The Quick Installation Guide - LevelOne KVM-0850 User Manual

1. The Quick Installation Guide

Installation
KVM-0850/1650, 8-port/16-port PS/2 IP-KVM switch redirects local keyboard, mouse and video data
to a remote administration console. All data is transmitted via IP. KVM-0850/1650 can be used in a
multi administrator and multi server environment as well. Besides, KVM-0850/1650 is a KVM switch,
which can also be used with a local console. Connecting KVM-0850/1650 to the host system
In order to connect the KVM-0850/1650 perform the following steps:
1. Connect the power supply to KVM-0850/1650.
2. Connect the monitor to the KVM-0850/1650.
3. Connect the keyboard to the KVM-0850/1650.
4. Connect the mouse to the KVM-0850/1650.
5. Plug the HDDB15 pin connector of a 3-in-one cable into any label computer port on the rear of
KVM-0850/1650 unit. Then connect the HDDB-15 pin male type for PC video, the purple Mini Din
6 pin female type for keyboard and the green Mini Din 6 pin female type for mouse. To plug these
three connectors into the respective ports of computer.
6. Repeat item 5 procedure to all of PC ports of KVM-0850/1650
7. Connect Ethernet and/or modem, depending how you want to access KVM-0850/1650.
Video modes
KVM-0850/1650 recognizes a limited number of common video modes. When running X-Window on
the host system, please don't use any custom mode lines with special video modes. If done so,
KVM-0850/1650 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.
Initial IP configuration
Initially the KVM-0850/1650 network interface is configured with the parameters shown in Table 1.1.
If this initial configuration doesn't meet your local requirements, you need to do the initial IP
configuration. Use one of the following ways:
1.Connect the enclosed NULL modem cable to the serial interface on the rear side. The serial
interface needs to be adjusted with the parameters shown in table 1.2:
Parameter
IP auto configuration
IP-Address
Net-mask
Default-Gateway
IP access control
Table 1.1: Initial configuration
Parameter
Bits/second
Data bits
Parity
Stop bits
Flow Control
Table 1.2: Serial parameters
Value
DHCP
192.168.1.22
255.255.255.0
none
disabled
Value
115200
8
No
1
None
4
KVM-0850/1650 IP KVM switch