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KVM Switch CAT-32 IP / CAT-16 IP
with KVM over IP Module
User Manual
KVM Switch CAT-32 IP: LINDY No. 39631
KVM over IP Module:
KVM Switch CAT-16 IP: LINDY No. 39639
www.lindy.com
For Commercial Use Only
Tested to comply
with FCC Standards
© LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH - SECOND EDITION (AUG 2010)
English
LINDY No. 39636
The modular LINDY KVM Switch CAT-32 IP
The KVM Switch CAT-32 IP provides 32 Cat.5/6 KVM server ports
supporting both USB or PS/2 keyboard and mouse connections via
dedicated USB or PS/2 Cat.5 Computer Modules.
The KVM Switch CAT-16 IP provides only 16 Cat.5/6 KVM server ports
since it is designed to fit into the back of the 19" LCD Terminal Premium
Secure. It is installed in the same height in the back of the 19" LCD
terminal.
This KVM switch incorporates a modular concept design which allows
for dual console access. The local console port allows direct access
whilst a second console option permits remote access via a remote
KVM over IP module installed in a slot located in the back of the KVM
Switch. This option allows system administrators to access and
administer their servers and KVM switches from a remote office
computer via a web browser. The required optional IP access module
can be simply installed into the back of the KVM Switch at any time.
About this manual
This manual is divided into five sections.
The first section is an introduction to the KVM Switch
The second section deals with installing and connecting the switch
The third section describes the basic operation of the KVM switch via
its OSD (On Screen Menu)
Section 4 – left empty for future use
The fifth section describes operation and access via remote IP
Technological progress
The KVM Switch and especially the KVM over IP Module and its
software are subject to technological progress. The products are
continuously upgraded accordingly. Therefore minor changes compared
to the descriptions in this manual may be found.
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  • Page 1 USB or PS/2 keyboard and mouse connections via dedicated USB or PS/2 Cat.5 Computer Modules. The KVM Switch CAT-16 IP provides only 16 Cat.5/6 KVM server ports since it is designed to fit into the back of the 19” LCD Terminal Premium Secure.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    5.0.1 KVM over IP Access Features ............16 5.0.2 KVM over IP Module Installation ........... 16 5.1 Configuration ..................17 CAT-16 IP 5.2 CAT-32 IP Setup Tool ................ 18 5.3 Keyboard, Mouse and Video Configuration ........20 5.4 Usage ....................22 5.5 Logging In ..................
  • Page 3: Section 1

    The 16 port version KVM Switch CAT-16 IP has the same features like the 32 port version. Just the amount of ports have been reduced to allow the KVM switch to fit into the back of the LINDY LCD Terminal Premium Secure.
  • Page 4: Product Features

    Local console connected by VGA and USB as well as PS/2 style keyboard and mouse, only for KVM Switch CAT-32 (No. 39631) The remote access KVM over IP module, LINDY No. 39636, can be installed at any time. Compatible with all commonly used operating systems (To install it into the KVM Switch CAT-32/16 ensure all connected computers are switched off or disconnected and the power supply is unplugged.
  • Page 5: Hardware Installation Guide

    8 KVM switches with a maximum of 256 servers. 1. Switch off all the computers to be attached. 2. Connect the keyboard, monitor and mouse directly to the ports of the LINDY KVM Switch labelled Local Console.
  • Page 6: Kvm Switch Operation

    Section 3 KVM Switch Operation 3.1. KVM Switch Operation Please Note: Your monitor will only display one computer signal at any one time. All keyboard and mouse commands are sent to this computer as shown on the monitor. When the computer connected to the currently selected port is not switched on, or is in sleep mode, the monitor will not display any signal.
  • Page 7: Keyboard Hotkey Selection And Osd Commands

    Section 3 KVM Switch Operation Section 3 KVM Switch Operation 3.3. On Screen Display Menu (OSD) 3.1.3. Computer / Port Selection You can select the computer you want to access in one of two different ways: The On Screen Display menu provides a lot of information about the switch configuration and the attached computers, and offers advanced administration and full KVM Switch control to the Keyboard hotkey selection user.
  • Page 8: Troubleshooting

    A2. Please check if the computer you want to access is in Standby or power save mode with the monitor switched off. If so please wake up the computer in the usual way. The contact information for the LINDY technical support teams can be found on the LINDY website for each country.
  • Page 9: Kvm Over Ip Access Features

    Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation 5.0.1. KVM over IP Access Features 5.1. Configuration The IP access module provides remote KVM over IP access to the KVM switch CAT-32/16. It The CAT-32 IP’s communication interfaces Parameter Value converts all keyboard video and mouse signals and sends them as TCP/IP signals over your...
  • Page 10: Cat-32 Ip Setup Tool

    Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation 5.2 CAT-32 IP Setup Tool Authentication To adjust the authentication settings, enter your login as a super user and change your MAC Address Detection password. Connect the CAT-32 IP to your computer either via a local network, or via USB. If you use a Super user login USB connection Windows will detect the CAT-32 IP as a ‘Removable Disk’...
  • Page 11: Keyboard, Mouse And Video Configuration

    Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Host System Mouse Settings 5.3. Keyboard, Mouse and Video Configuration The host's operating system obtains various settings from the mouse driver. Between the CAT-32 IP and the host, there are two interfaces available for transmitting Note: The following limitations do not apply when using USB mice and Windows 2000 and higher! keyboard and mouse data: USB and PS/2.
  • Page 12: Usage

    Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation 5.4. Usage 5.5. Logging In Prerequisites Login to the CAT-32 IP Launch your web browser. Direct it to the address of your CAT-32 IP which you configured The CAT-32 IP features an embedded operating system offering a variety of standardized during the installation process.
  • Page 13: Navigation

    Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation The Remote Console is the redirected screen, keyboard and mouse of the remote host system 5.6. Navigation that the CAT-32 IP switch controls. Selecting this button opens the Remote Console Main Window.
  • Page 14 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Note: Your local keyboard changes its keyboard layout according to the remote host system. If you use a German administration system and your host system uses a US English keyboard Options layout for instance, some special keys on the German keyboard will not work as expected.
  • Page 15 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Video Settings through the remote console: Undo Changes Restore last settings Soft Keyboard Opens up the sub-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 16: Menu Options

    LINDY and third party power control distribution units. Should you wish to connect a remote power outlet then LINDY would recommend you to use IP managed power strips that can be found in the network section of the LINDY website, i.e.
  • Page 17 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation The following list shows the command mode syntax and usage. Telnet Console Help Displays the list of possible commands Clears the screen Quit Exits the current session and disconnects from the client Version Displays the release information Terminal...
  • Page 18: Virtual Media

    Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Windows 5.7.2 . Virtual Media Windows users should use the tool, RawWrite for Windows, which is included on the supplied CD. One of the computers connected to the CAT-32 IP can also be set up for remote mass storage via a USB connection.
  • Page 19 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Windows Create a CD-ROM/ISO Image To create the image file, use your favorite CD imaging tool. Copy the whole contents of the disc into one single image file on your hard disk. For example, with ‘Nero’...
  • Page 20 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation 7. You will see the dialog below detailing the active image: Drive Redirection 8. Click Reactivate. Access the console window and you will see that another CD drive has The Drive Redirection feature allows the host system to access the CD-Rom drives, hard drives, been installed on the host computer.
  • Page 21 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation 2. Click on the Search for new devices icon - The CAT-32 IP will be detected as an 1. Choose the drive you wish to redirect from the Unconfigured device and its MAC address will be displayed in the left panel.
  • Page 22: User Management

    Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation 5.7.3. User Management Users And Groups The CAT-32 IP comes with 2 pre-configured user accounts that have fixed permissions. The Change Password super account has all possible rights to configure the device and to use all functions. The user account has only the permission to open and use the Remote Console.
  • Page 23: Kvm Settings

    Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Manually 5.7.4. KVM Settings Allows adjustment of both compression rate and colour depth individually. Depending on the selected compression rate the data stream between the CAT-32 IP and the Remote Console User Console will be compressed in order to save bandwidth.
  • Page 24 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Keyboard/Mouse Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plug-in Instructs the web browser of your administration system to use Sun’s JVM. The JVM in the browser is used to run the code for the Remote Console window which is actually a Java Applet.
  • Page 25: Device Settings

    Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation USB Mouse Type Force Composite Sync (Required for Sun Computers) Enables USB mouse type. Choose between MS Windows 2000 or newer for MS Windows To support signal transmission from a Sun machine, enable this option. If not enabled the 2000 or Windows XP, or Other Operating Systems for MS Windows NT, Linux, or OS X.
  • Page 26 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Dynamic DNS IP auto configuration With this option you can control if the CAT-32 IP should obtain its network settings from a A freely available Dynamic DNS service (dyndns.org) can be used in the following scenario (see DHCP or BOOTP server.
  • Page 27 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Security Enable Dynamic DNS Enables the Dynamic DNS service. This requires a configured DNS server IP address. Dynamic DNS server This is the server name where the CAT-32 IP registers itself in regular intervals. At the time of Force HTTPS writing, this is a fixed setting since only dyndns.org is currently supported.
  • Page 28 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Certificate After completing these three steps, the CAT-32 IP has its own certificate that is used to identify it to its clients. Note: If you destroy the CSR on the KVM over IP module there is no way to get it back! In case you deleted it by mistake, you have to repeat the three steps as described previously.
  • Page 29 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Serial Port Confirm Challenge Password Confirmation of the Challenge Password Email The email address of a contact person that is responsible for the CAT-32 IP and its security. Key length This is the length of the generated key in bits.
  • Page 30 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Date And Time Serial line speed The speed the CAT-32 IP is communicating with the modem. Most modems available today will support the default value of 115200 bps. In case you are using an old modem and discovering problems try to lower this speed.
  • Page 31 Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation Section 5 IP Access Configuration & Operation SMTP Logging enabled Event Log With this option, the CAT-32 IP is able to send Emails to an address given by the Email address text field in the Event Log Settings. These mails contain the same description strings as the internal log file and the mail subject is filled with the event group of the occurred log event.
  • Page 32: Maintenance

    Allows you to download the CAT-32 IP data file with specific support information. This is an XML file with certain customized support information like the serial number etc. You can send this information if you contact LINDY technical support. It may help us solve any problems. Connected Users The example below displays the CAT-32 IP activity.
  • Page 33 New firmware updates are provided as a binary file which can be sent to you by email. Please This section allows you to reset specific parts of the device. This involves the keyboard and contact LINDY Technical Support team in your preferred country should you need to update mouse, the video engine and the CAT-32 IP itself.
  • Page 34: Troubleshooting

    Unites’ enabled in the mouse settings of the operating system. This option needs to be disabled. If you have forgotten a Password please contact LINDY. IP Access Troubleshooting 1. The remote mouse doesn’t work or is not synchronized Make sure the mouse settings in CAT-32 IP match the mouse model.
  • Page 35: Key Codes

    Technical Information Technical Information Key Codes The layout for this keyboard is also shown. However, most modifier keys and other 0 - 9 alphanumeric keys used for hotkey purposes in application programs are in an identical A - Z position, no matter what language mapping you are using. Some of the keys have aliases also; , TILDE -, MINUS they can be named by 2 key codes (separated by a comma in the previous table).
  • Page 36 800 x 600 56, 60, 70, 72, 75, 85, 90, 100 Hausmülltonne! B2B Geräte wie diese KVM Switches nimmt LINDY kostenlos zurück und führt sie einem geordneten Recycling zu. Bitte 832 x 624 nehmen Sie hierzu Kontakt mit LINDY auf, die Adressen finden Sie auf der LINDY Website www.lindy.com...

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