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NetBAY Advanced Connectivity Technology Local Console Manager Installer and User Guide For 32P1635, 1735-L04 and 32P1644...
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INSTRUCTIONS This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. DANGEROUS VOLTAGE This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
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Statement 4: DANGER Electrical current from power, telephone, and communication cables is hazardous. To avoid a shock hazard: • Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm. • Connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded electrical outlet.
Chapter 1: Product Overview Chapter 1: Product Overview Features and Benefits The IBM ® NetBAY™ Local Console Manager (LCM) provides flexible, centralized control of data center servers. The LCM consists of a rack mountable switch, with four Analog Rack Interface (ARI) ports for connecting servers, that operates over standard LAN connections.
To avoid potentially fatal shock hazard and possible damage to equipment, please observe the following precautions: • Do not use a 2-wire extension cord in any IBM product confi guration. • Test AC outlets at the computer and monitor for proper polarity and grounding.
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Chapter 1: Product Overview Statement 4: DANGER Electrical current from power, telephone, and communication cables is hazardous. To avoid a shock hazard: • Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm.
• One UCO cable per attached USB server or switch • One CCO cable per attached IBM C2T server Installing Your LCM Your LCM ships with rack mounting brackets. Before installing the LCM and other components in the rack, stabilize the rack in a permanent location.
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LCM Installer and User Guide Statement 4: DANGER Electrical current from power, telephone, and communication cables is hazardous. To avoid a shock hazard: • Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm.
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Chapter 2: Installation NOTE: The mounting holes on the upper and lower side braces in a rack side compartment must be between 50.8 cm (20.0 in.) and 57.3 cm (22.6 in.) apart. If your rack cabinet has movable side braces, refer to your rack documentation for information about relocating side braces if they are not already spaced for this installation.
Figure 2.3 shows one possible configuration for your LCM. Follow the detailed set of procedures following Figure 2.3 to successfully install your LCM. Analog Port ARI Ports CAT 5 CAT 5 IBM NetBAY Switch Chained C2T Servers Server Server Server...
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Chapter 2: Installation ATTENTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock or damage to your equipment - - Do not disable the power cord grounding plug. The grounding plug is an important safety feature. - Plug the power cord into a grounded (earthed) outlet that is easily accessible at all times. - Disconnect the power from the unit by unplugging the power cord from either the electrical outlet or the unit.
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Click on the Motion tab. Set the Acceleration setting to None and the speed setting to the default of 50%. To connect a CCO cable to an IBM C2T server: Locate the CCO cables and CAT 5 cabling for your LCM.
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Chapter 2: Installation ARI Port KCO Cable CAT 5 cable up to Server 1 10 meters (32.8 feet) KCO Cable Server 2 KCO Cable Server 3 Terminator Figure 2.4: Chaining Servers Together with KCO Cables To chain servers together using UCO cables: Locate the UCO cables and CAT 5 cabling for your LCM.
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You can add your cascade switches to the LCM system. In a cascaded system, each ARI port then accommodates up to 24 servers. KCO Cable Terminator IBM NetBAY Console Switch Server 1 Figure 2.6: LCM Configuration with a Legacy KVM Switch...
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Analog Remote Workstation Workstation KCO Cable A KCO Cable B Second KCO connects to user port on the front of the switch IBM NetBAY 2x8 Switch Server 1 Server 2 Server 3 Figure 2.7: Cascaded Multi-user Legacy Switch Configuration...
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LCM Installer and User Guide Preemptive behavior By default, the console switch operates in preemptive mode. This means that one user can disconnect another user from a server connection without warning. For example, if the analog user is accessing server 1 via KCO cable A and the remote user switches to the same server via KCO cable B, the analog user will be preempted and the remote user will take command of the connection.
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Basic Operations Contents Controlling Your System ......21 Viewing and Selecting Ports and Servers ... .21 Configuring OSCAR .
LCM uses the On-Screen Configuration and Activity Reporting interface (OSCAR ® for IBM which has intuitive menus to configure your system and select computers. Viewing and Selecting Ports and Servers Use the OSCAR Main dialog box to view, configure and control servers in the LCM system.
LCM Installer and User Guide Viewing the status of your LCM system The status of servers in your system is indicated in the far right column of the Main dialog box. The following table describes the status symbols. OSCAR Status Symbols Symbol Description CO cable is online.
Chapter 3: Basic Operations To confi gure servers for soft switching: Press Print Screen to launch OSCAR. The Main dialog box appears. Click Setup - Menu. The Menu dialog box appears. For delay time, type the number of seconds of delay desired before the Main dialog box is displayed after Print Screen is pressed.
LCM Installer and User Guide OSCAR Navigation Basics (continued) This Keystroke Does This Print Screen, Backspace Toggles back to previous selection if no other keystrokes have been typed. Print Screen, Pause Immediately turns on screen saver mode and prevents access to that particular console, if it is password protected.
Chapter 3: Basic Operations Setup Features to Manage Routine Tasks for Your Servers Feature Purpose Menu Change the server listing between numerically by port or eID number and alphabetically by name. Change the delay time before OSCAR displays after pressing Print Screen. Flag Change display, timing, color or location of the status fl...
LCM Installer and User Guide To assign names to servers: In the Names dialog box, select a name or port number and click Modify. The Name Modify dialog box appears. Figure 3.4: Name Modify Dialog Box Type a name in the New Name box. Names of servers may be up to 15 characters long.
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Chapter 3: Basic Operations Figure 3.5: Devices Dialog Box When the LCM discovers a cascade switch, you will notice the port numbering change to accommodate each server under that switch. For example, if the switch is connected to port 2, the switch port would be listed as 02 and each server under it would be numbered sequentially 02-01, 02-02 and so on.
LCM Installer and User Guide NOTE: Changes made in the Device Modify dialog box are not saved until you click OK in the Devices dialog box. Changing the display behavior Use the Menu dialog box to change the display order of servers and set a Screen Delay Time for OSCAR.
Chapter 3: Basic Operations Controlling the status flag The status flag displays on your desktop and shows the name or eID number of the selected server or the status of the selected port. Use the Flag dialog box to configure the flag to display by server name or eID number, or to change the flag color, opacity, display time and location on the desktop.
LCM Installer and User Guide Left-click on the title bar and drag to the desired location. Right-click to return to the Flag dialog box. Figure 3.9: Set Position Flag NOTE: Changes made to the fl ag position are not saved until you click OK in the Flag dialog box. Click OK to save settings.
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Chapter 3: Basic Operations To set or change the password: Single-click and press Enter or double-click in the New text box. Type the new password in the New text box and press Enter. Passwords may be up to 12 characters long and are case sensitive. Legal characters are: A-Z, a-z, Ø-9, space and hyphen.
LCM Installer and User Guide -or- If your console is password protected, see the previous procedure, then go to step 2. Select Enable Screen Saver. Type the number of minutes for delay time (from 1–99) that you want to delay activation of the screen saver. Choose Energy if your monitor is E compliant;...
Chapter 3: Basic Operations Displaying Version Information OSCAR enables you to display the CO cable firmware versions. For optimum performance, keep your firmware current. For more information, see Appendix A. To display version information: Press Print Screen. The Main dialog box will appear. Click Commands - Display Versions.
LCM Installer and User Guide Figure 3.13: CO Version Dialog Box Click X to close the Version dialog box. Scanning Your System In scan mode, the LCM automatically scans from port to port (server to server). You can scan up to 16 servers, specifying which servers you want to scan and the number of seconds that each server will display.
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Chapter 3: Basic Operations Select the order within the list where you want to add a server. If no servers have been added to the scan list, your cursor will appear in a blank line at the top of the dialog box. -or- To add a server to the end of the list, place your cursor in the last server entry and press the Down Arrow key.
LCM Installer and User Guide Figure 3.15: Commands Dialog Box Select Scan Enable in the Commands dialog box. To cancel scan mode: Select a server if OSCAR is open. -or- Move the mouse or press any key on the keyboard if OSCAR is not open.
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Chapter 3: Basic Operations Figure 3.16: Broadcast Dialog Box NOTE: Broadcasting Keystrokes - The keyboard state must be identical for all servers receiving a broadcast to interpret keystrokes identically. Specifi cally, the Caps Lock and Num Lock modes must be the same on all keyboards. While the LCM attempts to send keystrokes to the selected servers simultaneously, some servers may inhibit and thereby delay the transmission.
LCM. Note which COM port you have chosen, then turn on the switch. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support to access the fi rmware upgrade fi le. Once the download is complete, navigate to the drive where you have saved the fi...
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LCM Installer and User Guide Upgrading the CO cable firmware The CO cables can be upgraded individually or simultaneously. When an upgrade is initiated, you will see a progress bar. As long as an upgrade is in progress, you cannot initiate another. To simultaneously upgrade multiple CO cables: Press Print Screen.
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Appendices To upgrade CO cable fi rmware individually: Press Print Screen. The Main dialog box will appear. Click Commands - Display Versions. The Version dialog box appears. Figure A.3: Version Dialog Box Click CO to view individual cable version information. Figure A.4: CO Selection Dialog Box Select a CO cable to upgrade and click the Version button.
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LCM Installer and User Guide Figure A.5: CO Version Dialog Box Click the Load Firmware button. The CO Load dialog box appears. Figure A.6: CO Load Dialog Box Click OK to initiate the upgrade and return to the CO Status dialog box.
Appendices Appendix B: Technical Specifications LCM Product Specifi cations Server Ports Number Types KCO, CCO and UCO intelligent cables Connectors RJ45 Sync Types Separate horizontal and vertical Plug and Play DDC2B Video Resolution Analog Port Maximum 1600 x 1280 @ 75 Hz Confi...
Field Replaceable Unit part numbers IBM FRU part numbers are subject to change without notice. The following table contains a listing of the FRU part numbers available at the time this document was published.
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This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of EU Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electro- magnetic compatibility. IBM cannot accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a nonrecommended modification of the product, including the fitting of non-IBM option cards.