Manuel d'utilisation / d'entretien du produit Smart IP Extender du fabricant Minicom
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SMART IP EXTENDER 1 Table of Contents 1. Welcome....................................................................................................................... 4 2. Introduction .................................................................
USER GUIDE 2 40. Po w er Control ............................................................................................................ 27 41. Key board & Mouse Settings .......................................................................
SMART IP EXTENDER 3 82. A ccess via Telnet ...................................................................................................... 57 83. Telnet serv er commands ..........................................................................
USER GUIDE 4 1. Wel come The Sm art IP Extender syst em is produced by Minico m Advanced System s Limited. Technical precau tions This equipm ent gene rates radio frequency energy and if not installed i n accordanc e with the m anufacture r’s instruc tions, m ay cause rad io frequency interfer ence.
SMART IP EXTENDER 5 2. Intr oduction The Sm art IP Extender (IP Extender) f r om Minicom Advanced System s redirect s local k eyboard, m ouse and v ideo data to a rem ote compute r. All data is transm itted via I P. IP Extende r features, rem ote KVM access and control via a LAN or In ternet connection.
USER GUIDE 6 IP N etwork Smart IP Extenders Administrators KVM Mat rix switc h MINI C O M Activi ty SM ART IP Ex ten de r Syste m OK MINI C O M Activi ty SM ART IP Ex ten de r Syste m OK MINI C O M Activi ty SM ART IP Ex ten de r Syste m OK MIN IC O M Activity SMA RT IP Ext en de r Syst em OK Figure 2 Multiple users/servers 3.
SMART IP EXTENDER 7 IPMI Versi on 1.5 - defines a se rial c onnect ion to access ce rtain sy stem param eters and perfo rm sy stem actions lik e powering down o r a hard r eset.
USER GUIDE 8 The table below explains the funct ions of the fron t panel LEDs. LED Function Activity LED blinks when Ne twork connecti on is fu nctioning System OK LED solid when I P Link system connected and func tioning 8. The IP E xtend er rea r panel po rts The fig ure below illustra tes the port s on the I P Extende r .
SMART IP EXTENDER 9 Serial 2 port The Seria l 2 port supports the ex ternal power option. Ethern et Connects the I P Extender t o an Ethern et network . 9. Pre-installation inst ructions Place cab les away from fluorescen t lights, a ir cond itioners and othe r machine s tha t are lik ely to gene rate elec trical n oise.
USER GUIDE 10 S D P 110 Smart IP E xtend er 3i n1C P Uc a b l e Com puter POW ER www.m inicom.c om I 0 SERI AL 2 SERI AL 1 USE R COMPUT ER ETHE RNET RST 100-240 VAC 50 /60 Hz Figure 5 IP Extender con nections to a c omputer S D P11 0 Sma rt IP Extender Comp uter ra ck ProLi a n t DL 3 60 9.
SMART IP EXTENDER 11 11. Connecting the Power management options Figure 7 g ives an overv i ew of th e three Power m anagem ent options. Server KVM IPM I IPMI ve rsi o n 1.
USER GUIDE 12 13. Connecting the Extern al Reset/Powe r Option Refer to the Po wer Sw itch guide to conne ct this to one of the serial ports. To da te supported options are: • Minicom Power switch • Avocent—SPC 1 800 /1600 • Sentry I n-Line Power Mo dule 14.
SMART IP EXTENDER 13 18. Configuring the system The I P Extender's comm unication interface s are based on TCP/I P, and it com es config ured with the v alues l isted below . • DHC P - activ e • IP addres s - 192.168.0.220 • Net m ask - 255.
USER GUIDE 14 Figure 8 C onnect T o box Figure 9 COM 1 P roperties box 4. Set the po rt sett ings to the follow ing v alues: • Bits/se c ond - 115200 • Data bits - 8 • Parity - None • Stop bits - 1 • Flow Control - None 5. Click OK. The Hypert erminal appea rs.
SMART IP EXTENDER 15 6. Press Enter . Some dev ice informatio n and a prom pt appear. 7. Type config and pres s Enter . Configuration q uestions appear. DHCP must be disabled . You can chang e the I P address, net m ask and defa ult gateway. Pressi ng Enter without ente ring val ues keeps the d efault value s.
USER GUIDE 16 Check the co rrect se tting by moving the m ouse of your adm inistration sy stem to t he upper le ft corner o f the Rem ote Console and m oving it there sl ightly fo rth and ba ck. This will force mouse sy nchroniza tion in tha t corne r of th e screen.
SMART IP EXTENDER 17 We recom mend the followi ng browsers for an unse cured connec tion: • Microso f t I nternet Explorer version 5.0 or higher with Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP • Netscape Nav i gato r 7.
USER GUIDE 18 Menu Wo r k a r ea Figure 12 T he IP Extender H ome page 25. Ti meout After ha lf an hour of non- activity the sy stem autom atical ly log s out. Click ing anyw here on the screen will le ad back to the Log in screen. 26. The Work area The Wo rk area has a short summ ar y about your I P Extender.
SMART IP EXTENDER 19 27. Remote Consol e From the m enu click Show Remote Console . The rem ote console appea rs. See Figure 13. Informa t ion bar Control buttons Computer bu ttons Figure 13 T he remote console You can work on it with th e keyboard and m ouse.
USER GUIDE 20 I n case I P Extender is conn ected to your local network env i ronm ent and y our connection t o the I nternet i s av ailable using a proxy serv er only without NA T being config ured, the Remote Co nsole is v ery unlikely to be able to establish the accord ing connection.
SMART IP EXTENDER 21 Mouse handling - The subm enu for mouse hand ling offe rs two option s for synchroniz i ng th e host and the client mouse pointe r - expla ined on page 23. The option fo r 'Fast Sy nc' shows the hotk ey if you de fined one using the Rem ote Console Sett ings.
USER GUIDE 22 All m essages a re broadcast to ALL connected u sers. There is n o option to d irect a m essage to a pa rticular use r only. Ther e is no messag e history, so m essages can on ly be receiv ed after open ing the Rem ote Console. 31. The Video settings From the Options m enu choose Video Se tting s .
SMART IP EXTENDER 23 - Resets mode to factory defaults. - Resets all m odes to facto ry defaults. - Saves changes. - Undoes changes tha t have not y et been saved. 32. Video S ett ings a ccess I n the User/G roup Permissi ons section on pag e 36, it e xplains how to set access levels for all param eters inc l uding Video Sett ings acces s.
USER GUIDE 24 4. Active Desk top. Disable it. Or do not use a p lain back ground, use a wal lpaper. 35. Single mouse mode The information above a pplies to the Double Mouse Mode, where remote a nd host mouse pointers are visible and need to be s y n chronized.
SMART IP EXTENDER 25 Automa tic Detect ion - Th e encoding and the compres sion level is dete rm ined autom atical ly from the avai lable ba ndwidth and th e current content of th e video im age. Normal - Best sui ted fo r many paralle l users in a LAN env ironment.
USER GUIDE 26 Remote Console Button Keys - Button Keys sim ulate keystrok es on the rem ote system that canno t be gene rated loc ally . For exam ple `Contro l + Alt + Delete' on Windows and D OS or `Contro l + Backspace' on Linux. Defin e a new Bu tton Key as fo llows: Type th e requi red key s e.
SMART IP EXTENDER 27 Afte r readi ng all ent ries, S mart 16 I P displays th em with the ir tim e, sensor and descrip tion in acc ordance with the filter s ettings. You hav e the choice b etween several pre-setting s (i.e. las t day, last we ek) or an exa ct dec l ara tion of the start an d the end da te.
USER GUIDE 28 Powe r (sho rt pres s) - A short pre ss on the AT X butt on is n ormally caught by the running operating sy stem that tries to initiate a co ntrolled shut down. Do this to switch of f the sy stem. I f this does not work try the lon g press butto n.
SMART IP EXTENDER 29 The elem ents of the Key board & Mouse S ettings are e xplained below. Targeted KV M port 1. Choose the po rt to which a KVM switch is con nected. 2. Press to display the curre nt values f or the sel ected KVM port. Withou t pressing alte rations wi ll NO T be made to th e chosen port.
USER GUIDE 30 42. KVM Setti ngs Adjus t the se ttings fo r the KVM sw itches conn ecting the I P Extender t o the host com puters. From the IP Extender menu choose KVM S ettings. The IP Extende r KVM setting s appear. See Fig ure 19. Figure 19 K VM Settings The elem ents of th e KVM Settings are exp lained be low.
SMART IP EXTENDER 31 Figure 20 K VM Port Set ti ngs 43. KVM Port Settings 1. Assign nam es for each por t. 2. Defin e hotk eys to swi tch to each port. Choose either Minicom default hotkey s by select ing M i nicom KVM-Switch in the Default configuration box, and then c l ick the Set Def ault s button.
USER GUIDE 32 Show in con sole – check this op tion to have a butto n appear on t he top o f the Rem ote console. Cl ick th e button to switch to that com puter. 44. Vi deo Settings From the I P Extender Menu choos e Video Setting s. The Video se ttings appear.
SMART IP EXTENDER 33 Click Add Cus t om Video Modes. The Custom Video Modes window appears, see Figure 22. Note! This option m ay affe ct the corr ect v ideo transm ission and is for advanced users on ly. The m aximum num ber of custom video resolu tions is 4.
USER GUIDE 34 Desc ri ptio n Give th e m ode a nam e. The nam e appears in the Rem ote Console wh en the cust om mode is ac tivated. 49. User/Group Management From the I P Extender Men u choose User/Group Managem ent. The User/G roup Managem ent setting s appear.
SMART IP EXTENDER 35 54. Email addres s /Mobile num ber These are optiona l. 55. G roup memb ersh ip/Memb er of/ Not Member of Each user can be a mem ber of one or m ore groups and inherit th e rig hts of t hat group. Use th e arrows to ad d or remov e a user from a group.
USER GUIDE 36 61. Copy Use r To copy an exis ting user’s properties to a new u ser: 1. Select a user in th e Existing user D rop-down lis t. 2. Enter a new u ser nam e in the New user nam e box. 3. Click the Copy User butt on. All p roperties of the selec ted user will be copie d to the new one, excep t user sp ecific perm issions.
SMART IP EXTENDER 37 Figure 24 User/Gr oup Per m issions Each user o r group has a set of access rig hts to the IP Extend er functions. T he us er ' super' alway s has unalterab le full acces s rights. A new ly create d user has t he access rights o f all grou ps he belo ngs to.
USER GUIDE 38 Using a funct i on. allow access means y ou can use it. deny acces s m eans you cannot use it. Group settin g – Use the ac cess rig hts inher ited from the group(s), the user belong s to. 3. Select the des ired permiss ion. 4. T o add the right, click Add .
SMART IP EXTENDER 39 IP auto config uration Choose betwee n the 3 optio ns. None – no IP auto config uration. I n this case ty pe a static I P address in t he appropri ate setting s below.
USER GUIDE 40 Remote C onsole & HT TPS port Port num ber at which I P Extender' s Remote Console se rver and H TTPS serv er are listen ing. If em pty the defa ult valu e is used. HTTP port Port num ber at which I P Extender' s HTT P serv er is listening .
SMART IP EXTENDER 41 IP Extende r is reachabl e via the I P address of t he DSL router, wh ich is dy namical ly assigned by the prov ider. Since the adm inistra tor doesn' t know the I P address assigned by the prov ider, IP Extend er conne cts to a specia l dynamic DNS serv er in regular interv als and regis ters its I P address the re.
USER GUIDE 42 Check in terval - I nterval fo r repor ting again to the Dynam i c DNS server by IP Extender. IP Extende r has its own ind ependent rea l tim e clock.
SMART IP EXTENDER 43 71. Se rial Port Se ttings From the I P Extender Menu choos e Serial Port S etting s. The Seri al Port Setting s appear. See Fig ure 28. Figure 28 Serial Port Settings I n the IP Extender Serial Setting s specify th e devices c onnected to the two Seria l ports.
USER GUIDE 44 Modem Client IP address - This address is as signed t o your console com puter during the PPP ha ndshake. Since it is a point-to- point IP connect ion virtually ever y IP addres s is possib le but e nsure, it is no t interfe ring with the IP setting s of I P Extender and your conso le computer.
SMART IP EXTENDER 45 Intell igent Power Modu le - External m odule opt ion to switch power of a sing le system by putting it in the pow er supply l i ne of th e contro lled syst em . ePowerS witch 4 port- Us ing this sw itch, switc h power for m ore than one sy stem connected to I P Extender through a KVM swi tch.
USER GUIDE 46 For ce - T ries to m ake an en crypted conne ction. SSL Certific ate Management IP Extende r uses the SSL ( Secure Socket L ayer) proto col for any encrypted ne twork traffic b etween itsel f and a connected clien t. When con necting , IP Extender reveals its ide ntity to a client u sing a cryptog r aphic certifica te.
SMART IP EXTENDER 47 Challenge Pas sword / Confirm - Som e certifica tion au thorities require a ch allenge password to authoriz e later changes on the certifi cate. The m inimum is 4 characte rs. Email - Of a security contact pe rson that is respons ible for I P Extender.
USER GUIDE 48 Num bers attached to an IP addre ss with a ` / ' is the n um ber of valid bit s that are used for the g iven IP address. Exam ples: 192.168.0.22 or 192.168.0. 22/32 matches the IP Addre ss 192.168.0.22 192.168.0.0/24 m atches al l IP pack ets with so urce addresse s from 192.
SMART IP EXTENDER 49 73. SNMP Setti ngs The fo llowing inform ation is av ailable v ia SN MP: • Serial n umber • Firm ware version • MAC addr ess / IP address / Netm ask / Gatew ay of LAN interf.
USER GUIDE 50 Figure 32 SNMP settings You can chang e the foll owing param eters: Enable SNMP Agent - When checked, I P Extender w ill answ er t o SNMP requests. I f a community is blank, y ou cannot perf orm the reque st. E.g. if y ou want to disab le the poss ibility to rese t IP Extend er via SNMP, don' t set a writ e com munity.
SMART IP EXTENDER 51 Trap des tinations En ter IP addr esses, t o which th e tr aps will be sent. F or every I P address, set an acco rding comm unity so that y our man agement clien t can iden tify the SNMP traps. Afte r m aking the entr ies cl ick .
USER GUIDE 52 IPMI over S erial - I f your host system suppor ts IPMI V1.5 and has an I ntel EMP (Em ergency Managem ent Port, usua lly COM2) conn ector, you c an connec t IPMI through s erial port 1 on IP Extender. P lease note : • Set the E MP port to Alway s enable and switch of f the Restric t ed Mod e.
SMART IP EXTENDER 53 Type o f external LD AP Server - Set the ty pe of the ex ternal LDA P server. Th is i s necessa ry since som e server ty pes requir e special h andling. A l so the default valu es for the LDAP s c hem a are s e t approp riately. Choose between Generic LDAP Se rver, Novell Dir ectory Servic e and Micro soft Active Dir ectory .
USER GUIDE 54 After a sm ooth uplo ad the Update Firm ware pane l appears showi ng the cu rrent firm ware vers ion number a nd the uploaded firmware v ersion number.
SMART IP EXTENDER 55 Figure 37 The Direct Connections Links page 3. I n the IP address colum n, type IP address es of th e other M inicom IP units. For u p to 16 ent r ies p ress . 4. I n the Device Nam e column type a de scription. 5. Click Apply . On the Hom e page Moni tor icons rep resenting the dire ct conne ction IP units appear.
USER GUIDE 56 Note! I f the state of o ne dev ice changes, the r e may be a delay of som e seconds un til icon colo rs refle ct the tr ue situ ation espec i ally where th e network link of this devic e is going down. To connect to an I P unit: Click the desired icon on the Hom e page.
SMART IP EXTENDER 57 82. Acces s via Telnet Connect v i a a standard Telnet cli ent us ing I P Extender’s Te lnet se rver. Use it for passthro ugh access to a device conne cted to se rial port 1. Connect any seri al device, which o ffers te rm inal access v ia its serial port and ac cess i t using the Telnet interf ace.
USER GUIDE 58 Freq u ently Aske d Qu est ion s Q 1: The cl ient mouse does n't work or is not synchron ized. A: Ensure t he I P Extender m ouse settings m atch the m ouse model. Also s ee page 23 Q 2: Bad video quali ty or g rainy picture A: Use the b r ightn ess and contr ast se tting s - see page 22.
SMART IP EXTENDER 59 Gl ossar y of t erms ACPI - A specification tha t enab les the operat i ng sy stem to im plement power m anagem ent and system configura tion. ATX - Advanced T echnolo gy Extended: A part icular speci fication of a m otherboard introduced by Intel in 1 995.
USER GUIDE 60 Ap pendi x A: I P Ex tende r Vide o mode s The I P Extender support s the fo llowing v i deo modes. Do not us e other custom video setting s.
SMART IP EXTENDER 61 Append ix B: Key c odes Figure 40 illustrate s the key s on a sta ndard 104 key PC key board with a US Englis h languag e mapping . T hese k eys are u sed to defi ne key strokes or ho tkey s for severa l IP Extende r functions. T he k eys may not rep r esent k eys used on in terna t iona l key boards.
USER GUIDE 62 Key Key code Alternati ve Psc PRINTSCREEN Sc rl S C R OLL_ LOC K Brk BREAK Ins IN S E R T Pos1 HOME Pup PAGE_UP Del DELETE Pdn PAGE_DOW N UP LE FT DOWN RI GHT The numeric al ke ypad code.
SMART IP EXTENDER 63 Append ix 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 Conne ctor 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 Conne ctor 2 1.
SMART IP EXTENDER 65 App end ix D: T ech nic al sp ec if icat io ns Host computer - Operating sy stems Novel, Lin ux, W indow s 98, ME, 2000 , XP and later Client computer - Operating sy stems W indow s 98, M E, 2000, XP an d later, Li nux.
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Un point important après l'achat de l'appareil (ou même avant l'achat) est de lire le manuel d'utilisation. Nous devons le faire pour quelques raisons simples:
Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Minicom Smart IP Extender c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du Minicom Smart IP Extender - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Minicom Smart IP Extender, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Minicom Smart IP Extender va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Minicom Smart IP Extender, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du Minicom Smart IP Extender.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le Minicom Smart IP Extender. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Minicom Smart IP Extender ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
