HP Server Console Switch G2 User Manual page 30

Operating System
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Standard, Enterprise or Web Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or
Professional
Microsoft Windows 7 and 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 2008
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
Canonical Ubuntu 12.04
Sun Solaris 10 and 11
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 and 11
Apple Mac OS X Tiger (10.4+)
To log in to the remote OBWI:
Launch a web browser.
1.
If you are working in IPv6 mode, you must include square brackets around the IP address.
Example: https://[XXX.XX.XX.XX]
In the address bar of the browser, enter the IP address or host name assigned to the switch you want to
2.
access.
Examples: https://XXX.XX.XX.XX or https://hostname
The default username is Admin with no password.
When the browser connects to the switch, enter your user name and password.
3.
Select Login. The remote OBWI appears.
4.
Connecting to the remote OBWI through a firewall
Any console switch installation that uses the remote OBWI for outside access must have four ports opened in
a firewall.
TCP port number
22
80
443
2068
In some configurations, the workstation is located outside of the firewall and the console switch is inside the
firewall. To configure the firewall, forward ports 22, 80, 443, and 2068 from the external interface to the
KVM switch through the firewall internal interface. For specific port forwarding instructions, see your firewall
documentation.
Microsoft Internet
Explorer version
9.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Function
Used by SSH during serial sessions to an MPUIQ-SRL
module
Used for the initial downloading of the Video Viewer (for
downloading the Java™ applet)
Used by the web browser interface for managing the
switch and launching KVM sessions
Transmission of KVM session data or transmission of
video on switches
Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome
version 10 or later version 19 or later
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
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