important events like a login failure or a firmware update are logged to a selection of logging destinations. Each of those event

52 The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the IKVM-1000. To show the log list, click on “Event Log” on the “Maintenance” pag

53 1000 device and that needs no authentication at all (<serverip>:<port>). SNMP Logging enabled If this is activated, the IKVM-1000 s

54 This section contains a summary with various information about this IKVM-1000 and it’s current firmware. The Data file for support allows you to

55 5.6.2 Even log This page displays the log list including the events that are logged by the IKVM-1000. 5.6.3 Update Firmware The IKVM-1000 is a c

56 Before you can start updating the firmware of your IKVM-1000, the new uncompressed firmware file has to be accessible on the system that you use f

3 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Operation Overview The IKVM-1000 supports two operation scenarios. It can directly connect to one server or to

57 5.6.4 Unit Reset This section allows you to reset specific parts of the device. This involves the both keyboard and mouse, the video engine and t

58 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Q. 1: The remote mouse doesn’t work or is not synchronous A. 1: Make sure the mouse settings in IKVM-1000 match the mou

59 the checkbox ’use for outgoing’ is checked. Another possibility is to use a Mozilla based browser. Q. 10: Every time I open a dialog box with some

60 Appendix A Pin Assignments A.1 VGA HD-15 A.2 RJ 45 Connector Ethernet A.3 RJ 45 Connector ISDN A

61 A.4 Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 1 A.5 KVM 15 pin connector

62 Appendix B Key Codes Table B.1 shows the key codes used to defines keystrokes or hotkeys for several functions. Please note that these key codes

63 RCTRL RSHIFT LCTRL, CTRL LALT, ALT SPACE ALTGR ESCAPE, ESC F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PRINTSCREEN SCROLL LOCK BREAK INSERT HOME PAGE U

64 NUMPAD9 NUMPADPLUS,NUMPAD PLUS NUMPAD/ NUMPADMUL,NUMPAD MUL NUMPADMINUS,NUMPAD MINUS NUMPADENTER WINDOWS MENU Table B.1: Key Names

65 Appendix C Video Modes The table below lists the video modes IKVM-1000 supports. Please don’t use other custom video settings besides of these. I

4 For using the Remote Console window of your managed host system, the browser must come with a Java Runtime Environment version 1.1 or higher. If th

5 7. Connect one end to the PS/2 keyboard port on the computer, and the other end to the purple PS/2 connector on the HOST side of IKVM-1000.

6 Chapter 3 Initial Configuration 3.1 Default Settings The communication interfaces of IKVM-1000 are all based on TCP/IP. It comes with the default