D-Link DKVM-IP1 User Manual

D-Link DKVM-IP1 1 Port KVM Switch Over IP Manual Version 1.00

7 2.7. Cable diagrams PS/2 Cable: Mini Din 6 pin Male to Male VGA Cable: HDB15 pin Male to Male USB 2.0 Cable: USB A-B cable

8 3. Hardware installation 3.1 Operation Overview Figure 3-1 shows the connections of DKVM-IP1 switch to its host, to peripheral devices, to the power

9 Step 2 Connect the monitor to the DKVM-IP1 switch console side. Step 3 Connect the keyboard to the DKVM-IP1 switch console side. Step 4 Connec

10 Step 8 (Option) Connect the type A connector of USB A-B cable to the USB port of the host system, while using remote mass storage control. USB typ

11 100BASE-TX hub. ¾ Make sure that the cable is wired appropriately for a standard 100BASE-TX adapter. ¾ Align the RJ-45 plug with the notch on the

12 4. Configuration 4.1 Initial Configuration The DKVM-IP1 switch's communication interfaces are all based on TCP/IP. It comes pre-configured wi

13 Figure4-1. DKVM-IP1 switch setup tool On the upper left corner, the MAC address of the DKVM-IP1 switch is displayed. To detect the MAC address,

14 When configuring with a serial terminal, reset the DKVM-IP1 switch and immediately press the “ ESC ” key. You will see some device information, and

15 4.1.3.2 Remote Mouse Settings A common problem with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mouse cursors. The DKVM-IP1 sw

16 Special Mouse Driver There are mouse drivers which influence the synchronization process and lead to desynchronized mouse pointers. If this h

CONTENTS 1 THE QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE 1 2 INTRODUCTION 4 2.1 When the sever is up and running 4 2.2 When the server is dead 4 2.3 Features

17 5. Usage 5.1 Prerequisites The DKVM-IP1 switch features an embedded operating system and applications offering a variety of standardized interface

18 Figure 5-1. The Internet Explorer displaying the encryption key length Newer web browsers do support strong encryption on default. 5.2 Login int

19 Warning The user “ super ” is not allowed to login via the serial interface of the DKVM-IP1 switch. Warning Please make sure to change the super

20 Exit from the DKVM-IP1 switch front end. Table 5-2. Buttons from the front end Warning If there is no activity for half an hour, the DKVM-IP

21 connection. This is because today's web proxies are not capable of relaying the RFB protocol. In case of problems, please consult your network

22 Auto Adjust button If the video display is of bad quality or distorted in some way, press this button and wait a few seconds while the DKVM-IP

23 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 s

24 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. Fig

25 Brightness Controls the brightness of the picture Contrast Controls the contrast of the picture Clock Defines the horizontal frequency for a vi

26 Figure 5-13. Soft Keyboard Mapping • Local Keyboard Used to change the language mapping of your browser machine running the Remote Console Apple

6 MENU OPTIONS 29 6.1 Remote 29 6.1.1 KVM Console 29 6.1.2 Telnet Console 29 6.2 Mapping 31 6.2.1 Floppy Disk 31 6.2.2 CD ROM 32 6.2.3 Drive

27 Figure 5-15. Encoding Allows to adjust both compression rate and the colour depth individually. Depending on the selected compression

28 Furthermore, both the incoming (“In:”) and the outgoing (“Out:”) network traffic are visible (in kb/s). If compressed encoding is enabled, a value

29 6. Menu Options 6.1 Remote 6.1.1 KVM Console Figure 6-1. KVM Console To open the KVM console, either clicks on the menu entry on the left, or

30 Replace the IP address by the one that is actually assigned to the DKVM-IP1 switch. This will prompt for username and password in order to log into

31 6.2 Virtual Media 6.2.1 Mapping Figure 6-3. Virtual Floppy Area Upload a Floppy Image Within two small steps working on the basis of a certain

32 Figure 6-6. Selecting CD ROM Figure 6-7. Select Windows Share The following information has to be given to mount the image properly: Shar

33 either login as a system administrator (or as “ root ” on UNIX systems), or ask your system administrator for help to complete this task. Window

34 For additional options see the Section called Options for details. Creating an Image Floppy Images UNIX and UNIX-like OS To create an image file, m

35 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.

36 6.2.3 Drive redirection Figure 6-12. Selecting Drive Redirection 6.2.3.1 Driver Installation Please follow the KVM Vision Viewer Setup Wizard st

1 1. The quick installation guide Installation DKVM-IP1 switch redirects local keyboard, mouse and video data to a remote administration console. Al

37 Figure 5-17. KVM Vision Viewer Setup step 5-1 5-5 5-4 5-3 5-2

38 6.2.3.2 Create a New Device ¾ Start KVM Vision Viewer ¾ Click on “Device” and select “New Device” to create a new device Figure 5-17. Create a

39 ¾ Click Ok, the new device will be added as below, Figure 5-18. New Device 6.2.3.3 Drive Redirection Settings ¾ Move the cursor to the new devi

40 ¾ Click Ok, the new device icon will be changed as below, Figure 5-21. Drive Redirection finished 6.2.4 Options Figure 6-5. Seleting Opt

41 system will hang on boot due to changes in the boot order, or the boot manager (LILO, GRUB). This case was reported for some Windows versions (2000

42 While the “user” account never sees the following options, the user “super” account can change the name and password for both accounts. Existing u

43 Figure 6-14. User Console Settings (Part 1) User select box This selection box displays the user ID for which the values are shown and for wh

44 Remote Console Type Specifies, which Remote Console Viewer to use. Default Java-VM Uses the default Java Virtual Machine of your Browser.

45 Start in Exclusive Access Mode Enables the exclusive access mode immediately at Remote Console startup. This forces the Remote Consoles of all

46 Warning 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 n

2 Initial IP configuration Initially the DKVM-IP1 switch network interface is configured with the parameters shown in Table 1-1. Parameter Value IP

47 6.4.3 Video Figure 6-18. Video Settings Miscellaneous Video Settings • Noise filter This option defines how the DKVM-IP1 switch reacts to

48 Figure 6-19. Network Settings (Part 1) Warning The initial IP configuration is usually done directly at the host system using the special proced

49 Remote Console And HTTPS port Port number at which the DKVM-IP1 switch's Remote Console server and HTTPS server are listening. If left e

50 6.5.2 Dynamic DNS Figure 6-20. Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service (dyndns.org) can be used in the following scenario (see Figure

51 You have to perform the following steps in order to enable Dynamic DNS: • Make sure that the LAN interface of the DKVM-IP1 switch is properly co

52 6.5.3 Security Figure 6-22. Device Security Force HTTPS If this option is enabled access to the web front-end is only possible using an HTTP

53 6.5.4 Certificate Figure 6-23. Certificate Settings The DKVM-IP1 switch uses the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol for any encrypted network tr

54 Figure 6-24. SSL Certificate Upload After completing these three steps, the DKVM-IP1 switch has its own certificate that is used for identifying

55 Challenge Password Some certification authorities require a challenge password to authorize later changes on the certificate (e.g. revocation o

56 Provider (ISP) to which you can dial in. The connection is established using the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). Before you connect to the DKVM-IP1

3 Changing these settings to user specific values is strongly recommended and can be done on the User Management page (see the Section called Users an

57 6.5.6 Date And Time Figure 6-27. Date and Time This link refers to a page, where the internal real-time clock of the DKVM-IP1 switch can be set

58 Important events like a login failure or a firmware update are logged to a selection of logging destinations (see Figure 6-29). Each of those event

59 Here is a example of all gerenated event and its event group. Device succesfully started device Board Reset performed by user... device Firmware

60 6.6 Tools 6.6.1 Device Status Figure 6-31. Device Information Board Summary This section contains a summary with various information about this

61 Reset Functions This section allows you to reset specific parts of the device. Currently this involves the video engine and the DKVM-IP1 switch its

62 A new firmware update is a binary file which will be sent to you by email or which you can download from the supplier web site. If the firmware fil

63 6.6.4 Unit Reset Figure 6-35 Unit Reset This section allows you to reset specific parts of the device. This involves the both keyboard and mouse

64 7. Troubleshooting Q 001: The remote mouse doesn’t work or is not synchronous A 001: Make sure the mouse settings in DKVM-IP1 switch match the mous

65 be disabled. 8. Certificates FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the f

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

4 2. Introduction Thank you for purchasing DKVM-IP1 switch. DKVM-IP1 switch can save your MONEY, TIME, SPACE, EQUIPMENT and POWER. DKVM-IP1 switch def

A.4 Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 1 A.5 KVM 15 pin connector B. Key Codes Table C.1 shows the key codes used to defines keystrokes or hotkeys for sever

Key (and aliases) 0 - 9 A - Z , TILDE -, MINUS =, EQUALS ; ’ <, LESS , . /, SLASH BACK SPACE TAB [ ] ENTER CAPS LOCK \, BACK SLASH LSHIFT, SHIFT

END PAGE DOWN UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT NUM LOCK NUMPAD0 NUMPAD1 NUMPAD2 NUMPAD3 NUMPAD4 NUMPAD5 NUMPAD6 NUMPAD7 NUMPAD8 NUMPAD9 NUMPADPLUS,NUMPAD PLUS NUM

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5 Type of failure Detected by Hard disk failure Console screen, CMOS set-up information Power cable detached, power supply failure Server remains i

6 2.5. Technical specifications Model No. DKVM-IP1 1port KVM Switch Over IP PC Port 1 Console Port 1 PC Port Connector (All Female Types) PS/2 Key