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  • Page 1 Single Port IP KVM IKVM-1000 User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 PLANET Technology. Disclaimer PLANET Technology does not warrant that the hardware will work properly in all environ- ments and applications, and makes no warranty and representation, either implied or expressed, with respect to the quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particu- lar purpose.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION... 1 1.1 Features ... 1 1.2 Package Contents... 1 1.3 Specifications... 1 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ... 3 2.1 Operation Overview ... 3 2.2 System Requirement ... 3 2.3 Installation Procedures ... 4 CHAPTER 3 INITIAL CONFIGURATION ... 6 3.1 Default Settings...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    IP network. Multiple remote sites can monitor the same PC server simulta- neously. With SSL authentication and data encryption, the IKVM-1000 provides a non-intrusive solution for remote access and control. The remote access and...
  • Page 5 PS/2 keyboard port Host Connectors (all PS/2 mouse port female type) DB-15 VGA port Local console: 1920 x 1440 VGA Resolution Remote console: 1280 x 1024 Microsoft Java VM, Sun Java VM (Plug in), Netscape Java Client Software Dimensions (L x W x 140 x 157 x 26mm Weight 645g...

  • Page 6: Hardware Installation

    Local Console: one PS/2 Keyboard, one PS/2 Mouse and one monitor Remote Console: computers installed with TCP/IP For an insecure connection to the IKVM-1000, the following browsers can be used: • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher on Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP •...

  • Page 7: Installation Procedures

    Connect a VGA cable (15-pin HDDB Male / Male) with the Male side to both of the PC and the HOST side of the IKVM-1000. Connect one end to the PS/2 mouse port on the computer, and the other end to the green PS/2 connector on the HOST side of IKVM-1000.
  • Page 8 You can also use an USB cable (type A to type B) to connect the computer and the USB port on IKVM-1000. By using USB connection, you can skip step 6 and 7 because the mouse and keyboard signals will be transferred through USB cable.

  • Page 9: Initial Configuration

    3.2 Configuration via Setup Utility By default, the IKVM-1000 will obtain its IP address from a DHCP server in the network. If a DHCP server is found, it may provide a valid IP address, gateway address and net mask.
  • Page 10 CD-ROM drive) and click “OK”. 3. Once the utility is executed, it will search for available IKVM-1000 automatically. 4. On the upper left corner, the MAC address of the IKVM-1000 is displayed. To manually detect the MAC address again, press the button “Refresh Devices”.

  • Page 11: Configuration Via Serial Port

    The Wireless LAN Configuration field is left for future enhancement. 3.3 Configuration via Serial Port Using a serial terminal, the IKVM-1000 has a serial line interface (host side). This connector is compliant with the RS 232 serial line standard. The serial line has to be configured with the parameters given as below.

  • Page 12: Keyboard, Mouse, And Video Configuration

    3.4.1 Keyboard Settings The IKVM-1000 settings for the host's keyboard type must be corrected in order to make the remote keyboard work properly. See Section 5.4.2 in details. 3.4.2 Remote Mouse Settings A common issue with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mouse cursors.
  • Page 13 Auto Adjust Button once. 3.4.4 Host System Mouse Settings While the IKVM-1000 works with accelerated mice and is able to synchronize the local with the remote mouse pointer, there are the following limitations, which may prevent this synchronization from working properly: (the following limitations do not apply in case of USB and Mouse Type “MS Windows 2000 and newer”.)

  • Page 14: Recommended Mouse Settings

    X11 on the host system, please do not use any custom mode lines with special video modes. If you do, the IKVM-1000 may not be able to detect them. We recommend using any of the standard VESA video modes, instead.

  • Page 15: Remote Usage

    A standard Telnet client can be used to access an arbitrary device connected to the IKVM-1000's serial port via a terminal mode. The primary interface of the IKVM-1000 is the HTTP interface. This is covered extensively in this chapter. Other interfaces are addressed in subtopics.

  • Page 16: Login And Logout

    Note: Your web browser has to accept cookies, or else login is not possible. Launch your web browser. Direct it to the address of your IKVM-1000, which you configured during the initial configuration. The address used might be a plain IP address or a host and domain name, in the case where you have given your IKVM- 1000 a symbolic name in the DNS.
  • Page 17 Warning: If there is no activity for half an hour, the IKVM-1000 will log you out, automatically. A click on one of the links will bring you back to the login screen.

  • Page 18: The Remote Console

    Remote Console window. The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to establish its own TCP connection to the IKVM-1000. The protocol that is run over this connection is neither HTTP or HTTPS, but RFB (Remote Frame Buffer Protocol). Currently, RFB tries to establish a connection to port number 443.
  • Page 19 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 IKVM-1000 tries to adjust itself for the best possible video quality. Mouse Synchronize Button...
  • Page 20 Pressing this button to activate the mouse synchronization process. Choose this option in order to synchronize the local with the remote mouse cursor. This is especially necessary when using accelerated mouse settings on the host system. In general, there is no need to change mouse settings on the host. Single/Double Mouse Mode Switches between the Single Mouse Mode (where only the remote mouse pointer is visible) and the Double Mouse Mode (where remote and local mouse pointers...
  • Page 21 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 mouse and keyboard, however the scaling algorithm will not preserve all display details.
  • Page 22 Java Virtual Machine; a version of 1.2 or higher offers the full list. • Video Settings Opens a panel for changing the IKVM-1000 video settings. Brightness--Controls the brightness of the picture. Contrast--Controls the contrast of the picture.
  • Page 23 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 option is selected. Vertical Position--Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in vertical direction while this option is selected.
  • Page 24 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 will be displayed before sending the selected command to the remote host. Select “OK” to perform the command on the remote host.

  • Page 25: Advanced Configuration

    220 terminal or an according emulation, it is even possible to perform a console redirection as long as the IKVM-1000 host machine is using a text mode screen resolution. Connecting to the IKVM-1000 is done as usual and as required by the Telnet client, for instance in a UNIX shell: telnet 192.168.1.1 Replace the IP address by the one that is actually assigned to the IKVM-1000.

  • Page 26: Virtual Media

    The maximum image size is limited to 1.44MB. To use a larger image, mount this image via CD-ROM Image option. • Second, click on the button “Upload” to initiate the transfer of the chosen image file into the IKVM-1000’s onboard memory. This image file is kept in the...
  • Page 27 IKVM-1000 until the end of the current session, until you logged out, or initiated a reboot of the IKVM-1000. Create a Floppy Image 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).
  • Page 28 To register the specified file image and its location click on the button “Set”. Configure Share Host The specified image file is supposed to be accessible from the IKVM-1000. The information above has to be given from the point of view of the IKVM- 1000.
  • Page 29 Furthermore, the specified share has to be configured correctly. Therefore, administrative permissions are required. As a regular user you may not have these permissions. 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.
  • Page 30 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 parameters.

  • Page 31: Drive Redirection

    3. While connecting to a legacy KVM switch, please select PS/2 mouse for Key- board/Mouse setting from webpage. Otherwise you will be not be able to use Hot-key.
  • Page 32 3. Fill in the information: Device Name: Enter a name to your device. Network Address: Enter an IP address the IKVM-1000 uses. Authentication Port: This is a fixed number “443”. Username: The factory default Username is “super” Password: The factory default Password is “pass”.
  • Page 33 Drive Redirection Settings 1. Move the cursor to the new device that has been created. 2. Click on “Device” then select “Drive Redirection” and “Redirect local drive”. 3. In the “Drive to redirect” option, select the local drive you want to share with the remote computer, which could be Floppy disc, CD-ROMs, USB- Sticks and hard drives.
  • Page 34 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 virtual drive) if 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).

  • Page 35: User Management

    5.3.2 Users The IKVM-1000 comes with a pre-configured user account “super” which has all possible rights to configure the device and to use all functions IKVM-1000 offers. Create a new user Just fill in all data in corresponding fields, select appropriate “Role” setting for the user.

  • Page 36: Kvm Settings

    Select a user from “Existing users” list, then click “Delete” button. The specified user will be removed from the list immediately. 5.4 KVM Settings 5.4.1 User Console The following settings are user specific. That means, the super user can customize these settings for every users separately.
  • Page 37 Allows to adjust both compression rate and the colour depth individually. Depending on the selected compression rate the data stream between the IKVM-1000 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 IKVM-1000 simultaneously.
  • Page 38 Start in Monitor Mode Sets the initial value for the monitor mode. By default the monitor mode is off. In case you switch it on, the Remote Console window will be started in a read only mode. Start in Exclusive Access Mode Enables the exclusive access mode immediately at Remote Console startup.
  • Page 39 Mouse hotkey Allows to specify a hotkey combination which starts either the mouse synchronization process if pressed in the Remote Console, or is used to leave the single mouse mode. Remote Console Button Keys Button Keys allow simulating keystrokes on the remote system that cannot be generated locally.
  • Page 40 released in reversed sequence. So the minus sign builds single, separate keypresses and -releases. The star inserts a pause with duration of 100 milliseconds. 5.4.2 Keyboard/Mouse Host Interface Enables a certain interface the mouse is connected to. You can choose between “Auto”...
  • Page 41 Mouse Speed • Auto mouse speed Use this option if the mouse settings on host use an additional acceleration setting. The IKVM-1000 tries to detect the acceleration and speed of the mouse during the mouse sync process. • Fixed mouse speed Use a direct translation of mouse movements between the local and the remote pointer.

  • Page 42: Device Settings

    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 less network traffic and leads to a faster video display, but small changes in some display regions may not be recognized immediately.
  • Page 43 Warning: the initial IP configuration is usually done directly at the host system using the initial configuration procedure. Changing the network settings of the IKVM-1000 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 IKVM-1000.
  • Page 44 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 IKVM-1000 will not be able to perform name resolution. Secondary DNS Server IP Address IP address of the secondary Domain Name Server in dot notation.
  • Page 45 A freely available Dynamic DNS service (dyndns.org) can be used in the following scenario. The IKVM-1000 is reachable via the IP address of the DSL router, which is dynamically assigned by the provider. Since the administrator does not know the IP address assigned by the provider, the IKVM-1000 connects to a special dynamic DNS server in regular intervals and registers its IP address there.
  • Page 46 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 hostname to it. He will get a nickname and a password in return to the registration process. This account information together with the hostname is needed in order to determine the IP address of the registered IKVM-1000.
  • Page 47 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 clock. Make sure the time setting of the IKVM-1000 is correct. 5.5.3 Security Force HTTPS If this option is enabled, access to the web front-end is only possible using an HTTPS connection.
  • Page 48 IKVM-1000 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 IKVM-1000 ever produced and certainly will not match the network configuration that will be applied to the IKVM-1000 by its user. The certificate's underlying secret key is also used for securing the SSL handshake.
  • Page 49 Warning: if you destroy the CSR on the IKVM-1000, 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.
  • Page 50 This field is used for specifying to which department within an organization the IKVM-1000 belongs. Organization The name of the organization to which the IKVM-1000 belongs. Locality/City The city where the organization is located. State/Province The state or province where the organization is located.
  • Page 51 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. Configuration or console login Use the Serial Port only for the initial configuration. Modem The IKVM-1000 offers remote access using a telephone line in addition to the standard access over the built-in Ethernet adapter.
  • Page 52 PPP handshake. Since it is a point-to-point IP connection, virtually every IP address is possible but you must make sure, it is not interfering with the IP settings of the IKVM-1000 and your console computer. The default value will work in most cases.
  • Page 53 1000 . 5.5.6 Date/Time This link refers to a page, where the internal real-time clock of the IKVM-1000 can be set up. You have the possibility to adjust the clock manually, or to use a NTP timeserver. Without a timeserver, your time setting will not be persistent, so you have to adjust it again, after IKVM-1000 loses power for more than a few minutes.

  • Page 54: Event Log

    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 events belongs to an event group, which can be activated separately.
  • Page 55 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” page. In the Event Log Settings you can choose how many log entries are shown on each page.

  • Page 56: Maintenance

    (<serverip>:<port>). SNMP Logging enabled If this is activated, the IKVM-1000 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.
  • Page 57 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 download the IKVM-1000 data file with specific support information. This is an XML file with certain customized support information like the serial number etc. You may send us this information together with a support request.
  • Page 58 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 complete standalone computer. The software it runs is called the firmware. The firmware of the IKVM-1000 can be updated remotely in order to install new functionality or special features.
  • Page 59 IKVM-1000. Updating the firmware is a three-stage process: • Firstly, the new firmware file is uploaded onto the IKVM-1000. In order to do that, you need to select the file on your local system using the button “Browse” of the Upload Firmware panel.
  • Page 60 This section allows you to reset specific parts of the device. This involves the both keyboard and mouse, the video engine and the IKVM-1000 itself. Resetting the device itself is mainly needed to activate a newly updated firmware. It will close all current connections to the administration console and to the Remote Console.

  • Page 61: Troubleshooting

    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 mouse model. There are some circumstances where the mouse synchronization process could behave incorrectly, refer to Section 3.4.3 for further explanation.
  • Page 62 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 buttons the mouse pointers are not synchronous anymore A. 10: Please check, if you have an option like ”‘Automatically move mouse pointer to the default button of dialog boxes”’...

  • Page 63: Pin Assignments

    Appendix A Pin Assignments A.1 VGA HD-15 A.2 RJ 45 Connector Ethernet A.3 RJ 45 Connector ISDN...
  • Page 64 A.4 Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 1 A.5 KVM 15 pin connector...

  • Page 65: Key Codes

    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 do not represent necessarily key characters that are used on international keyboards. They name a key on a stan- dard 104 key PC keyboard with an US English language mapping.
  • Page 66 RCTRL RSHIFT LCTRL, CTRL LALT, ALT SPACE ALTGR ESCAPE, ESC PRINTSCREEN SCROLL LOCK BREAK INSERT HOME PAGE UP DELETE PAGE DOWN LEFT DOWN RIGHT NUM LOCK NUMPAD0 NUMPAD1 NUMPAD2 NUMPAD3 NUMPAD4 NUMPAD5 NUMPAD6 NUMPAD7 NUMPAD8...
  • Page 67 NUMPAD9 NUMPADPLUS,NUMPAD PLUS NUMPAD/ NUMPADMUL,NUMPAD MUL NUMPADMINUS,NUMPAD MINUS NUMPADENTER WINDOWS MENU Table B.1: Key Names...

  • Page 68: Video Modes

    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. If done so, IKVM-1000 may not be able to detect them. Resolution (x, y) 640 x 350...

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