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Avocent PS/2 IP User Manual

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8 port / 16 port / 32 port
PS/2 IP-KVM SWITCH
USER'S MANUAL
Rev 1.0
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  • Page 1 8/16/32 PS/2 KVM over IP switch 8 port / 16 port / 32 port PS/2 IP-KVM SWITCH USER’S MANUAL Rev 1.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    System requirement Cable diagrams Product Details 3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION Operation Overview Connecting PS/2 IP-KVM SWITCH to the host system 4. CONFIGURATION Initial Configuration 4.1.1 Initial configuration via DHCP server 4.1.2 Initial configuration via serial console 4.1.3 Keyboard, Mouse and Video configuration 4.1.3.1 IP-KVM switch keyboard settings...
  • Page 3 6. MENU OPTIONS Remote Control 6.1.1 KVM Console 6.1.2 Remote Power 6.1.3 Telnet Console User Management 6.2.1 Change Password 6.2.2 Users And Groups KVM Settings 6.3.1 User Console 6.3.2 Power Control 6.3.3 Keyboard/Mouse 6.3.4 Video Device Settings 6.4.1 Network 6.4.2 Dynamic DNS 6.4.3 Security 6.4.4 Certificate 6.4.5 Serial Port...

  • Page 4: The Quick Installation Guide

    X-Window on the host system, please don’t use any custom mode lines with special video modes. If done so, PS/2 IP-KVM SWITCH may not be able to detect these. You are on the safe side with all standard VESA video modes. Please refer to Appendix C for a list of all known modes.
  • Page 5 PS/2 IP-KVM switch performs a reset. 2.Use a crossover Ethernet cable to connect PS/2 IP-KVM switch to a subnet where a DHCP server is available. After the DHCP server has assigned an IP address to PS/2 IP-KVM switch you can use the web interface to configure the device.
  • Page 6 8/16/32 PS/2 KVM over IP switch default settings for all video modes or only the current one.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    2.1 When the server is up and running PS/2 IP-KVM switch gives you a 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.

  • Page 8: Features

    Buzzer sound for switching port confirmation. Built-in one extra daisy chain port and no waste any PC port No DIP switch setting needed and auto detect daisy chain bank Manage serves around the world KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) access over IP and analogous telephone line.

  • Page 9: Package Contents

    2.4 Package contents Model No.: 8 port PS/2 IP-KVM switch Base unit- 8 port PS/2 IP-KVM switch User’s manual Installation software and User Manual on CD-ROM AC to DC Power Adapter Rack Mount Kit Daisy Chain Cable 3-in-one cables (One HDDB 15-pin male to one HDDB...

  • Page 10: Technical Specifications

    2.5 Technical specifications Model No. 8 port PS/2 IP-KVM switch PC Port Console Port PC Port Connector VGA HDDB 15-pin(shared with PS/2 keyboard and Mouse) (All Female Types) Console Port Local Console: PS/2 Keyboard Mini Din 6 pin Connector (All Female Types)

  • Page 11: System Requirement

    2.6 System requirement Model No. 8 ports PS/2 IP-KVM switch Local console side One VGA Monitor One Keyboard One Mouse Network Side 10/100Mbps Ethernet or Modem Remote Console One computer side Computer side 8 PCs with 8 3-in-one cables (One...

  • Page 12: Product Details

    Mini Din 6 pin Female to DB 9 pin Female CAT5/5E/6 Straight Through UTP/STP Cable: 8P8C 2.8 Product Details 8 port Rack Mount PS/2 IP-KVM switch: 16 port Rack Mount PS/2 IP-KVM switch: 32 port Rack Mount PS/2 IP-KVM switch:...
  • Page 13 8/16/32 PS/2 KVM over IP switch...

  • Page 14: Hardware Installation

    Before installation, please make sure all of peripherals and computers have been turned off. This example of installation is based on 8 port Rack Mount PS/2 IP-KVM switch and you also can think that 16 port Rack Mount PS/2 IP-KVM switch and 32 port Rack Mount PS/2 IP-KVM switch have the same installation procedure.
  • Page 15 HDDB15-pin female port on the back of the KVM unit labeled with the monitor symbol at the CONSOLE connector. Step 3 Connect the keyboard to the KVM Switch. If you have an AT type keyboard, you will need an AT to PS/2 adapter. Step 4 Connect the mouse to the KVM Switch.
  • Page 16 INTERNET Mode The rear side of PS/2 IP-KVM switch provides a RJ-45 connector for Ethernet. The connector is used either for a 100 Mbps 100BASE-TX connection or for a 10 Mbps 10BASE-T connection. The adapter can sense the connection speed and will adjust to the appropriate operation mode automatically.
  • Page 17 3.2.1 Connecting the External Reset/Power Option Please refer to the manual of the PS/2 IP-KVM switch 8/16/32 port external power switch option or a third party external power option to connect those external devices to one of the serial interface on the rear side of PS/2 IP-KVM switch.

  • Page 18: Configuration

    4.1.1 Initial configuration via DHCP server By default, the PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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.
  • Page 19 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 PS/2 IP-KVM switch. If the PS/2 IP-KVM switch is connected via USB, it is classified as an USB device and an appropriate drive letter is chosen for this device.

  • Page 20: Initial Configuration Via Serial Console

    4.1.2 Initial configuration via serial console Using a serial terminal, the PS/2 IP-KVM switch has a serial line interface (rear side). This connector is compliant with the RS 232 serial line standard. The serial line has to be configured with the parameters given in Table 4-2.

  • Page 21: Ip-Kvm Switch Keyboard Settings

    4.1.3.1 PS/2 IP-KVM switch keyboard settings The PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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 PS/2 IP-KVM switch front-end. See 6.3.3 for details.

  • Page 22: Single And Double Mouse Mode

    X11 on the host system, please do not use any custom mode lines with special video modes. If you do, the PS/2 IP-KVM switch may not be able to detect them. We recommend using any of the standard VESA video modes, instead...

  • Page 23: Prerequisites

    Full access is provided by the embedded web server. The PS/2 IP-KVM switch environment can be entirely managed using a standard web browser. You can access the PS/2 IP-KVM switch using the insecure HTTP protocol, or using the encrypted HTTPS protocol. Whenever possible, use HTTPS.
  • Page 24 5.2 Login into the PS/2 IP-KVM switch and logout 5.2.1 Login into the PS/2 IP-KVM switch Launch your web browser. Direct it to the address of your PS/2 IP-KVM switch, which you configured during the installation process. The address used might be a plain IP address or a host and domain name, in the case where you have given your PS/2 IP-KVM switch a symbolic name in the DNS.
  • Page 25 The user “super” is not allowed to login via the serial interface of the PS/2 IP-KVM switch. Please make sure to change the super user password immediately after you have installed and accessed your PS/2 IP-KVM switch for the first time. Not changing the...
  • Page 26 If there is no activity for half an hour, the PS/2 IP-KVM switch will log you out, automatically. A click on one of the links will bring you back to the login screen. 5.2.2 Logout from the PS/2 IP-KVM switch This link logs out the current user and presents a new login screen.

  • Page 27: Main Window

    NAT (Network Address Translation) settings have to be configured accordingly. In case the PS/2 IP-KVM switch is connected to your local network environment and your connection to the Internet is available using a proxy server only without NAT being configured, the Remote Console is very unlikely to be able to establish the according connection.
  • Page 28 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 PS/2 IP-KVM switch tries to adjust itself for the best possible video quality. Sync mouse Activates the mouse synchronization process.
  • Page 29 Figure 5-6. Remote Console Options Menu A short 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, and monitoring is possible. •...
  • Page 30 Figure 5-8. Remote Console Options Menu:Scaling • Mouse Handling The submenu for mouse handling offers two options for synchronizing the local and the remote mouse pointer. Fast Sync -- The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary, but fixed skew. Intelligent Sync -- Use this option if the fast sync does not work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system.
  • Page 31 PS/2 IP-KVM switch is active and passing through the incoming signal from the host system. The option Noise Filter defines how PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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 32 Video Settings through the remote console Brightness 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 default settings in conjuction with the auto adjustment procedure should be adequate for all common configurations.
  • Page 33 Save changes permanently Undo Changes Restore last settings Soft Keyboard Opens up the Menu for the Soft-Keyboard. • Show Pops up the Soft-Keyboard. The Soft-Keyboard is necessary in case your host system runs a completely different language and country mapping than your administration machine.

  • Page 34: Remote Console Status Line

    (in kb/s). If compressed encoding is enabled, a value in brackets displays the compressed transfer rate. For more information about Monitor Only and Exclusive Access settings, see the according sections Figure 5-14. Remote Console Confirmation Dialog Figure 5-15. Status line Figure 5-16. Status line transfer rate 8/16/32 PS/2 KVM over IP switch...

  • Page 35: Menu Options

    The power button is the representation of the ATX power button on your host system. It is used to switch on and off the power supply. The ATX power button knows two operation modes: pressing it shortly and pressing it for about 4 seconds.
  • Page 36 PS/2 IP-KVM switch. 6.1.3 Telnet Console The PS/2 IP-KVM switch firmware features a Telnet server that enables a user to connect via a standard Telnet client. In case the Telnet program is using a VT 100, VT 102 or VT 220 terminal or an according emulation, it is even possible to perform a console redirection as long as the PS/2 IP-KVM switch host machine is using a text mode screen resolution.
  • Page 37 Resets the given target, the host system or the PS/2 IP-KVM switch card. If no reset target is given it defaults to “ host ” . Note that resetting the PS/2 IP-KVM switch results in disconnecting every client. This includes also the client the reset command was sent from.
  • Page 38 6.2 User Management 6.2.1 Change Password To change your password, enter the new password in the upper entry field. Retype the password in the filed below. Click “Apply” to submit your changes. 6.2.2 Users And Groups Figure 6-12. Set password Figure 6-13.
  • Page 39 The account super has all possible rights to configure the device and to use all functions PS/2 IP-KVM switch offers. The account “user” has only the permission to open and use the Remote Console. Even his user name and password can only be changed by the super account.
  • Page 40 Allows to adjust both compression rate and the colour depth individually. Depending on the selected compression rate the data stream between the PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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 PS/2 IP-KVM switch simultaneously.
  • Page 41 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 42 Remote Console Button Keys Button Keys allow simulating keystrokes on the remote system that cannot be generated locally. The reason for this might be a missing key or the fact, that the local operating system of the Remote Console is unconditionally catching this keystroke already. Typical examples are “...
  • Page 43 • ATX Power button long press Then, click “Apply” to submit your changes. 6.3.3 Keyboard/Mouse Host Interface Enables a certain interface the mouse is connected to. You can choose between “ Auto ” for automatic detection, “ USB ” for an USB mouse, and “ PS/2 ” for a PS/2 mouse. To use the USB and/or PS/2 interface you need a correct cabling between the managed host and the managing device.
  • Page 44 Video Local Video Port Settings Enable local video port This option decides if the local video output of the PS/2 IP-KVM switch is active and passing through the incoming signal from the host system. Miscellaneous Video Settings • Noise filter This option defines how the PS/2 IP-KVM switch reacts to small changes in the video input signal.
  • Page 45 Changing the network settings of the PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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 PS/2 IP-KVM switch. Figure 6-19. Network Settings...
  • Page 46 Port number at which the PS/2 IP-KVM switch'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 PS/2 IP-KVM switch's HTTP server is listening. If left empty the default value will be used. Telnet port Port number at which the PS/2 IP-KVM switch's Telnet server is listening.
  • Page 47 (see Figure 6-21): Figure 6-21. Dynamic DNS Scenario The PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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 PS/2 IP-KVM switch connects to a special dynamic DNS server in regular intervals and registers its IP address there.
  • Page 48 The administrator has to register a PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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 PS/2 IP-KVM switch.
  • Page 49 Force HTTPS If this option is enabled access to the web front-end is only possible using an HTTPS connection. The PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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 PS/2 IP-KVM switch refer to the Section called Certificate.
  • Page 50 IP/Mask Specifies the IP address or IP address range for which the rule applies. Examples (the number concatenated to an IP address with a “ / ” is the number of valid bits that will be used of the given IP address): 192.168.1.22/32 matches the IP Address 192.168.1.22 192.168.1.0/24 matches all IP packets with source addresses from 192.168.1.0 to 192.168.1.255...
  • Page 51 However, it is possible to generate and install a new certificate that is unique for a particular PS/2 IP-KVM switch card. In order to do that, the PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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).
  • Page 52 If you destroy the CSR on the PS/2 IP-KVM switch 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 53 Confirm Challenge Password Confirmation of the Challenge Password Email The email address of a contact person that is responsible for the PS/2 IP-KVM switch and its security. Key length This is the length of the generated key in bits. 1024 Bits are supposed to be sufficient for most cases.
  • Page 54 PS/2 IP-KVM switch. In other words, the PS/2 IP-KVM switch acts as an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to which you can dial in. The connection is established using the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).
  • Page 55 6.4.6 Date And Time This link refers to a page, where the internal real-time clock of the PS/2 IP-KVM switch can be set up (see Figure 6-27). You have the possibility to adjust the clock manually, or to use a NTP timeserver.
  • Page 56 (see Figure 6-29). Each of those events belongs to an event group, which can be activated separately. The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the PS/2 IP-KVM switch. 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 57 In contrast to the internal log file on the PS/2 IP-KVM switch, the size of the NFS log file is not limited. Every log event will be appended 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.
  • Page 58 Resetting sub devices (e.g. video engine) will take some seconds only and do not result in closing connections. 6.5.2 Event Log Figure 6-32. Event Log List Figure 6-32 displays the log list including the events that are logged by the PS/2 IP-KVM switch.
  • Page 59 Updating the firmware is a three-stage process: • Firstly, the new firmware file is uploaded onto the PS/2 IP-KVM switch. 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 Make sure the PS/2 IP-KVM switch 's power supply will not be interrupted! 6.5.4 Unit Reset To reset certain PS/2 IP-KVM switch functionality, click on the button “ Reset ” as displayed in Figure 6-34 Warning Warning...
  • Page 61 If forgetting the “ password ” you typed, please contact your supplier. 10. The remote mouse doesn’t work or is not synchronous Make sure the mouse settings in PS/2 IP-KVM switch match the mouse model. There are some circumstances where the mouse synchronization process could behave incorrectly, refer to Section 5.4.3 for further explanation.
  • Page 62 If not, check network hardware. Is PS/2 IP-KVM switch powered on? Check whether the IP address of PS/2 IP-KVM switch and all other IP related settings are correct! Also verify that all the IP infrastructure of your LAN, like routers etc., is correctly configured. Without a ping functioning, PS/2 IP-KVM switch can’t work either.
  • Page 63 Single port PS2 KVM over IP A. Pin Assignments A.1 VGA HD-15 A.2 RJ 45 Connector Ethernet...
  • Page 64 Single port PS2 KVM over IP A.3 RJ 45 Connector ISDN A.4 Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 1 A.5 KVM 15 pin connector...
  • Page 65 Single port PS2 KVM over IP B. Key Codes Table C.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.
  • Page 66 Single port PS2 KVM over IP 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 NUMPAD9 NUMPADPLUS,NUMPAD PLUS NUMPAD/ NUMPADMUL,NUMPAD MUL NUMPADMINUS,NUMPAD MINUS NUMPADENTER WINDOWS MENU Table B.1: Key Names...
  • Page 67 C. Video Modes Table B.1 lists the video modes PS/2 IP-KVM switch supports. Please don’t use other custom video settings besides of these. If done so, PS/2 IP-KVM switch may not be able to detect them. Resolution (x, y) 640 x 350...

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