Minicom Advanced Systems Smart 108 IP Guia do Utilizador

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USER GUIDE 9 2. Pre-installation guidelines Prepare a list of all KVM.net II system components. You will need this information to configure the system

USER GUIDE 99 Access to the Target works according to the type of service accessed and according to the parameters as configured in section 10 on pag

KVM.NET ® II 100 13. Accessing the system as a User Once the Administrator has set up and configured the KVM.net II system, Users can access the syste

USER GUIDE 101 Remote Active Session – A user is currently connected. (He can be disconnected by an administrator. The disconnected user will be notif

KVM.NET ® II 102 To access the Target: Click the icon in the More Access Services column on the Access page. Access to the Target works according to

USER GUIDE 103 14. Accessing an IP device directly If the KVM.net II system is down e.g. for maintenance, the availability of each IP device remains.

KVM.NET ® II 104 15. Maintenance of the system Maintenance includes the following: • Backup & Restore • Restore Settings • Firmware Upgrade •

USER GUIDE 105 Destination path - enter the remote computer name and shared folder or its IP address and shared folder using the following path syntax

KVM.NET ® II 106 4. Click . After the process finishes, you are logged out from the KVM.net II web interface, login again. KVM.net II system is ready

USER GUIDE 107 15.3 Firmware upgrade Periodically Minicom releases firmware upgrades for its IP devices and the KVM.net II Manager. These upgrades can

KVM.NET ® II 108 15.4 Replication You can add a secondary KVM.net II Manager unit to the system. The primary unit then replicates all data to the seco

KVM.NET ® II 10 2.1 Access services details Besides the Minicom KVM/IP devices mentioned above, you can connect to Targets via the following Access se

USER GUIDE 109 5. Select Secondary Unit. A field for the IP address of the primary unit appears. 6. Type the primary unit IP address. 7. Click . The

KVM.NET ® II 110 5. Change the IP address to match the original primary unit’s IP address (The IP address to which all IP devices are pointing). Do th

USER GUIDE 111 4. On the original secondary unit, login to the KVM.net II Manager Web interface and configure it to be the primary unit as explained a

KVM.NET ® II 112 15.5 Event log You can view an event log of all system activity. To do so: 1. From the Settings/Maintenance menu, click Event Log. Th

USER GUIDE 113 15.5.2 Access, System or Configuration tabs For convenience, use the Access, System or Configuration tabs to see events in one of these

KVM.NET ® II 114 16. Unit Maintenance From the Settings/Maintenance menu, click Unit Maintenance, Figure 102 appears. Here you set: • Server date and

USER GUIDE 115 16.3 Power Control tab Click the Power Control tab, the following appears. Figure 104 Power Control tab For maintenance purposes: To s

KVM.NET ® II 116 17. About Click at the top of the page, the About page appears, see Figure 105. This contains information about the version of the:

USER GUIDE 117 18. General troubleshooting A) An IP device is not responding 1. Confirm that the unit is powered on and its network cable is connecte

KVM.NET ® II 118 E) The Video is distorted when controlling a Target 1. Push the ‘Auto Video Adjust’ button in the Client video settings. 2. Confirm t

USER GUIDE 11 3. Understanding the system – an overview The figure below shows a typical KVM.net II application. Figure 3 KVM.net II typical applica

USER GUIDE 119 K) I am unable to see the KVM.net II web interface without error messages appearing For added security, a Safenet Sentinel Security key

KVM.NET ® II 120 19. Technical Specifications KVM.net II Manager Form factor KVM.net II Manager 1U rack mountable Dimensions Height - 4.2 cm (1.67 i

USER GUIDE 121 19.1 WEEE compliance WEEE Information for Minicom Customers and Recyclers Under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Di

KVM.NET ® II 122 20. Appendix A – PX details * Only needed when not defaultPXIdentifying Name -e.g.by location___________MAC address______________Iden

USER GUIDE 123 20.1 KVM/IP device details IP deviceIdentifying Name -e.g.by location___________MAC address______________Switch type___________Number o

KVM.NET ® II 124 Regional Offices Germany Kiel Tel: + 49 431 668 7933 [email protected] France Vincennes Tel: + 33 1 49 57 00 00 info.france@

KVM.NET ® II 12 A User can be a full User or just View only. These permission types are explained fully in section 9.3. In the example below 4 users

USER GUIDE 13 Dell#1Target serversDell#2Dell#3Dell#4 Figure 6 Created Targets 3.4 Forming Targets into sets Targets can be formed into sets. You can f

KVM.NET ® II 14 This means that: • The Finance Group has access rights to Target Set - Finance. • Any user added to the Finance Group will automatic

USER GUIDE 15 Besides the Minicom KVM/IP devices, you can connect to Targets via the following Access services through KVM.net II: • Minicom’s PX Ser

KVM.NET ® II 16 4. Setting up the system Set up the Minicom IP device systems according to their User Guide instructions. In order to be managed by KV

USER GUIDE 17 4.2 KVM.net II Manager’s default IP address Each KVM.net II Manager unit comes with the following default values: IP address - 192.168.1

KVM.NET ® II 18 5. Displaying the KVM.net II web interface To display the Web interface: 1. Open your Web browser (Internet Explorer version 6.0 or h

USER GUIDE 1 About this User Guide This User Guide provides installation and operation instructions for the KVM.net II Manager system produced by Min

USER GUIDE 19 Menu sectionIP device typeNew devices identified with their MAC addressOnce devices are identified by a name they appear here Figure 12

KVM.NET ® II 20 This Guide explains the menu sections from the point of view of first setting up the system and then operating it. So the guide expla

USER GUIDE 21 6. Creating users There are two possible methods of inputting users into the system. When using local authentication (see page 50) users

KVM.NET ® II 22 • Permission Level – Administrator or User. You can sort the users out in Permission Level order - Administrators then Users or Users

USER GUIDE 23 To add a User to an existing User Group or Groups: 1. Press the Users Group tab, Figure 16 appears. All existing Groups appear in the Al

KVM.NET ® II 24 To choose which Targets / Target Sets the user will have access to: 1. Press the Access Permissions tab. The following appears. Select

USER GUIDE 25 Number of users in the system Figure 18 Users in the system By clicking a user name, an Administrator can access the General, User Group

KVM.NET ® II 26 Users that are members of this Group appear hereAll users in the system appear here Figure 19 New User Group - Members tab 2. Name: T

USER GUIDE 27 6.5.1 Access Permissions tab Click the Access Permissions tab, Figure 20 appears. Select from the All Targets and All Target Sets lists

KVM.NET ® II 28 6.5.2 Allowed Services tab Click the Allowed Services tab. The following appears. Figure 21 Allowed Services tab Here you assign Acce

KVM.NET ® II 2 Table of Contents 1. Introduction...6

USER GUIDE 29 User GroupsIcons of access services allowed appear here Figure 22 User Groups page 6.5.4 Deleting a User Group To delete a Group: 1. On

KVM.NET ® II 30 7. Configuring Targets You must input the details of all the Targets physically connected to the system’s IP devices / KVM switches. T

USER GUIDE 31 • Target Sets – The Target Sets this Target is a member of. • Description - optional description of the Target. 2. From the toolbar, c

KVM.NET ® II 32 7.1.1 Default access service You can set any of the access services to be the default service. This means that the service will be use

USER GUIDE 33 Figure 27 KVM/IP Device / Port number To remove an assigned Target from an IP device/ KVM switch port click . The assignment is removed

KVM.NET ® II 34 Target sets that this Target is a member of appear hereAll Target sets created in the system appear here Figure 28 Target Sets 2. From

USER GUIDE 35 Unselect the User/Group checkbox from the relevant list. 7.4 Saving the Target Click . The Target details are now in the system. Repeat

KVM.NET ® II 36 3. Description – Type a description. 4. From the All Targets list, select the checkboxes of the Targets you want to add to the Targe

USER GUIDE 37 and also on the Target sets page, from the menu select Targets/Target Sets, see Figure 32. Figure 32 Target sets page To see all the T

KVM.NET ® II 38 8. Management / Devices The web interface opens at the Devices page, see Figure 34. The New Devices section automatically displays all

USER GUIDE 3 7.1.2 Minicom KVM/IP...32 7.2 Target Sets tab...

USER GUIDE 39 Warning – Problem with the device. See the Devices page on page 39 for more information. Uploading – Device is receiving new firmware fr

KVM.NET ® II 40 Name - You must assign a unique name to each IP device before associating connected Targets or KVM switches. Type a name for the devic

USER GUIDE 41 Custom Custom gives you the option to manually choose both the compression and colors. 8.2.3 Mouse Select the appropriate values accor

KVM.NET ® II 42 8.3 KVM Ports tab In the KVM Ports tab you: • Associate the KVM switches in the system to the relevant IP device • Associate Targets

USER GUIDE 43 For KVM.net managed select the correct DX configuration with PRT-SCR (and not Ctrl hotkey), as selected in the KVM Switches page. Once t

KVM.NET ® II 44 When there is more than one DXU IP II units or if there are multi-user matrix KVM switches in the system, you must assign the same Tar

USER GUIDE 45 In TCP Ports type three ports (from 800 and up to 65535). By default the port numbers are 900, 901 and 902. These default ports are suit

KVM.NET ® II 46 8.7 Deleting IP devices IP devices can be deleted from the KVM.net II system from the Devices page. To delete IP devices: 1. From the

USER GUIDE 47 9.1 Access services Besides connecting to Minicom KVM/IP devices, you can connect to a variety of both hardware and software external re

KVM.NET ® II 48 9.1.1 Minicom KVM/IP Click Minicom KVM/IP. The Minicom KVM/IP settings appear, see Figure 43. Figure 43 Minicom KVM/IP settings The d

KVM.NET ® II 4 10.1.6 SSH...65 10.1.7 VNC...

USER GUIDE 49 9.2 KVM switches Configuring KVM switches is relevant when there are KVM switches connected to IP devices in the system or when there ar

KVM.NET ® II 50 2. From the list, select the KVM switch brands and models physically connected to your IP devices. When there are Smart 116 IP units i

USER GUIDE 51 To set these options: From the Application menu select Account Policy. The Account policy page appears, see Figure 45. Figure 45 Accoun

KVM.NET ® II 52 None: You can write any character (except the “special” characters: &, <, >, ”,) and any number of characters for the passwo

USER GUIDE 53 Only the “admin” account remains as a “backdoor” account. This user has KVM.net II local access. Admin account is allowed to manage KVM.

KVM.NET ® II 54 Base DN – here you define the base object where the search for users begins. The search is performed only on this object and the objec

USER GUIDE 55 Imported users appear here Imported user groups appear here All LDAP users and groups appear here. Groups can be expanded to select just

KVM.NET ® II 56 Figure 49 Users (LDAP mode) After importing Users, you must assign their permissions - Administrator, User, or View only. How to assi

USER GUIDE 57 Figure 50 Purge window 9.3.2.6 Operating KVM.net II in External Authentication mode In External Authentication (LDAP) Mode, KVM.net II

KVM.NET ® II 58 Figure 51 Global Settings 9.4.1 KVM.net II / KVM/IP Session Idle timeout Select the number of minutes of non-activity, after which t

USER GUIDE 5 13.3.3 Changing the password...102 14. Accessing an IP device

USER GUIDE 59 Items Per Page Select the maximum number of items – Targets, Groups etc – to appear on one page. When this number is reached additional

KVM.NET ® II 60 10. Configuring Access Services – introduction Each Access Service comes with a default settings template. The template values can be

USER GUIDE 61 The following variables in the application path can be used: • %ProgramFiles% - Program Files folder • %SystemRoot%\ - Windows folder

KVM.NET ® II 62 10.1.3 Web Click Web. The Web settings appear, see Figure 54. Figure 54 Web Target Description: - Default description. Set the URL fo

USER GUIDE 63 In SSH mode, the port number is 22 (default). Web mode Web mode uses a remote console with power management options. In Web mode there i

KVM.NET ® II 64 10.1.5 RDP Click RDP. The following are the default settings for RDP. Figure 57 RDP– Web mode Description: - Description of the acces

USER GUIDE 65 Figure 58 RDP – RDP Client mode RDP Client mode uses an RDP console server. From Windows XP onwards the executable application - mstsc.

KVM.NET ® II 66 PuTTy Application Path: - PuTTy application must be installed on all client computers, preferably in the same path. In the default pat

USER GUIDE 67 Application / VNC Application Path / Port – these fields are only relevant in VNC Client mode. The difference between VNC Client and Web

KVM.NET ® II 68 Figure 61 RDP – Web mode In Web mode there is only manual login. 10.1.8 Telnet Click Telnet. The following are the default settings f

KVM.NET ® II 6 1. Introduction KVM.net II is a robust central management appliance that provides reliable and secure management of KVM IP devices. KV

USER GUIDE 69 10.1.9 VMware Server Click VMware Server. The following are the default settings for VMware Server. Figure 63 VMware Server Description

KVM.NET ® II 70 Password. KVM.net II logs into VMware Server using this User Name and Password. 10.1.10 New Access Services You can add other access s

USER GUIDE 71 URL – If the Access service resource can be reached via a web browser, type the URL here: HTTP or HTTPS etc. You may incorporate variabl

KVM.NET ® II 72 11. Configuring Access services for individual Targets As explained in section 10, the Access service default values are set globally

USER GUIDE 73 Figure 66 Minicom PX Serial settings Description: - Description of the access service - Minicom PX Serial. Application: PuTTy.exe. This

KVM.NET ® II 74 11.2.2 ILO From the All Services list, select the ILO checkbox. ILO appears in the Active Services list. Click ILO. The ILO settings a

USER GUIDE 75 Web mode Web mode uses a remote console with power management options. In Web mode there is no need for an executable application. Figur

KVM.NET ® II 76 Figure 70 RDP– Web mode Description: - Description of the access service - RDP. URL/Host: - Type the URL/Host of the Target server. M

USER GUIDE 77 RDP Client mode uses an RDP console server. From Windows XP onwards the executable application - mstsc.exe - comes as part of the operat

KVM.NET ® II 78 Description: - Description of the access service - SSH. Application - PuTTy.exe is the application used for SSH access. The PuTTy appl

USER GUIDE 7 Virtual Media - Virtual Media is a very useful tool for those who need to manage large numbers of computers such as commercial IT data ce

USER GUIDE 79 Figure 73 VNC - VNC Client Description: - Description of the access service - VNC. Application / VNC Application Path / Port – these fi

KVM.NET ® II 80 Login Method: • Prompt for Credentials – this means the VNC login appears and you login manually. • Use KVM.net Credentials – this

USER GUIDE 81 Description: - Description of the Access service - Telnet. Application - PuTTy.exe is the application used for Telnet access. The PuTTy

KVM.NET ® II 82 Application Path: - VMware Server console must be installed on all local computers, preferably in the same path. In the default path %

USER GUIDE 83 12. Accessing Targets - Administrator For an Administrator to access a Target: From the menu, select Access. The Access page appears sho

KVM.NET ® II 84 Remote Active Session – A user is currently connected. (He can be disconnected by an administrator. The disconnected user will be noti

USER GUIDE 85 On the remote console you have the following: Target name - The currently accessed server identity can be checked by looking at the Serv

KVM.NET ® II 86 Or Press F9. To display the Toolbar repeat the above action. See also page 95. 12.2.3 Switching to a different server There are 2 met

USER GUIDE 87 Figure 80 Settings.. Dialog box Bandwidth Choose from the following options Adaptive – automatically adapts to the best compression and

KVM.NET ® II 88 12.2.5.1 Refresh Select Refresh to refresh the Video image. Refresh may be needed when changing the display attributes of a Target. 1

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USER GUIDE 89 Select Filter - defines the filter of the input video from the server. A higher filter reduces the noise level but makes the image heavi

KVM.NET ® II 90 To record a key sequence: 1. From the Special Key Manager box press Record New. The Add Special Key Dialog box appears, see Figure 83.

USER GUIDE 91 Warning Adjust the video of the Target, (explained above) otherwise the mice may not be synchronized. 12.2.7.1 Aligning the mouse pointe

KVM.NET ® II 92 Figure 85 Mouse Settings (USB) box 1. From the drop down menu, select the Target’s Operating system. Instructions and sliders appear.

USER GUIDE 93 Novell, SCO UNIX or SUN Solaris you must synchronize the mouse pointers manually. To manually synchronize mouse pointers: 1. From the T

KVM.NET ® II 94 Advanced – Mouse Emulation In the Advanced Mouse settings, you can set the type of mouse that you would like the KVM/IP device to emul

USER GUIDE 95 Figure 88 Client Configuration dialog box Pointer type – From the Drop-down list you can change the Client computer mouse pointer to ap

KVM.NET ® II 96 Figure 89 Virtual Media 2. Select the device to be mounted and click Mount. A Remote Device Warning appears, see below. Figure 90 Re

USER GUIDE 97 12.2.8.2 Things to know during operation of the Virtual Media Because Virtual Media emulates USB 1.1 over a TCP connection it has a numb

KVM.NET ® II 98 12.2.9 Full screen mode Work on the Target as if you are working on a local computer, with full screen mode. To work in full screen mo