Benutzeranleitung / Produktwartung Smart IP Extender des Produzenten Minicom Advanced Systems
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SMART IP EXTENDER 1 Table of Contents 1. Welcome....................................................................................................................... 4 2. Introduction .................................................................
USER GUIDE 2 40. Power Control ............................................................................................................ 27 41. Key board & Mouse Settings .........................................................................
SMART IP EXTENDER 3 82. A ccess via Telnet ...................................................................................................... 57 83. Telnet server commands ...........................................................................
USER GUIDE 4 1. Welcom e The Smart I P Extender sy stem is produced by Minicom Advanced System s Limited. Technical precautions This equipm ent generat es radio frequen cy energy and if not insta lled in accordanc e with the m anufacturer’s instructions, m ay cause rad io frequency inter ference.
SMART IP EXTENDER 5 2. Introducti on The Sm art IP Extender (I P Extender) from Minicom Advanced Sy stems redire cts local k eyboard, mouse and video data to a rem ote compute r. All data is transmitte d via I P. IP Extender f eatures, rem ote KVM access and cont rol via a LAN or I nternet connection.
USER GUIDE 6 IP N etwork Smart IP Extenders Administrators KVM Matr ix switc h MINI C O M Act ivity SMART IP Ext end er Syste m OK MINI C O M Act ivity SMART IP Ext end er Syste m OK MINI C O M Act ivity SMART IP Ext end er Syste m OK MINI C O M Activity SMART IP Ext end er Syst em OK Figure 2 Multiple users/servers 3.
SMART IP EXTENDER 7 IPMI Version 1.5 - defines a se rial connect ion to access ce rtain system parameters and perfo rm system actions like powering down or a hard rese t.
USER GUIDE 8 The table below explains th e functions of the front pan el LEDs. LED Function Activity LED blinks when Network connection is fu nctioning System OK LED solid when I P Link system connec ted and functioning 8. The IP E xtender rear panel po rts The figure be low illustrates the ports on the I P Extender.
SMART IP EXTENDER 9 Serial 2 port The Serial 2 po rt supports t he external power option. Ethernet Connects the I P Extender to an Eth ernet network . 9. Pre-installation instruct ions Place cab les away from fluorescen t lights, air conditioners and other m achines tha t are lik ely to genera te electri cal noise.
USER GUIDE 10 SD P 110 Smart IP Extender 3i n1C P Uc a b l e Compute r POWER www.mi nicom.com I 0 SERI AL 2 SERI AL 1 USER COM PUTER ETHE RNET RST 100-240 VAC 50 /60 Hz Figure 5 IP Extender connection s to a computer SD P11 0 Sma rt IP Extender Compu ter rack ProLi an t DL 360 9.
SMART IP EXTENDER 11 11. Connecting the Power management opti ons Figure 7 g ives an overview of the three Power management option s. Server KVM IPMI IPMI ve rs io n 1.
USER GUIDE 12 13. Connecting the External Re set/Power Option Refer to the P ower Switch guide to conne ct this to one of th e serial por ts. To date supported opt ions are: • Minicom Power switch • Avocent—SPC 1 800/160 0 • Sentry I n-Line Power Mod ule 14.
SMART IP EXTENDER 13 18. Configuring the syst em The I P Extender's comm unication interface s are based on TCP /IP, and it com es configured w ith the valu es listed below . • DHCP - active • IP address - 192.168.0.220 • Net mask - 255.255.
USER GUIDE 14 Figure 8 Co nnect To box Figure 9 COM 1 Pro perti es box 4. Set the po rt setting s to the follow ing values: • Bits/second - 115200 • Data bits - 8 • Parity - None • Stop bits - 1 • Flow Control - None 5. Click OK. The Hy perterminal appea rs.
SMART IP EXTENDER 15 6. Press Enter . Some dev ice information and a prompt ap pear. 7. Type config and press Enter . Config uration questio ns appear. DHCP must be disabled. You ca n change the I P address, net m ask and defaul t gateway. Pre ssing Enter without ente ring values k eeps the defaul t values.
USER GUIDE 16 Check the co rrect setting by moving the mouse of your adm inistration syst em to the upper left corner of th e Remote Console and moving it there slig htly forth and b ack. This will fo rce mouse sync hronization in that corne r of the scree n.
SMART IP EXTENDER 17 We recom mend the following browsers for an unse cured connection : • Microsoft Internet Explore r version 5.0 or higher with Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP • Netscape Navig ator 7.
USER GUIDE 18 Menu Wo r k a r e a Figure 12 T he IP Extender Home page 25. Tim eout After half an hour of non- activity the sy stem autom atically logs out. Clicking anywhere on the screen wil l lead back to the Log in screen. 26. The Wor k area The Work area has a sho rt summ ar y about y our IP Extender.
SMART IP EXTENDER 19 27. Remote Console From the m enu click Show Remote Console . The remote c onsole appears. S ee Figure 13. Informati on bar Control but tons Computer bu ttons Figure 13 The re mote console You can work on it with the k eyboard and mouse.
USER GUIDE 20 In case I P Extender is conn ected to your local network environment and your connection to the Interne t is available u sing a proxy ser ver only withou t NAT being configured, the Remote Console is very unlikely to be able to establ ish the accord ing connection.
SMART IP EXTENDER 21 Mouse handling - The subm enu for mouse handling offers two op tions for synchronizing the host and the client m ouse pointer - expla ined on page 23. The option for ' Fast Sync' shows the hotkey if y ou defined one us ing the Remo te Console Setting s.
USER GUIDE 22 All messag es are broadcas t to ALL connected u sers. There is n o option to d irect a messag e to a particular user only. Ther e is no messag e history, so m essages can only be receiv ed after open i ng th e Remote Console. 31. The Video settings From the Opt ions menu choose Video Se ttings.
SMART IP EXTENDER 23 - Resets m ode to factory defaults. - Resets al l modes to fac tory defaults. - Saves chang es. - Undoes chang es that have not y et been saved. 32. Video S ettings a ccess In the User/G roup Perm issions section on pag e 36, it expla ins how to set acc ess levels for all param eters including Vi deo Se ttings access.
USER GUIDE 24 4. Active Desk top. Disable it. Or do not use a p lain background, use a wallpaper. 35. Single mouse mode The information above applies to the Double Mouse Mode, whe re remote and host mouse pointers are visible and need to be s ynchronized.
SMART IP EXTENDER 25 Automa tic Detection - The encoding and the compression lev el is dete rmined automati cally from the available ba ndwidth and th e current con tent of the v ideo imag e. Normal - Best suited for many para llel users in a LAN env ironment.
USER GUIDE 26 Remote Console Button Keys - B utton Keys sim ulate k eystrokes on the rem ote system that cannot be g enerated loc ally. For exam ple `Control + A lt + Delete' on Windows and DO S or `Control + Ba ckspace' on Linux. Define a new Button Key as fo llows: Type the r equired keys e.
SMART IP EXTENDER 27 After re ading all ent ries, Sm art 16 IP display s them with their tim e, sensor and descrip tion in accord ance with the fi lter setting s. You have the choice b etween several pre- settings ( i.e. last day, last week) or a n exact decla ration of the sta rt and the end date.
USER GUIDE 28 Power (sh ort press) - A short press on the A TX butto n is normally caught by the running opera ting system that tries to initiate a co ntrolled shut down. Do t his to switch off t he system . If thi s does not work try the long press bu tton.
SMART IP EXTENDER 29 The elem ents of the Keyboard & Mouse Setting s are explained bel ow. Targeted KV M port 1. Choose the po rt to which a KVM sw itch is connec ted. 2. Press to display the curren t values for the selected K VM port. Withou t pressing alte rations wi ll NO T be made to th e chosen port.
USER GUIDE 30 42. KVM Settings Adjust th e settings fo r the KVM sw itches conn ecting the I P Extender to th e host computers. F rom the I P Extender menu choose KVM S ettings. The I P Extender KVM settings appea r. See Figure 19. Figure 19 KV M Settings The elem ents of the KV M Settings are exp lained belo w.
SMART IP EXTENDER 31 Figure 20 KV M Port Settings 43. KVM Por t Settings 1. Assign nam es for each port . 2. Define ho tkeys to swi tch to each por t. Choose either Minicom default hotkeys by selecting M inicom KVM- Switch in the Default configuration box, and then click the Set Defaults but ton.
USER GUIDE 32 Show in console – ch eck this op tion to hav e a button appear on the top of th e Remote conso le. Click the button to switch to that com puter. 44. Vide o Settings From the I P Extender Menu choos e Video Setting s. The Video sett ings appear.
SMART IP EXTENDER 33 Click Add Custom Video Modes. T he Custom Vi deo Modes window appears, se e Figure 22. Note! T his option may affect the corr ect video tra nsmission and is for adv anced users only . The m aximum number of c ustom video res olutions is 4.
USER GUIDE 34 Desc riptio n Give the m ode a name. The nam e appears in the Rem ote Console whe n the custom mode is activ ated. 49. User/Group Management From the I P Extender Menu choos e User/Group Mana gement. The User/G roup Managem ent settings appe ar.
SMART IP EXTENDER 35 54. Email address /Mob ile number These are optional. 55. Gro up membersh ip/Member o f/Not Member o f Each user can b e a mem ber of one or more g roups and inheri t the rights o f that group. Use the a rrows to add or r emove a user from a group.
USER GUIDE 36 61. Copy User To copy an ex isting user’ s properties to a new user: 1. Select a use r in the Existing user Drop-down lis t. 2. Enter a new use r name in the New use r name box. 3. Click the Copy User button . All properties of the select ed user will be co pied to the new one, except user specific perm issions.
SMART IP EXTENDER 37 Figure 24 User/Group Permissions Each user o r group has a set of access rig hts to the I P Extender functi ons. The user 'super' always has unalter able full acces s rights. A new ly created us er has the acce ss rights o f all groups he belongs to.
USER GUIDE 38 Using a fun ction. allow acc ess means you can use it. deny access means y ou cannot use it. Group settin g – Use the access rights inher i ted from the group(s), the u ser belong s to. 3. Select the d esired perm ission. 4. To add the right, cli ck Add .
SMART IP EXTENDER 39 IP auto config uration Choose between th e 3 optio ns. None – no IP auto con figuration. I n this case ty pe a static I P address in the appropriat e settings be low.
USER GUIDE 40 Remote Conso le & HTTPS port Port num ber at which IP Extender's Rem ote Console server and H TTPS server are listen ing. If empty the default valu e is used. HTTP port Port num ber at which IP Extender's HTTP serv er is listening .
SMART IP EXTENDER 41 IP Extender i s reachable v ia the IP address o f the DSL router, which is dynamica lly assigned by the provider. S ince the adm inistrator doesn 't know the I P address assigned by the provider, I P Extender conne cts to a specia l dynamic DNS server in regular intervals an d registers i ts IP address there.
USER GUIDE 42 Check in terval - I nterval for repor ting again to the Dynamic DNS serv er by IP Extender. IP Extender ha s its own independe nt real tim e clock. Ensure the time sett ing is correct by configuring a timeserv er see page 30. IP Extende r registers it self to the Dy namic DNS server slightly dif ferent from the time conf igured.
SMART IP EXTENDER 43 71. Ser ial Port Settings From the I P Extender Menu choos e Serial Port S ettings. The Se rial Port Settin gs appear. See Fig ure 28. Figure 28 Serial P ort Settings In the I P Extender Serial Sett ings specify th e devices connec ted to the two Ser ial ports.
USER GUIDE 44 Modem Client IP address - This address is assig ned to y our console computer during the PPP ha ndshake. Since it is a po int -to- point IP connection virtua l ly ever y IP addres s is possible b ut ensure, it is no t interfe ring with the I P settings o f IP Extender and your console computer.
SMART IP EXTENDER 45 Intelligen t Power Module - External m odule option to swit ch power of a single system by putting it in the power su pply line of the co ntrolled sy stem. ePowerS witch 4 port- Usi ng this switch, sw itch power fo r more than one system connected to I P Extender th rough a KVM switch.
USER GUIDE 46 For ce - Tries to make an en crypted connect ion. SSL Certificate Ma nagement IP Extender us es the SSL (Secur e Socket Lay er) protocol for any encrypte d network traffic b etween itself and a connected clien t. When connect ing, IP Extender reveals its ide ntity to a cl ient using a cryptograph ic certif icate.
SMART IP EXTENDER 47 Challenge Pass word / Confirm - Some certi fication au thorities requ ire a challeng e password to authorize la ter changes on the certifi cate. The m inimum is 4 cha racters. Email - Of a secu rity conta ct person that is respons ible for IP Extender.
USER GUIDE 48 Num bers attached to an I P address wi th a `/' is the n umber of v alid bits that are used for the g iven IP address. E xamples: 192.168.0.22 or 192.16 8.0.22/32 match es the IP Addre ss 192.168.0.22 192.168.0.0/24 m atches all IP packets with so urce addresse s from 192.
SMART IP EXTENDER 49 73. SNMP Set tings The fo llowing info rmation is av ailable via SN MP: • Serial nu mber • Firmw are version • MAC address / IP addres s / Netmask / Gateway of LA N interfac.
USER GUIDE 50 Figure 32 SN MP settings You can chang e the followi ng parameters : Enable SNMP Agent - When ch ecked, I P Extender will answ er to SNMP requests. If a com munity is blank, you cannot perf orm the request. E.g . if you want to di sable the poss ibility to reset I P Extender via SN MP, don't set a wr ite comm unity.
SMART IP EXTENDER 51 Trap des tinations Enter IP addresses, t o which the traps wi ll be sent. For ev ery IP address, set an according comm unity so that your m anagement cl ient can iden tify the SNMP traps. After m aking the entr ies click . 74. The IP E xtender SNMP MIB Click the link to acces s the IP Extender SNMP MIB file.
USER GUIDE 52 IPMI over S erial - If y our host system suppor ts IPMI V1.5 and has an I ntel EMP (Emerg ency Managem ent Port, usually COM2) connector, y ou can connect I PMI through ser ial port 1 on I P Extender. Please no te: • Set the E MP port to Always enab le and switch of f the Restricted Mode.
SMART IP EXTENDER 53 Type of exte rnal LDAP Server - Set the ty pe of the exter nal LDAP serv er. This i s necessary since som e server types require speci al handling . Also the defaul t value s for the LDAP schem a are set ap propriately. Choose between Generic LDAP Se rver, Novell Direc tory Service a nd Microsoft Ac tive Direct ory.
USER GUIDE 54 After a sm ooth upload th e Update Firm ware panel appears showing the curr ent firmware v ersion num ber and the uploaded firmware vers ion number.
SMART IP EXTENDER 55 Figure 37 The Direct Connections Links page 3. In the I P address colum n, type IP address es of the oth er Minicom I P units. For up to 16 entrie s press . 4. In the Dev ice Name column ty pe a description. 5. Click Apply . On the Home pag e Monitor icons representing the direct c onnection IP units appe ar.
USER GUIDE 56 Note! I f the state of one de vice changes, the re may be a delay of some seconds un til icon colo rs reflect the true situ ation especia lly where th e network link of this dev ice is going down. To connect to an IP unit: Click the des ired icon on th e Home page.
SMART IP EXTENDER 57 82. Access via Telnet Connect via a s tandard Telnet c lient using I P Extender’s Telne t server. Use i t for passthro ugh access to a d evice connecte d to serial po rt 1. Connect any se rial devic e, which offe rs term inal acces s via its serial por t and acce ss it using the Teln et interface.
USER GUIDE 58 Frequ ent ly Aske d Quest ions Q 1: The clien t mouse doesn' t work or is not synchron ized. A: Ensure the I P Extender m ouse settings m atch the mouse m odel. Also see pag e 23 Q 2: Bad video qua lity or grainy picture A: Use the brig htness and c ontrast setting s - see page 22.
SMART IP EXTENDER 59 Glos sary of t erms ACPI - A specifi cation that enab les the operat ing system to implement power manag ement and system configuratio n. ATX - Advanced T echnolo gy Extended: A particu lar specificat ion of a m otherboard introduced by Intel in 1995.
USER GUIDE 60 Appe ndix A : IP Ex tende r Video m odes The IP Extender supports the fo llowing v ideo modes. Do not use other custom video settings. Reso lution Refres h rates (Hz) 640x350 70, 85 640x.
SMART IP EXTENDER 61 Append ix B: Key codes Figure 40 illustrates th e keys on a sta ndard 104 key PC k eyboard with a US Eng lish languag e mapping. These k eys are used to define key strokes or hotk eys for severa l IP Extender fu nctions. The keys may not rep resent keys used on internati onal key boards.
USER GUIDE 62 Key Key code Alternative Psc PRINTSCREEN Sc rl S C RO LL_ LOC K Brk BREAK Ins INS ER T Pos1 HOME Pup PAGE_UP Del DELETE Pdn PAGE_DOWN UP LEFT DOWN RI GHT The numerical ke ypad codes Key .
SMART IP EXTENDER 63 Appendix C: Pin ass ignments VGA HD-15 54321 1 0 9876 11 12 13 14 15 54321 54321 1 0 9876 1 0 9876 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 Pin A s signment Pin Assignment 1 Red 9 5 V 2 Green 10 GND sync 3 Blue 11 Not connected 4 Not connected 12 SDA, DCC, .
USER GUIDE 64 Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 1 12345 6789 12345 6789 12345 12345 6789 6789 Pin A s signment Pin Assignment 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RX 7 RTS 3 TX 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 2 12345.
SMART IP EXTENDER 65 Append ix D: Te chn ical spec ific atio ns Host computer - Operating sy stems Novel, Linux , Windows 98, M E, 2000, XP and l ater Client computer - Operating sy stems Windows 98 , ME, 2000, XP an d later, Linux .
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