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  • Page 2 TK-IP101 User Guide R1.2 About this manual This User Guide is the complete reference to the TK-IP101, its functional features and usage. The Complete User Guide could be found only on the TK-IP101 Support CD-ROM disc. TK-IP101 documentation List Quick Installation Guide...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ..............24 TK-IP101 MPORT CERTIFICATES TO VIEWER ON THE CLIENT COMPUTER ......25 Import client certificate to Win32 Viewer ................26 Import the certificates for the Java-based TK-IP101 Viewer ........26 PECIFY THE IEWER ONNECTION PTION BEFORE AKING A ONNECTION ....
  • Page 4 TK-IP101 User Guide R1.2 & T – D LOBAL UPPORT AND SERVER SYNCHRONIZATION ..........................49 – M IDEO ERVER ISCELLANEOUS ETTINGS FOR IDEO ERVERS ........51 – M OWER ONTROL ISCELLANEOUS ETTINGS FOR IDEO ERVERS ......53 – M OMPUTERS...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Enterprise Management System. And TK-IP101 is a robust and versatile solution to address the needs of modern remote server management scenarios.
  • Page 6 The hardware-based remote control solution such as TK-IP101 is able to access the server regardless of the server states while software remote control solution is non-functional while the server is still in the POST or preboot stage or in a “blue screen of death”.
  • Page 7 SUPERADMIN! Advantages Galore With TK-IP101, the server administrator can access enterprise server room or data center on his own seat without toils and troubles of going anywhere from across the street to oversea. And organizations can enjoy a uniquely centralized and very cost- effective control over its dispersed servers in different branch offices, even around the world, thus saving money for outsourcing costs.

  • Page 8: Primary Features

    1.1 Primary features General features ▪ Full-featured IP-based Remote Control Solution for server management ▪ Provides remote control for several servers when connected to a conventional KVM Switch ▪ Simultaneous access from multiple users ▪ No user limitation ▪ Facilitate centralized control ▪...

  • Page 9: Power On-Off Control Support

    Video server ▪ Support up to 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz resolution ▪ 8/16-bit color ▪ 3 Video Quality settings ▪ 3 Video Compression schemes ▪ 8-bit color reduction ▪ JPEG Compression option for low bandwidth internet connections ▪ Configurable database to set up new or unknown VGA modes ▪...

  • Page 10: System Architecture

    1.2 System Architecture The TK-IP101 is based on an embedded Linux platform for computing power and rugged stability. The TK-IP101 employs a High speed Processor to ensure excellent video quality and fast keyboard / mouse response across the Internet, even when bandwidth availability is limited.

  • Page 11: Tk-Ip101 External Views

    LED indicators, and can only be accessed by prying down with a pointed needle tip. To depress the recessed button for over 4 seconds, and upon release, it will restore TK-IP101 to factory default – the default IP settings and user account settings that come with factory default settings.

  • Page 12: Tk-Ip101 Rear View

    Monitor Port (HDB-15) This is where you should plug in the Monitor for your local console on TK-IP101. USB port (USB Type B) This USB port provides USB keyboard/mouse connections to a USB-enabled PC, or to a USB KVM Switch.

  • Page 13: Tk-Ip101 Intallation

    Step 1. Power on the TK-IP101: Connect the TK-IP101 Power adapter and power on TK-IP101. Step 2. Set up a local console on TK-IP101: If a local console (that is a physical keyboard, mouse and monitor connected to the TK-IP101) is required, connect the keyboard and mouse to the TK-IP101 local console ports (that is keyboard, mouse and monitor port specifically).

  • Page 14: Configure Your Servers For Connections To Tk-Ip101

    KVM switch using the 3-in-1 Slim KVM combo cable and/or the USB cable (if it is a USB KVM switch) that come with the TK-IP101 packing box. And the KVM switch will in turn be connected to the multiple computers/servers.
  • Page 15 3. Uncheck the Move pointer to the default button in dialog box Click OK. Windows 98 Access Control Panel/Mouse. On the Mouse Properties tab, select the Motion page. Under the Pointer Speed category: 1. Adjust the pointer speed slide bar to the slowest (leftmost) position. Click OK.

  • Page 16: More Tips For Server Desktop Configuration

    To simplify the display factor before connection to TK-IP101, we suggest you use more standard display modes such as: 800 x 600 @ 72Hz/75Hz, 1024 x 768 @ 72Hz/75Hz, etc. For the suggested display modes, please refer to the following table.
  • Page 17 On Windows platforms such as Windows 98, 2000, XP and 2003 Server, some transition effects might yield undesirable video refreshing artifacts, especially when you are using Medium or Low Video Quality as your video filter settings. To avoid undesirable artifacts from appearing on your screen, please turn off the special transition effects.

  • Page 18: Configure Tk-Ip101 Network Settings

    Note: Due to added levels of browser security, Internet Explorers 7 users will see red in the address bar and a “Certificate Error” warning; this is not an issue with the TK-IP101. This product will continue to function properly. To avoid this event, please refer to this User’s Guide for instruction on how to configure security setting and creating certificates Internet Explorer 7.0 Certificate Error message.
  • Page 19 Certificate Error in Internet Explorer 7.0 browser. Step 4. Go to the LAN TCP/IP page on the TK-IP101 Browser Management Interface and modify your IP settings. Refer to Section 4.11, LAN TCP/IP – Port and IP Settings. Step 5. Apply the new setting by clicking Apply Settings.

  • Page 20: Configure Port Base Setting For Tk-Ip101

    If you are satisfied with the default port base setting as 5900, you can skip this section. The default port base for TK-IP101 connection is set at 5900. This means it will use port 5900 (port base) for viewer connection and port 5908 (port base + 8) for https web browser connection.
  • Page 21 Click Submit button and Apply Settings button to validate your new setting. Now you have installed TK-IP101 within your Local Area Network environment, and can try to establish a remote viewer connection…...

  • Page 22: Configure Your Firewall/Router For Accessing Tk-Ip101 Across Internet

    Browser access: https:// Viewer access: www.mycompany.com:5970 Once you have changed the port base of your TK-IP101, you should also modify the open port range on your router accordingly, if you want internet access to come across.

  • Page 23: Install Certificates On Tk-Ip101

    Or if you have already obtained a set of certificates with the file names and formats required by TK-IP101, you can then use them for TK-IP101 viewer authentication. However, if you simply use the default set of certificates that comes with TK-IP101, anybody who has a copy of the default certificates may establish a connection to your servers.
  • Page 24 Step 3. Click UPLOAD button to upload the root certificate to TK-IP101. After the uploading is completed, you can then see the prompt page for reboot. Click Reboot and wait till TK-IP101 is booted up, then likewise try to import the server.crt and the serverkey.pem.
  • Page 25 Security Level 3 offers a secured SSL connection that provides encryption for mouse, keyboard and video, and uses 1024-bit PKI-authentication. The choice of a security level to be implemented for the TK-IP101 viewer connection is of most importance, especially when your remote server connections requires a high security that can keep your servers safe from unauthorized entries and/or network sniffers.
  • Page 26 Please note: Either Password Policy or Security Level (SSL/PKI authentication) settings should be used with due precaution: If you adopts No Password Policy and No SSL encryption/No SSL authentication, anyone with a viewer and knowledge of the access IP and port number of TK-IP101 can establish a remote connection...
  • Page 27 2. Certificate password: (as you have obtained from your CA. It is required only if you select level 3 viewer security) clientpwd (if you use the default set of certificate provided on TK-IP101 CD-ROM) 3. User account and password: (as you have specified in the User Management page.

  • Page 28: Making A Viewer Connection

    3 MAKING A VIEWER CONNECTION The TK-IP101 provides a win32 viewer for Windows clients and a Java viewer for cross-platform on any major operating systems. 3.1 Install Win32 Viewer on the Client Computer Go to the Download page to download the Win32 viewer, winview_install.exe. Install the viewer program on the client computer that will connect to TK-IP101.

  • Page 29: Import Certificates To Tk-Ip101 Viewer On The Client Computer

    TK-IP101. To import certificates to the TK-IP101, please go to the Security page of the TK-IP101 Web Management to Section 4.15, Security –...

  • Page 30: Import Client Certificate To Win32 Viewer

    Note that the win32 viewer and the java viewer require separate certificate importation utility to get the job done. Import client certificate to Win32 Viewer Run the importation utility by accessing Start/Programs/Trendnet /IP Viewer/Import Certificates. Click Root Certificate to import root certificate and then click Client Certificate to import client certificate.

  • Page 31: Encoding

    Connection details box Click the Options button on the Connection Details dialog box. Win32 Viewer Java Viewer Setting connection options Encoding Internet: Video quality is optimized for viewer connection across internet LAN: High Video Quality for viewer connection over LAN Raw: Best Video Quality with no compression Local Cursor Shape No cursor: local cursor invisible on IP Viewer.
  • Page 32 Using Win32 IP Viewer for Connection First, run the viewer program, enter the access IP and port number for TK-IP101. Default IP address: 192.168.1.200 Login dialog box (Win32 Viewer) At the password or private path phrase prompt, just enter the user name and password as required: Default user &...

  • Page 33: Mouse Cursors Synchronization

    Note that you can simply type in the access IP of TK-IP101 server without specifying its port number only when the port number is default to 5900 IP_address [only if port number is default to 5900] 192.168.1.200 Of course, you can always type IP_address:port_number 192.168.1.200:5900...

  • Page 34: Save The Connection Options

    After you have optimized you connection options, you might want to save the connection options. Next time when you log in with the IP viewer to TK-IP101 server, the viewer on that specific client computer will use the stored connection parameters as well as the password (but not the private path phrase, which is not saved since it is used by secured/PKI-authenticated connection) for connection with TK-IP101.
  • Page 35 Viewer Window with scroll bars (Win32 viewer) The size of the IP viewer window can be adjusted by dragging the border of the viewer windows. Change the Viewer size to full screen mode Note that only the win32 viewer supports full screen mode. The java viewer does not support full screen mode.
  • Page 36 To exit the full-screen mode, just hit Ctrl-Esc to bring up the local task bar. Right- click the viewer taskbar icon to bring up Quick Menu, then click to deselect the full screen mode to restore it to window mode. Scale the Window Size of your viewer Click the IP viewer icon on the title bar of the viewer window to evoke the Quick Menu.
  • Page 37 Centralize your remote server control If you have multiple TK-IP101 units installed in a distributed manner among your global branch offices, you can then simultaneously monitor different remote servers distributed over this TK-IP101 infrastructure on a single client desktop. Five Win32 viewers on a Windows client desktop...

  • Page 38: Title Bar Information

    The Select Computer box allows the user to perform intuitive Click-and-Switch operation without memorizing the varying port-switching hotkey commands of all kinds of KVM Switches possibly installed behind TK-IP101. However, to use the click-and-switch feature provided by it, you must first configure the KVM switching hotkey commands for that KVM Switch model via the Web Management Interface .
  • Page 39 Java viewer To bring up the Select Computer Box, click the Viewer Computer List option on the Quick Menu. For the java viewer, the Select Computer Box will not appear by default. Quick Menu (Java Viewer) To switch to specific computer, just click any item on the listing … Select Computer Box (Java Viewer)

  • Page 40: Viewer Quick Menu

    3.11 Viewer Quick Menu The Quick Menu of TK-IP101’s Win32 Viewer can be evoked by clicking the program icon on the left most of the title bar, or right-clicking anywhere on the title bar. For the Java Viewer, Just click the Menu options under the Title Bar to evoke the...
  • Page 41 Select computer Select the remote computer by a drop-down combo box View Computer ICONs Open the Select Computer box for computer selection by clicking icons...
  • Page 42 Select Computer Box (Win32 viewer) Adjust Screen Fine-tune the screen area by pixel shifts. Adjust Screen Box (Win32 viewer) Connection options Open the Connection Options dialog box Connection Options dialog Box (Win32 viewer) Connection info Show the Connection information of the viewer session.
  • Page 43 Scanning Start scanning through computers by issuing a programmable port switching commands with a delay time to a conventional KVM Switch behind TK-IP101. Computer Power Off Send a Power Off serial port command to the remote power control unit (Only SUPERADMIN or ADMIN is allowed).

  • Page 44: Java Viewer Characteristics

    IP101, and Section, 2.3, More Tips for Server Desktop Configuration for more details about how to prepare your servers/computers before getting them connected to your TK-IP101. The followings are some common video display problems and their troubleshooting…. Q. There seems to be many artifacts or residuals not getting refreshed on the viewer screen.
  • Page 45 TK-IP101 will try to look for them till timeout. That will waste TK-IP101 booting time considerably.
  • Page 46 (could be found on the Maintenance Page of the Web Management Interface) for a complete start from ground level. An Emergency Reboot is a clean reboot, and it takes longer time for TK-IP101 system and video server to load, thus you have to wait at least a minute for the...
  • Page 47 Then try to make the viewer connection again to see if it is brought back to normal function again. A cold boot of TK-IP101 is always a last resort to bring the TK-IP101 back – just try to disconnect the power adapter form TK-IP101 and wait for...

  • Page 48: Tk-Ip101 Unit Management Over A Secure Https Browser Connection

    Remember that it’s a secure SSL encrypted connection, so you should type “https” instead of the usual “http”. Otherwise, the connection will not be established. The port number might vary according to its setting on the TK-IP101 server. By default, the browser connection uses port 5908. Both the user name and password are case-sensitive.
  • Page 49 Full access - SUPERADMIN Partial access - ADMIN Minimal Access (User privilege) TK-IP101 Browser Management Access Privilege Feature Page SUPERADMIN ADMIN USER √ √ √ Download √ √ × Viewers √ √ × Date & Time √ √ × Video Server √...

  • Page 50: Download - Download Programs For Viewers

    Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server, and the java viewer is truly cross- platform for all major Operating Systems including Windows, Linux, MacOS, etc. However, you should install Java Runtime Environment specific for your TK-IP101 client platform before using the Java Viewer. To get the Java Runtime Environment,...

  • Page 51: Viewer - Video Server Name & Keyboard Type Settings

    IP101 Viewer window. Keyboard Layout Choose the keyboard layout for TK-IP101 according to the real keyboard you’ll be using on the remote login client. Choosing the correct keyboard layout for your keyboard is very important since some keycodes are represented by different key locations in different keyboard layout.
  • Page 52 Of course, you can also customize the mouse resynchronization hotkey for your own preference. If you are using MacOS as your TK-IP101 client for connection, you might find that the default mouse resync hotkey – CTLR-CTLR-Home - does not work on Java viewer running on your MacOS. That is because the Right Control key on Mac keyboard sends out different keycode as the PC keyboard.

  • Page 53: Date & Time

    4.3 Date & Time – Date, Time, Global Time Zone Support and NTP server synchronization Submit After any setting change, click the button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then Apply Setting click to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. Current Date and Time Enter the correct date and time here and click Set Current Date and Time button to set current system time on TK-IP101.

  • Page 54: Time Zone

    There are many internet time servers available. You can search in the Internet for ones that are nearer to the location you install TK-IP101. Note that you should choose your internet time servers based on the principle that a time server nearer to you will reduce time latency in time synchronization.

  • Page 55: Video Server

    4.4 Video Server – Miscellaneous Settings for Video Servers Submit After any setting change, click the button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then Apply Setting click to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. Default Settings Filter Specify the Video Filter Level for the TK-IP101 video server.
  • Page 56 Medium Quality, Medium Speed (Medium Filter): This level is recommended for internet connection to connect to TK-IP101 half a world away across internet with not so ample bandwidth like in LAN for a smooth video performance. This setting may require more bandwidth than the High Speed, Low Video Quality option.

  • Page 57: Power Control

    4.5 Power Control – Miscellaneous Settings for Video Servers Submit After any setting change, click the button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then Apply Setting click to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. Power Control Enable the power control via the serial port : Check this option if you want to enable the remote power control over TK-IP101 viewer interface.

  • Page 58: Video Servers

    Redhat Linux) for the computer you will connect to that specific port (in this case, it is port 6) on the conventional KVM Switch behind TK-IP101. A Maximum length of 32 characters for each name is allowed. The computer names you specify here for each port will appear all together in the Select Computer Box when logging in IP Viewer.

  • Page 59: Power Management

    TK-IP101, e.g. “/F016\” to power down power bank 01 port 6 with the cascadable power control module such as the TK-RP08; “/F000\” to power off all ports on all bank.
  • Page 60 Enable : Check this option enable the logging of TK-IP101 server events. Print Statistics : To record the statistics of the video server and port switching activity by TK-IP101 remote users, you should check this option to print statistics to the server log file.

  • Page 61: Base

    TK-IP101 immediately. Select a Video Mode: Select a video mode already built in within TK-IP101’s video mode database. Each video mode is indicated by the pixel dimension (length by width) at a certain vertical refresh frequency:...
  • Page 62 Vsync start: specifies where the vertical synchronization should start. To change these parameters, you should follow VESA standard specifications in order for the video capture function of TK-IP101 to work properly. Write New Settings Just click the Submit button to write new setting to your video mode database.
  • Page 63 SMTP server: Here you enter the server name or IP address of the SMTP server (mail server) that will help TK-IP101 to send out e-mail alerts to its recipients. We have the SMTP server name here as, for example, smtp.wanadoo.fr.
  • Page 64 Since the output of a blue screen is sometimes identical with a text mode screen in terms of its resolution being 600 x 400 or 600 x 480. Therefore, TK-IP101 will regard a text mode output either of 600 x 400 or 600 x 480 as identical to a blue screen, and send out alert e-mails or SNMP trap messages according to its configuration.
  • Page 65 Restart Computer Send an E-mail option. For the MIB structure of TK-IP101, please refer to the followings: (you can also find it in the form of a TK-IP101-MIB.txt file, , on the TK-IP101 Support CD-ROM).
  • Page 66 "The Name of the TK-IP101 unit that generated the trap." ::= { trapInfo 2 } computerNumber OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (1..65535) ACCESS read-only STATUS deprecated DESCRIPTION "the number of the computer that originated the trap." ::= { trapInfo 3 } computerName...
  • Page 67 KVM switch model to the database and use it as in daisy-chained configuration with other KVM switches, you should here specify its maximum port capacity as expandable in this configuration. TK-IP101 allows a maximum setting of up to 256 ports.
  • Page 68 KVM Switch. In this case, we have the Escape Hotkey Sequence as two consecutive Scroll Lock keys. Delay between keys (ms) : Specifies the delay time in milliseconds (from 10 to 1000 milliseconds) that TK-IP101 should wait before sending out the next key in the sequence for port switching hotkeys.
  • Page 69 However, some other command string you will see in the editable area might seem as complex as 0 1 0 1 d(1000) ESC. For example: in the editable area now you have … 0 1 0 1 d(1000) ESC send out ScrollLock–ScrollLock–0-1-0-1, then delay 1000 milliseconds and then send out an Escape key as port switching sequence when clicking 1 icon on the Select Computex Box…..
  • Page 70 Also you should enter one line of command string per port. To select a port, TK-IP101 generates first the Escape hot key sequence selected above, followed by the port sequence into the line corresponding to the port number.

  • Page 71: Lan Tcp/Ip - P

    Domain Name (Leave empty if unknown) : Specify the domain name for your TK- IP101 host. IP Address: Enter a fixed IP address that will be used by TK-IP101 in your local area network. Network Mask: Enter the correct subnet mask for your local network.
  • Page 72 Normally, it is NOT recommended to use the DHCP setting for TK-IP101. However, if you have no choice but to use DHCP as the only available source for TK-IP101 local IP, you can still have the choice to check the option to enable it.

  • Page 73: Wan Ppp - Ppp S

    TK-IP101 immediately. TK-IP101 can either serves as a PPP server for the peer computer to dial-in for connection, or as a PPP client to dial in a PPP server to connect to a network or the Internet.
  • Page 74 Enable TK-IP101 PPP Server for connection request from a peer computer Enable PPP Server : Check this option if you want to enable TK-IP101 as a PPP server, which could accept a peer computer’s PPP connection request either over a direct serial cable connection, or via a dial-in modem connection.
  • Page 75 First, you should have an Dial-in account from your ISP or enterprise RAS service that accept PPP connection over phoneline. Enable PPP Client : Check this option if you want to enable TK-IP101 as a PPP client, which could dial in via a phone modem to your ISP or Enterprise PPP server.
  • Page 76 PPP Connection TK-IP101 Local IP address : When the PPP connection is established, the TK-IP101 local IP address that is used for PPP connection will be shown here, for example: 62.147.111.39. However, if the PPP connection is not yet established, the IP address will be shown as Unknown.

  • Page 77: User Status

    In this field, one can click the Refresh button below and see the currently connected users who are now having viewer connections with TK-IP101. Note that: Only when you have selected your password policy to be User Password policy, will the currently connected users be registered and shown on this page.

  • Page 78: User Management

    User Management – Manage User Accounts, Radius Accounting and Remote Authentications Submit After any setting change, click the button to save new setting to the TK-IP101 database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to TK-IP101 immediately. User Authentication Edit : To edit an existing user account, select a user from the list and then press the Edit button.
  • Page 79 If you decide to abandon editing an existing user account, you can always click Cancel to abort and return to the User Management page. New : To add a new user account, just press the New button. A default User page pops up for you to enter the User ID, User Description, Password.
  • Page 80 RADIUS secret : Here you should specify the RADIUS secret, or Shared Secret, between the RADIUS client (i.e. TK-IP101) and the RADIUS server. Note that the RADIUS secret, or the Shared Secret, is a shared text string that is used as a password between the RADIUS client and RADIUS server.
  • Page 81 SSL and also you have to install a distinct set of certificates – ldapcert.crt and ldapkey.pem – onto the TK-IP101 by uploading them through the Security page (for details, please refer to Section 4.15, Security – Certificates Installation, Viewer Encryption and Password Policies).
  • Page 82 RADIUS secret : Here you should specify the RADIUS secret, or Shared Secret, between the RADIUS client (i.e. TK-IP101) and the RADIUS server. Note that the RADIUS secret, or the Shared Secret, is a shared text string that is used as a...

  • Page 83: Policies

    File path : Here you can specify the file path that is directed toward the certificates you are going to install into TK-IP101. You don’t have to actually type in the path yourself, just hit the Browse button, and use the Choose File dialog box to browse to...
  • Page 84 Then click UPLOAD button to upload your certificates, one at a time, to TK-IP101, and the certificate will begin uploading to TK-IP101. After the uploading is completed, you can then see the prompt page for reboot. PKI Authentication for Level 3 security setting You have to upload a set of certificates into TK-IP101: root.crt...
  • Page 85 Level 1 uses No SSL data encryption and No authentication. This is the most straightforward setting that opens most convenience if there are no security concerns at all. Anyone who have a viewer and internet connection could easily connect to TK-IP101 as long as the user passes the policy requests.
  • Page 86 Please note: Either Password or Security (SSL/PKI authentication) settings should be used with due precaution since anyone with a viewer and knowledge of the access IP and port number of TK-IP101 can establish a remote connection, if TK-IP101 connection is set at No Password and no SSL / no PKI authentication (Viewer connection security - Level 1).
  • Page 87 Applications: Built on 12/02/05-14:00:13 Software Upgrade (kupdate-xx-xx-xx) Generally, the TK-IP101 upgrade file comes with a file name such as kupdate-xx-xx- xx, for example, kupdate-17-09-05. The kupdate file is of an accumulative nature, that means you only have to apply the single latest kupdate patch to keep your TK-IP101 most up-to-date.
  • Page 88 Depending on the upgrade file size and also the bandwidth availability across the network, file upload time could vary from 1 minute to 20 minutes. When the upload process is complete, TK-IP101 will reboot by itself. Configuration Files (*.tgz)
  • Page 89 It is wise to backup your configuration files periodically so that you will aCClways be free from risk of being required to configure TK-IP101 anew when you have lost your configuration or when you have to configure another unit of TK-IP101 with the same configuration like one that you have used.
  • Page 90 Apply Settings button. Thus before making new viewer connections, you should wait at least 1 minute to wait the TK-IP101 system to boot up completely to normal function.
  • Page 91 TK-IP101 to normal restart for a proper viewer connection. If you find the Apply Settings button no longer works to bring TK-IP101 to an effective restart, you can click the...
  • Page 92 I. Connect TK-RP08 to TK-IP101 Before you connect the TK-RP08 to the TK-IP101, you might need to install them first into their own proper placements within a rack, that is , if you are going to use them within a rack. After you have installed the TK-RP08, TK- IP101 into the rack, or into their proper locations, you can now proceed with following steps for further connections.
  • Page 93 Step 3. Access the Web Management Interface of your TK-IP101. And from there, you can then go forth to (1) enable the power control feature of TK-IP101, and then (2) configure the Power control commands for each and every port on the TK-RP08. ( Also please refer to TK- )….
  • Page 94 Simple Users Can Control Power Check this box if you want that simple users be able to power on and power off the computers. By default, the TK-IP101 allows only Super admin and admin the right to power on/off the computer from the viewer Quick Menu. If you want to allow this feature to simpler users, you can check this option.
  • Page 95 The various settings on this page are KVM port-specific because a computer is first identified by the KVM port it is attached to. Select the target port on which your subsequent settings on this page are directed. You can use the drop-down combo box as well as use the Previous and the Next button to navigate to a specific port.
  • Page 96 Verify the remote Power Control function via Viewer Quick Menu Step 7. On a client computer that has been installed with the TK-IP101 viewer program, you can then make a viewer connection to the TK-IP101. For viewer connection details, please refer to Chapter 4, Unit Management over a secure https browser connection.
  • Page 97 Step 7-2. Access the Viewer Quick Menu by clicking on the title bar of the viewer window. Step 7-3. To power on or power off a specific computer desktop of your choice, you need only to select the Power On /Power Off option on the Viewer Quick Menu.
  • Page 98 Now you can use the Viewe Quick Menu to perform power on / power off command remotely across internet by using the TK-IP101 together with an TK-RP08. Likewise, if you are using any other IP KVM switch that supports serial interface, then you can configure it according...

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