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Anytime Anywhere

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Revision 1.2
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  • Page 1: User Guide

    The IP-based KVM Link Extender Anytime Anywhere User Guide Revision 1.2 Copyright © 2006...
  • Page 2 About this manual This User Guide is the complete reference to the KLE, its functional features and usage. The Complete User Guide could be found only on the KLE Support CD-ROM disc. KLE documentation List Quick Installation Guide User Guide How to generate your own set of Certificates FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the regulations for a Class B digital...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ... 1 RIMARY FEATURES General features... 3 TCP/IP remote connection ... 3 Thin-client Viewer Program... 3 Hi-Speed PPP Connection... 3 Power ON-OFF Control Support ... 4 Security... 4 User Management... 4 YSTEM RCHITECTURE KLE E XTERNAL KLE Front View...
  • Page 4 & T – D SYNCHRONIZATION ... 49 – M IDEO ERVER – M OWER ONTROL – M OMPUTERS ISCELLANEOUS – L ERVER OGGING – K IDEO ODES EEPING 4.10 – LARMS MAIL 4.11 – K EEPING AND 4.12 LAN TCP/IP – P ORT AND 4.13 WAN PPP –...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    1 INTRODUCTION The name of KLE is derived from an acronymic combination from it full name, KVM Link Extender, which well explains the functionality of this powerful machine in itself. Though lightweight in size and compact in form factor, KLE is nevertheless a heavy- weight in its functional versatility, rock-solid robustness and formidable security.
  • Page 6 Edge of critical Advantage over other remote server management solution The advantages of using KLE, as compared to the conventional software remote control solution is that: The hardware-based remote control solution such as KLE 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: Primary Features

    KLE User Guide R1.2 latest update functionalities and features-all within minutes and can be performed across oceans-by a remote SUPERADMIN! Advantages Galore With KLE, 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.

  • Page 8: 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 9: System Architecture

    KLE User Guide R1.2 1.2 System Architecture The KLE is based on an embedded Linux platform for computing power and rugged stability. The KLE 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 10 KLE User Guide R1.2 Power Control Configuration KLE connected to a Remote Power Control Device PPP connections KLE as PPP server to accept dial-in request from a remote PPP client via modem line...
  • Page 11 KLE User Guide R1.2 KLE as PPP client to dial-out to ISP for remote clients to access via internet...

  • Page 12: Kle External Views

    KLE User Guide R1.2 1.3 KLE External Views KLE Front View KLE Front-panel PS/2 Keyboard port This is where you connect the PS/2 keyboard for local console. PS/2 Mouse port This is where you connect the PS/2 mouse for local console. Console Management Port (RJ-12) This is where you connect the serial console cable for advanced console management of KLE unit via a serial terminal emulation utility such as Windows...

  • Page 13: Kle Rear View

    KLE User Guide R1.2 KLE Rear View KLE Rear Panel PC/KVM port (HDB-15, integrated with PS/2 Keyboard and mouse signals) The PC port connector is where you should connect to either a single PS/2 computer or a single PS/2 KVM Switch, using the 3-in-1 slim KVM cables w/ an integrated HDB15 connector.

  • Page 14: Kle Intallation

    KLE User Guide R1.2 2 KLE INTALLATION 2.1 Physical Connections Step 1. Power on the KLE: Connect the KLE Power adapter and power on KLE. Step 2. Set up a local console on KLE: If a local console (that is a physical keyboard, mouse and monitor connected to the KLE) is required, connect the keyboard and mouse to the KLE local console ports (that is keyboard, mouse and monitor port specifically).

  • Page 15: Configure Your Servers For Connections To Kle

    KLE User Guide R1.2 Step 3-b. Multiple Server Mode: If you need to connect to multiple computers/servers, you should use a KVM switch in between the KLE and your connected computers/servers. Just connect to the PC/KVM port o the console port of your 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 KLE packing box.
  • Page 16 1. Adjust the pointer speed slide bar to the exact middle. 2. Uncheck the Enhance pointer precision option. 3. Uncheck the Automatically move pointer to the default button in a dialog box Click OK. Windows 2000 Platform Access Control Panel/Mouse. On the Mouse Properties tab, select the Pointer Options page : 1.

  • Page 17: More Tips For Server Desktop Configuration

    KLE User Guide R1.2 1. Adjust the pointer speed slide bar to the slowest (leftmost) position. Click OK. The mouse setting page on different Windows platforms might be quite different, some gives mouse acceleration option and some don’t. If you see any mouse acceleration option, please uncheck it. If there is no mouse acceleration available on the setting page, you can adjust the mouse speed slide bar to either x1 or the slowest position (such as on Linux platforms).
  • Page 18 KLE supports most display modes up to 1280 x 1024. However, you might encounter some display problems when your display card is outputting an unusual display mode. These possible problems are either no video or abnormal display on viewer screen. To simplify the display factor before connection to KLE, we suggest you use more standard display modes such as: 800 x 600 @ 72Hz/75Hz, 1024 x 768 @ 72Hz/75Hz, etc.

  • Page 19: Configure Kle Network Settings

    KLE User Guide R1.2 Choose plain and solid server desktop backgrounds for your connected servers. To optimize the bandwidth efficiency and speed up video performance across bandwidth-limited environment, one should preferably adopt a server desktop which should be as plain as a color background with a solid and light-colored graphics. Complex patterns or color gradients should be avoided, if bandwidth is critical in your application, since they will create more bandwidth demands for their transmission across internet.

  • Page 20: Configure Port Base Setting For Kle

    KLE User Guide R1.2 Step 4. Go to the LAN TCP/IP page on the KLE Browser Management Interface and modify your IP settings. Refer to Section 4.12, LAN TCP/IP – Port and IP Settings. Step 5. Apply the new setting by clicking Apply Settings. Step 6.
  • Page 21 KLE User Guide R1.2 However, if you intend to use your own port base setting, just access the Web Management interface and configure the port base as follows: For example, if you choose 5970 as your port base, then you have: 5970 –...

  • Page 22: Configure Your Firewall/Router For Accessing Kle Across Internet

    KLE User Guide R1.2 2.6 Configure your firewall/router for accessing KLE across internet To allow access to the KLE behind corporate firewall/router, please configure the following settings on your firewall/router (not on your KLE): Step 1. Configure a virtual server on your router: you should configure (or ask your net admin to configure for you!) a virtual server as mapped to the KLE local IP address.

  • Page 23: Install Certificates On Kle

    KLE User Guide R1.2 2.7 Install Certificates on KLE You could use the default set of certificates (could be found on CD-ROM) to practice making some PKI-authenticated connections as long as your network safety is not jeopardized. We advise that it is better to do the practices within your Local Area Network, which is supposed to be well secured with adequate firewall and other due precautions against network intrusions.
  • Page 24 KLE User Guide R1.2 Step 3. Click UPLOAD button to upload the root certificate to KLE. After the uploading is completed, you can then see the prompt page for reboot. Click Reboot and wait till KLE is booted up, then likewise try to import the server.crt and the serverkey.pem.
  • Page 25 2.8 Select a Security Level for Viewer Connection Step 1. Go to the Security page on the KLE Web management interface and select a viewer connection security level. There are three security levels for choice: • Level 1: No encryption (No SSL) •...
  • Page 26 Here you should enter the password that has encrypted the server private key in the server private key file, serverkey.pem. You should enter the correct server password here in order to make successful viewer connection with KLE in level 3 security setting.
  • Page 27 KLE User Guide R1.2 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 KLE can establish a remote connection Now your KLE is ready for a PKI-authenticated plus SSL-encrypted viewer connection! All you have to do is to distribute the followings to you remote connection client:...

  • Page 28: Making A Viewer Connection

    3 MAKING A VIEWER CONNECTION The KLE 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, Kripview_install.exe. Install the viewer program on the client computer that will connect to KLE.

  • Page 29: Import Certificates To Kle Viewer On The Client Computer

    KLE User Guide R1.2 After all, to run the small java program, you don’t have to actually save the disk, since it is small (only 70 KB), you can choose to open it directly wile download is completed. On some client platforms such as Linux, after you have installed the JRE on your client platform, you have to set the path information in order for the client system to know where the Java compiler program is.

  • Page 30: Import Client Certificate To Win32 Viewer

    KLE User Guide R1.2 serverkey.pem - KLE server private key, mandatory file name [Certificates for remote login users with viewer connections] client_name1.p12 - client certificate, client name could vary client_name2.p12 - client certificate, client name could vary ......Specifically, we should import client certificate(s) in .p12 format, to the win32 viewer and Java Viewer on your client computer, using each of their own certificate import utilities.

  • Page 31: Specify The Viewer Connection Option Before Making A Connection

    KLE User Guide R1.2 Now you have imported certificates to the viewers on the client computer and are now ready for making a viewer connection of any security level setting …. 3.4 Specify the Viewer Connection Option before Making a Connection The viewer connection option interface provides you with several alternative options to use in combination for optimization of your viewer connection.

  • Page 32: Display

    KLE User Guide R1.2 Display Restrict pixels to 8-bit (for slow networks): color reduction to 256 colors for slow connection Allow JPEG compression (Best compression, lower quality): JPEG compression for slow connection. Scale x/y (server/viewer): Scale the display output on viewer (not affecting the actual transmission bandwidth) 3.5 Establish the viewer connection Using Win32 KLE Viewer for Connection...
  • Page 33 KLE User Guide R1.2 Some Tips about Viewer Connection If you want to specify the type of your viewer connection rather than using the default one, you can click Options button and optimize your connection parameters. Please refer to previous section for details. Note that you can simply type in the access IP of KLE 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]...

  • Page 34: Mouse Cursors Synchronization

    KLE User Guide R1.2 Connection Performance Tuning However, if you are using a dial-up modem line and experiencing slow keyboard mouse movement and response, you might check whether you are using the default LAN encoding scheme or even the RAW scheme, which requires much more packet quantity in transmitting a video frame;...

  • Page 35: Win32 Viewer Characteristics

    KLE User Guide R1.2 KLE Viewer Quick Menu (Win32 viewer) 3.8 Win32 Viewer Characteristics Adjust the Window Size Viewer Window with scroll bars (Win32 viewer) The size of the KLE viewer window can be adjusted by dragging the border of the viewer windows.
  • Page 36 KLE User Guide R1.2 A message box will appear to remind you how to exit the full screen mode: Full screen prompt – Ctrl – Esc to return to normal mode Click OK, and the viewer goes to full screen mode. To exit the full-screen mode, just hit Ctrl-Esc to bring up the local task bar.
  • Page 37 KLE User Guide R1.2 Scale the viewer window to ½ size On the Connection Options dialog box, specify the preferred proportions of the viewer window, for example: ½, and then check the option. Click OK to scale the window to half size.
  • Page 38 KLE User Guide R1.2 Centralize your remote servers control If you have multiple KLE units installed in a distributed manner among your global branch offices, you can then simultaneously monitor different remote servers distributed over this IP KVM Link Extender infrastructure on a single client desktop. Five Win32 viewers on a Windows client desktop (each showing one different remote server desktop) Four Java Viewers on a Linux client desktop...

  • Page 39: Title Bar Information

    KLE User Guide R1.2 3.9 Title Bar Information ServerRoom_TPE: This is the name you specified for your Video Server. Window XP Professional: This is the name you specified for this connected computer 53 ms: This is the capture time that is used for capturing the video image Shared: This is a shared session that allows other authorized user logins OPTIMISING: This indicates that the KLE video server is optimizing the video capture from the server desktop.
  • Page 40 KLE User Guide R1.2 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 …...

  • Page 41: Viewer Quick Menu

    KLE User Guide R1.2 3.11 Viewer Quick Menu The Quick Menu of KLE’s Win32 Viewer can be evoked by clicking the program icon on the leftmost 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 Quick Menu.
  • Page 42 KLE User Guide R1.2 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 43 KLE User Guide R1.2 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 44 KLE User Guide R1.2 Connection Info (Win32 viewer) New connection Make another new connection by the viewer. Save connection options Save the connection options settings such as those connection parameters specified within the Connection Options Box and also the password within the registry of the client computer.

  • Page 45: Java Viewer Characteristics

    Power-on/off options grayed-out (unavailable for User privilege) Now you have got yourself well familiar with KLE viewer interface, so go ahead to use and enjoy the remote viewer connection! 3.12 Java Viewer Characteristics You can perform likewise operations (except full screen) on java viewer. Although the java viewer has slightly different menu arrangement, you should find it as easy to operate on as the win32 viewer interface.
  • Page 46 as to increase the response speed over limited bandwidth condition. If your bandwidth allows or you need higher video quality instead of higher speed, just change the video filter from Low to Medium or even to High to increase the video display quality on viewer screen on the remote login client.
  • Page 47 KLE User Guide R1.2 (2) When the viewer connection is made, select the Adjust Screen option on Viewer’s Quick Menu, and the Adjust Screen dialog box appears. On it, check whether you have Automatic Centering enabled. If it is not yet enabled, please check this option to enable it.

  • Page 48: Kle Unit Management Over Asecure Https Browser Connection

    4 KLE UNIT MANAGEMENT OVER A SECURE HTTPS BROWSER KLE’s Web Management interface uses only password authentication to authenticate login user’s identity. After user identity is authenticated (that is, if you have typed in the right user name with a right password in the login prompt…), an SSL-secured browser connection using 128-bit cipher strength is established.
  • Page 49 KLE User Guide R1.2 Full access - SUPERADMIN Feature Page Download Viewers Date & Time Video Server Power Control Computers Server Log Video Modes Alarms KVMs LAN TCP/IP WAN PPP User Status User Manag. Security Maintenance Logout Apply Settings Partial access - ADMIN KLE Browser Management Access Privilege SUPERADMIN ADMIN...

  • Page 50: Download - Download Programs For Viewers

    KLE User Guide R1.2 4.2 Download – Download Programs for Viewers KLE Viewer Download Page The win32 viewer program supports all the current Windows platforms such as 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 KLE client platform before using the Java Viewer.

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

    KLE User Guide R1.2 4.3 Viewer – Video Server Name & Keyboard Type Settings After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the KLE database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately. Viewer Related Settings Server Name for Viewers Enter the server name you choose and it will appear on the title bar of your KLE...
  • Page 52 KLE User Guide R1.2 Largest Possible Screen Select the largest workable resolution for your display device. 640 x 400 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1152 x 864 1280 x 1024 KLE supports up to 1280 x 1024 pixels for resolution. Hot keys The Hot Keys as here specified are the key sequence that precedes the command string and they are to be directed not to your local client PC, nor to your remote...
  • Page 53 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.4 Date & Time – Date, Time, Global Time Zone Support and NTP server synchronization After any setting change, click the Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE 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 KLE.
  • Page 54 KLE User Guide R1.2 Time Zone Select the Time Zone / Region and City or Town from the available list as seen in the drop down combo boxes. For example: you can choose Australia as your Time zone and Melbourne as your region. Select the Region Zone Select the Time Zone / Region.

  • Page 55: Default Settings

    KLE User Guide R1.2 4.5 Video Server – Miscellaneous Settings for Video Servers After any setting change, click the Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately. Default Settings Filter Specify the Video Filter Level for the KLE video server. Based on the bandwidth availability, you can select one of the three modes of video fileter levels: High Quality, Low Video Medium Quality, Low Speed...
  • Page 56 KLE User Guide R1.2 Medium Quality, Medium Speed (Medium Filter): This level is recommended for internet connection to connect to KLE 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

    KLE User Guide R1.2 4.6 Power Control – Miscellaneous Settings for Video Servers Submit After any setting change, click the button to save new setting to the KLE database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately. Power Control Enable the power control via the serial port : Check this option if you want to enable the remote power control over KLE viewer interface.
  • Page 58 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.7 Computers – Miscellaneous Settings for Video Servers Submit After any setting change, click the button to save new setting to the KLE database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately. Select the KVM Port Number : Select the target KVM port to which your target computer is connected.

  • Page 59: Power Management

    KLE User Guide R1.2 Do not generate alarm : If you do not want the scanning process to generate alarm or SNMP messages for this computer then you should check this option to exclude it. Power Management Power Down Command : Specifies the power down command sent over the serial control port for the additional remote power control unit you connect to the serial control port of KLE, e.g.
  • Page 60 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.8 Server Log – Logging Server Events After any setting change, click the Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately. Each log item in the server log file records a specific server event and is preceded by the date and time it is written and then followed by the description for that specific log event.
  • Page 61 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.9 Video Modes – Keeping, Modifying and Augmenting your Video Mode Data Base Submit After any setting change, click the button to save new setting to the KLE database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately. Select a Video Mode: Select a video mode already built in within KLE’s video mode database.
  • Page 62 KLE User Guide R1.2 To add a new video mode, just enter a new video mode in the Select a Video Mode field, and then enter all the parameters here below: Refresh rate: Refresh rate of the target video mode. Screen Width: Screen width of the target video mode.
  • Page 63 KLE User Guide R1.2 Total Hsync Screen Start Vsync Start Screen Height Total DISPLAYED AREA Height...
  • Page 64 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.10 Alarms – e-mail Notifications and SNMP Logging Support Submit After any setting change, click the button to save new setting to the KLE database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately. This Alarms feature should be used in conjunction with KLE’s auto-scanning function, thus KLE can serve as a non-stop server health-monitoring agent.
  • Page 65 KLE User Guide R1.2 SMTP server: Here you enter the server name or IP address of the SMTP server (mail server) that will help KLE to send out e-mail alerts to its recipients. We have the SMTP server name here as, for example, smtp.wanadoo.fr. Use comma to separate multiple e-mail entries, for example: Email to: support@KLE.net, emma@international.com, joe@netview.co.jp Copy to: charles@unisum.com.tw, daniel@runfast.com, coco@klepro.com.au...
  • Page 66 KLE User Guide R1.2 NumLock Test Alarm (Frozen Keyboard) The NumLock test is to send a NumLock signal to the computer, and the computer normally should return a response immediately so that the NumLock LED indicator on the keyboard will be lit to indicate the success of the test. The failure of a NumLock test indicates at least a keyboard failure to respond to this NumLock signal, or it might be due to bigger problem such as system failure, or simply a powered-off state.
  • Page 67 KLE User Guide R1.2 DESCRIPTION "The Name of the KLE 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 OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX...
  • Page 68 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.11 KVMs – Keeping and Adding your KVM Data Base After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the KLE database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately. Select a KVM Model Select a KVM Switch definition from the drop-down combo box for modification.
  • Page 69 KLE User Guide R1.2 toward the conventional KVM Switch connected to KLE’s PC port. There are up to a maximum of 4 keys that can be specified for the Escape hot Key sequence. The Escape Hot Key sequence setting allows you to use the port switching hotkeys offered by the conventional KVM switch behind KLE.
  • Page 70 KLE User Guide R1.2 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 0 1 0 2 d(1000) ESC...
  • Page 71 KLE User Guide R1.2 To specify the key sequence in this editable text area, you have to enter the keycodes. Note that the keycode for a specific key might not exactly correspond to what you have seen on that physical key. Instead, you should reference the “keyboard drawing”...
  • Page 72 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.12 LAN TCP/IP – Port and IP settings Submit After any setting change, click the button to save new setting to the KLE database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately. TCP/IP Settings TCP Port base : Specify the port base for viewer connection with the KLE server.
  • Page 73 KLE User Guide R1.2 Gateway: Enter the correct IP for your gateway. Primary DNS Server: Enter the primary DNS Server for KLE. This is a required setting for the e-mail alerts function in KLE. If you are hosting multiple KLE units within your networking environment and you want to allow external internet access to these multiple KLE units by using only an external IP together with a set of dedicated port numbers each for a different KLE unit …..
  • Page 74 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.13 WAN PPP – PPP Server and Client Submit After any setting change, click the button to save new setting to the KLE database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately. KLE 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 75 KLE User Guide R1.2 Enable KLE PPP Server for connection request from a peer computer Enable PPP Server : Check this option if you want to enable KLE 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 76 KLE User Guide R1.2 connection by KLE alone, and should be distinct from the IP address (default = 192.168.1.200) that is specified in the LAN TCP/IP page and used for connection via direct network. Peer IP Address : Enter another IP address here (default = 192.168.2.201) to be assigned by KLE to the peer computer that has requested a PPP connection to KLE PPP server.
  • Page 77 KLE User Guide R1.2 Confirm password : Here type in the same password again for confirmation. Modem Initialization (Chat Script Style) : the modem initialization script is a chat script that will initialize modem to be ready for connection. The standard script provided here by default should be able to work on most of the modem: 'ABORT' 'BUSY' 'ABORT' 'ERROR'...
  • Page 78 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.14 User Status – Show the Currently Connected Users Connected Users : In this field, one can click the Refresh button below and see the currently connected users who are now having viewer connections with KLE. 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 79 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.15 User Management – Manage User Accounts, Radius Accounting and Remote Authentications After any setting change, click the Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately. User Authentication Edit : To edit an existing user account, select a user from the list and then press the Edit button.
  • Page 80 KLE User Guide R1.2 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 81 KLE User Guide R1.2 Enable RADIUS Accounting : Check this option, if you want to enable RADIUS accounting support on KLE. Accounting Server : Here you should enter the IP address of the server that offers RADIUS accounting service. Port : Here you should specify the port that is used for Radius accounting. By default, it is set to 1813.
  • Page 82 KLE User Guide R1.2 LDAP – Enable LDAP Authentication RADIUS – Enable the RADIUS Authentication To enable the LDAP Authentication ……. Enable Remote Authentication : Just select LDAP as the Remote Authentication method, and then configure subsequent settings: SSL Access : Check this option if you want to enable SSL access of the LDAP authentication.
  • Page 83 KLE User Guide R1.2 User Base Search DN : Here you should enter the User Base Search DN, which is typical to the LDAP server you use for authentication. By default, the User Base Search DN is: cn=users,dc=abc,dc=KLE,dc=com However, you should enter your own appropriate one. If you don’t know, you should contact your LDAP server administrator.
  • Page 84 KLE User Guide R1.2 Password Authentication Protocol : Here you should select the password authentication protocol to be either CHAP or PAP. RADIUS secret : Here you should specify the RADIUS secret, or Shared Secret, between the RADIUS client (i.e. KLE) 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 85 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.16 Security – Certificates Installation, Viewer Encryption and Password Policies After any setting change, click the Submit button to save new setting to the KLE database, and then click Apply Setting to apply new settings to KLE immediately. Certificate and Keys (root.crt, server.crt.
  • Page 86 KLE User Guide R1.2 Then click UPLOAD button to upload your certificates, one at a time, to KLE, and the certificate will begin uploading to KLE. 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 KLE: root.crt...
  • Page 87 KLE User Guide R1.2 SSL Access for LDAP Authentication Authentications ldapcert.crt ldapkey.pem For details, refer to Section 4.15, User Management – Mange User Accounts, Radius Accounting and Remote Authentications. You don’t have to reboot each time when you finish uploading one certificates. You could do one complete reboot at the end when you finish uploading all of them.
  • Page 88 KLE User Guide R1.2 No Password Global Password User Password No Password – the viewer will prompt you for no password. Anyone who is with the viewer and passes the security level check of the viewer, could well establish the connection. Global Password –...
  • Page 89 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.17 Maintenance – Flash Image Version Information, Software Upgrade, Configuration Backup and Upload Software version Information about the versioning of the linux kernel and Applications are provided here. Linux Kernel: Built on 09/27/05-12:39:09 Applications: Built on 12/02/05-14:00:13 Software Upgrade (kupdate-xx-xx-xx) Generally, the KLE upgrade file comes with a file name such as kupdate-xx-xx-xx, for example, kupdate-17-09-05.
  • Page 90 KLE User Guide R1.2 File Path : Just browse to the location of the update file and then click the UPLOAD button. A running progress indicator bar will be running then to indicate the on-going upload process. 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.
  • Page 91 KLE User Guide R1.2 Configuration Files (*.tgz) It is wise to backup your configuration files periodically so that you will aCClways be free from risk of being required to configure KLE anew when you have lost your configuration or when you have to configure another unit of KLE with the same configuration like one that you have used.
  • Page 92 KLE User Guide R1.2 Emergency Reboot In most of the cases, you don’t need to use this emergency reboot button to restart your KLE. Normally, you should use the Apply Settings button on the Apply Settings Page for almost all the cases of restarting/rebooting KLE with new settings. However, if you find the Apply Setting button could not bring the KLE to a restart that works properly with the viewer, you can then try to use the Emergency Reboot button here.
  • Page 93 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.18 Logout – Log out the Web Management To log out KLE Web Management Interface, just hit the Logout link on the left frame of the KLE Web Management Interface… and a prompt box will ask you whether you want to close the browser window.
  • Page 94 KLE User Guide R1.2 4.19 Apply Settings – Validate New Settings All the new settings you have made could only be committed to KLE’s database by clicking the Submit button on each setting page. However, just clicking the Submit button won’t have these new settings immediately activated. You should Apply Settings so that new settings can be put into use at once.
  • Page 95 KLE User Guide R1.2 Apply Settings In addition to the Security Emergency Reboot page. The longer to bring KLE to normal restart for a proper viewer connection. If you find the no longer works to bring KLE to an effective restart, you can click the Maintenance Page.

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