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FCC, CE Information
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION INTERFERENCE STATEMENT: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
CE Warning: This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
RoHS
This product is RoHS compliant.
SJ/T 11364-2006
The following contains information that relates to China.
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There is a risk of explosion if the battery is replaced with an
incorrect type. Dispose of used batteries according to the relevant instructions.
User Information
Online Registration
Be sure to register your product at our online support center:
International http://eservice.aten.com
Telephone Support
For telephone support, call this number:
International 886-2-8692-6959
China 86-10-5255-0110
Japan 81-3-5615-5811
Korea 82-2-467-6789
North America 1-888-999-ATEN ext 4988
United Kingdom 44-8-4481-58923
User Notice
All information, documentation, and specifications contained in this manual are subject to change without prior notification by the manufacturer. The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties as to merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any of the manufacturer's software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is. Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not the manufacturer, its distributor, or its dealer), assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software.
The manufacturer of this system is not responsible for any radio and/or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this device. It is the responsibility of the user to correct such interference.
The manufacturer is not responsible for any damage incurred in the operation of this system if the correct operational voltage setting was not selected prior to operation. PLEASE VERIFY THAT THE VOLTAGE SETTING IS CORRECT BEFORE USE.
Battery Safety Notice
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Copyright © 2013 ATEN® International Co., Ltd.
F/W Version: v1.0.073
Manual Date: 2013-10-29
Altusen and the Altusen logo are registered trademarks of ATEN International Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
All other brand names and trademarks are the registered property of their respective owners.
Package Contents
The KVM Over the NET™ switch package consists of:
1 KN1108v / KN1116v KVM Over the NET™ switch
5 SA0142 Serial Adapters (RJ45-F to DB9-M; DTE to DCE)
2Power Cords
1 Rack Mount Kit
1 Foot Pad Set (4 pcs.)
1 User Instructions*
Check to make sure that all of the components are present and in good order. If anything is missing, or was damaged in shipping, contact your dealer.
Read this manual thoroughly and follow the installation and operation procedures carefully to prevent any damage to the switch or to any other devices on the installation.
* Features may have been added since this manual was published. Please visit
our website to download the most up-to-date version of the manual.
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Contents
FCC, CE Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
SJ/T 11364-2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
User Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii
Online Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii
Telephone Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii
User Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii
Battery Safety Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii
Package Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiii
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiv
Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Product Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Chapter 1.
Introduction
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Ease-to-Use Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Advanced Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Virtual Remote Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
V-Series Exclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Remote User Computers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
KVM Adapter Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
KN1108v Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
KN1116v Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
KN1108v Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
KN1116v Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2.
Hardware Setup
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Stacking and Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Stacking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rack Mounting - Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Rack Mounting - Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Single Stage Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Single Stage Installation Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adapter Cable Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adapter Cable Connection Diagram cont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
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Two Stage Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Two Stage Installation Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Hot Plugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
The Adapter ID Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Powering Off and Restarting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Port ID Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Port Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 3.
Super Administrator Setup
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
First Time Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Network Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Changing the Super Administrator Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Moving On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 4.
Logging In
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Local Console Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Browser Login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Windows Client AP Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
The Windows Client AP Connection Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Connecting – Windows Client AP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Java Client AP Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
The Java Client AP Connection Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Connecting – Java Client AP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 5.
The User Interface
The Web Browser Main Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Page Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
The Tab Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Laptop USB Console Main Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The AP GUI Main Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
The Local Console GUI Main Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
The Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
WinClient Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
WinClient Control Panel Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
User Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
System Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Video Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Gamma Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
The Message Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Button Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Message Display Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Compose Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
User List Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Mounting Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
The On-Screen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Changing Languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Selecting Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Expanded Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Mouse Pointer Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Power Over the Net™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Mouse DynaSync Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Automatic Mouse Synchronization (DynaSync). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Mac and Linux Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Manual Mouse Synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Control Panel Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
The Java Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Chapter 6.
Port Access
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Browser GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
AP GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
The Sidebar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
The Sidebar Tree Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Sidebar Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Port/Outlet Naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
KVM Devices and Ports – Connections Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Device Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Port Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Associated Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Power Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
COM Ports – Connections Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
The COM Ports Configuration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Port Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Associated Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Accessing the COM Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
PON Devices – Device Monitor Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
The Main Panel – PON View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Action Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Outlet Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
The Main Panel – Group View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Outlet Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Blade Servers – Connections Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
The Blade Configuration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Associating Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Main Panel Device View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Main Panel Blade View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Unassociating Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
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History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adding a Favorite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Modifying a Favorite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Device Level Browser GUI Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Port Level Browser GUI Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Device Level AP GUI Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Port Level AP GUI Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Saving Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Port Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Device Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Port Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Port Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Associated Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Chapter 7.
User Management
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Browser GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
AP GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Adding Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Modifying User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Deleting User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Creating Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Modifying Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Deleting Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Users and Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Assigning Users to a Group From the User’s Notebook . . . . . . . . . . 137
Removing Users From a Group From the User’s Notebook . . . . . . . 138
Assigning Users to a Group From the Group’s Notebook. . . . . . . . . 139
Removing Users From a Group From the Group’s Notebook. . . . . . 140
Device Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Assigning Device Permissions From the User’s Notebook . . . . . . . . 141
Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Assigning Device Permissions From the Groups’ Notebook. . . . . . . 144
Chapter 8.
Device Management
KVM Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
IP Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Service Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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Network Transfer Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Finishing Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
ANMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Event Destination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
CC Management Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
OOBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Enable Dial Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Enable Dial Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Login Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Login String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Account Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Private Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Certificate Signing Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Date/Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Network Time Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
PON Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Configuration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Outlet Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Blade Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Configuration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Blade Server Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Adding a Blade Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Modifying / Deleting a Blade Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Web Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Chapter 9.
Log
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Browser GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
AP GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Log Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Log Notification Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Chapter 10.
Maintenance
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Browser GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
AP GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Main Firmware Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Firmware Upgrade Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Upgrade Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
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AP GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Upgrade Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Adapter Firmware Info. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Browser GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
AP GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Display Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Update Adapter Display Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Adapter Firmware Upgrade Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Backup/Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Ping Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Clear Port Names:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Restore Default Values: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Reset on exit: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Chapter 11.
Download
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Chapter 12.
Port Operation
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Connecting to a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
The Port Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
The Toolbar Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Toolbar Hotkey Port Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Auto Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Skip Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Recalling the Port Access Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
GUI Hotkey Summary Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Panel Array Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Panel Array Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Multiuser Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Users and Buses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Chapter 13.
The Log Server
Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Starting Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
The Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Configure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Search: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Maintenance:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
The Log Server Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
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The Event Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Appendix
Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Stacking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
International. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Specifications (English). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Technische Daten (Deutsch). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
General Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Web Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
The WinClient ActiveX Viewer and the WinClient AP . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
The Java Applet and Java Client AP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Sun Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Mac Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Redhat Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
The Log Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Panel -Array Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
IP Address Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
The Local Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
IP Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
IPv6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Link Local IPv6 Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Port Forwarding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Keyboard Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Mac Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Sun Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
PPP Modem Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Basic Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Connection Setup Example (Windows XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Internal Serial Interface Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
Switch Level Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Port Level Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Additional Mouse Synchronization Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Windows:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Sun / Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Additional Video Resolution Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Trusted Certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Installing the Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
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Mismatch Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Self-Signed Private Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Importing the Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Clear Login Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Serial Adapter Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Supported KVM Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Supported Power Over the Net™ Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Virtual Media Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
WinClient ActiveX Viewer / WinClient AP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Java Applet Viewer / Java Client AP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Limited Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
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About This Manual
This User Manual is provided to help you get the most from your KVM Over the NET™ switch system. It covers all aspects of installation, configuration and operation. An overview of the information found in the manual is provided below.
Chapter 1, Introduction, introduces you to the KVM Over the NET™ switch. Its purpose, features and benefits are presented, and its front and back panel components are described.
Chapter 2, Hardware Setup, provides step-by-step instructions for setting up your installation, and explains some basic operation procedures.
Chapter 3, Super Administrator Setup, explains the procedures that the super administrator employs to set up the KVM Over the NET™ network environment, and change the default username and password.
Chapter 4, Logging In, describes how to log in to the KVM Over the NET™ switch with each of the available access methods: from a local console; an internet browser; a stand-alone Windows application (AP) program; and a stand-alone Java application (AP) program.
Chapter 5, The User Interface, describes the layout and explains the components of the KVM Over the NET™ switch user interface.
Chapter 6, Port Access, describes the Port Access page and how to configure the options it provides regarding port and power outlet manipulation.
Chapter 7, User Management, shows super administrators and administrators how to create, modify, and delete users and groups, and assign attributes to them.
Chapter 8, Device Management, shows super administrators how to configure and control overall KVM Over the NET™ switch operations.
Chapter 9, Log, explains how to use the log file utility to view events that take place on the KVM Over the NET™ switch.
Chapter 10, Maintenance, explains how to upgrade the KVM Over the NET™ switch firmware, as well as the firmware of the KVM Adapter Cables used to connect its ports to the installed devices.
Chapter 11, Download, describes how to download stand-alone AP versions of the Win Client, the Java Client, the Log Server, and Power Over the Net (PON) programs.
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Chapter 12, Port Operation, provides detailed information on accessing and operating the devices connected to the KVM Over the NET™ switch’s ports.
Chapter 13, The Log Server, explains how to install and configure the Log Server.
An Appendix, at the end of the manual provides technical and troubleshooting information.
Conventions
This manual uses the following conventions:
Monospaced Indicates text that you should key in.
[ ] Indicates keys you should press. For example, [Enter] means
1. Numbered lists represent procedures with sequential steps.
♦ Bullet lists provide information, but do not involve sequential
→ Indicates selecting the option (on a menu or dialog box, for
to press the Enter key. If keys need to be chorded, they appear together in the same bracket with a plus sign between them: [Ctrl+Alt].
steps.
example), that comes next. For example, Start to open the Start menu, and then select Run.
Indicates critical information.
→ Run means
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Terminology
Throughout the manual we make reference to the terms Local and Remote in regard to the operators and equipment deployed in a KVM Over the NET™ switch installation. Depending on the point of view, users and servers can be considered Local under some circumstances, and Remote under others:
Switch’s Point of View
Remote users – We refer to a user as a Remote user when we think of
him as someone who logs into the switch over the net from a location
that is remote from the switch. Local Console – The keyboard mouse and monitor connected directly
to the switch.
Servers – The servers attached to the switch via KVM Adapter Cables.
User’s Point of View
Local client users – We refer to a user as a Local client user when we
think of him as sitting at his computer performing operations on the
servers connected to the switch that is remote from him. Remote servers – We refer to the servers as Remote servers when we
think of them from the Local Client User’s point of view – since,
although they are locally attached to the switch, they are remote from
him.
When we describe the overall system architecture we are usually speaking from the switch’s point of view – in which case the users are considered remote. When we speak about operations users perform via the browser, viewers, and AP programs over the net, we are usually speaking from the user’s point of view – in which case the switch and the servers connected to it are considered remote.
Product Information
For information about all ALTUSEN products and how they can help you connect without limits, visit ALTUSEN on the Web or contact an ALTUSEN Authorized Reseller. Visit ALTUSEN on the Web for a list of locations and telephone numbers:
International http://www.aten.com
North America http://www.aten-usa.com
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Introduction

Overview

The KN1108v / KN1116v is an IP-based KVM control unit, with dual IP / dual power functionality, serial console access, and Virtual Media support, that allows both local and remote operators to monitor and access multiple servers from a single console.
Since the KN1108v / KN1116v uses TCP/IP for its communications protocol, it can be accessed via their IP addresses from anywhere on the LAN, WAN, or Internet – whether the connecting computer is located down the hall, down the street, or half-way around the world. Remote operators can log in via their browser or make use of stand-alone Windows or Java GUI applications. Java allows the switches to work with JRE (Java Runtime Environment) enabled operating systems – ensuring multi-platform operability.
The client software allows operators to exchange keyboard, video and mouse signals with the servers attached to the switches just as if they were present locally and working on the equipment directly. Up to 32 users can share the switch’s buses. A Message Board feature allows them to communicate with each other to facilitate port sharing.
Administrators can handle a multitude of maintenance tasks with ease – from installing and running GUI applications, to BIOS level troubleshooting, routine monitoring, concurrent maintenance, system administration, rebooting and even pre-booting functions.
In addition to TCP/IP connectivity, the KN1108v / KN1116v provides console ports for a locally attached USB or PS/2 console, serial console, and a Laptop USB console (LUC) – allowing access and control from the data center as well as over the Net. Local console operation is easily accomplished either by entering hotkey combinations from the keyboard with a full screen GUI display.
Monitoring the installation’s activities couldn’t be easier. A convenient Auto Scan feature permits automatic switching from port to port at user-specified intervals, while the Panel Array Mode can display the video output of multiple servers at the same time.
The switches feature RJ-45 connectors allowing them to use CAT 5e cable to link to the servers. This space-saving innovation means that a full 8 or 16 port
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switch can be conveniently installed in a 1U system rack, and the installation can take advantage of the internal network wiring built into most modern commercial buildings.
Setup is fast and easy; plugging cables into their appropriate ports is all that is entailed. Because the switch intercepts keyboard input directly, there is no need to get involved in complex software installation routines, or to be concerned with incompatibility problems.
Since the firmware is upgradeable over the Net, you can stay current with the latest functionality improvements simply by downloading firmware updates from our website as they become available.
With its powerful security features, the KVM Over the NET™ switch provides the fastest, most reliable, most cost effective way to remotely access and manage widely distributed multiple server installations.
The KN1108v / KN1116v switches have an Adapter ID function that stores port information like the adapter ID, OS, keyboard language, adapter name, operation modes and more, so that when you move a KVM Adapter Cable from one port to another, the switch recognizes the same adapter cable at the new location. Also, for greater ease of use when moving the adapter cable to another switch, the adapter ID, OS, keyboard language, adapter name, and operation modes of the port stay with the adapter.
The KN1108v / KN1116v switches also support advanced virtual media functions, such as mapping USB DVD/CD/hard drives; and other storage media to a server. Virtual media support allows you to conduct file transfers, installs applications and OS patches, and perform diagnostics remotely. You can upgrade your entire installation from a single remote console located anywhere in the world.
In addition, the KN1108v / KN1116v offers dual IP and dual power supplies so that if one of the IP or power supplies fails, the second automatically takes over. In addition to supporting dual power, the KN1108v / KN1116v guards against power failure from your server room outlets. If your server room has more than one power source, connecting the KN1108v / KN1116v power supplies to different power sources is a wise choice. If one of the server room power supplies loses power, the KN1108v / KN1116v will automatically adjust the power it draws from the second source to keep functioning.
The KN1108v / KN1116v models are also audio enabled. Microphone and speakers are supported on the Local Console for the servers; speakers are supported on the remote users’ computers.
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Features

Hardware

High port density – RJ-45 connectors for up to 8/16 ports in a 1U housingOne bus for remote KVM over IP accessTwo 10/100/1000 Mbps NICs for redundant LAN or dual IP operationDual power supplies provide backup, redundancy and reliabilitySupports PS/2, USB, Sun Legacy (13W3), serial (RS-232) connectivityBlade server supportLocal console provides PS/2 and USB keyboard and mouse supportSupports multiplatform server environments: Windows, Mac, Sun, Linux
and VT100 based serial devices
High video resolution –up to 1600 x 1200 @ 60Hz (40m with KA7xxx
Adapter Cable) / 1920 x 1200* @ 60Hz (30m) for local and remote sessions
Note: 1920 x 1200 (Reduced blanking) only supported by KA7166,
KA7168, KA7169, KA7177, KA7175, and KA7176.
Monitor and control up to 16 servers on a single level, or control up to 256
servers in a two-level cascade.

Management

Up to 64 user accounts – up to 32 users simultaneously share the controlEnd session feature – administrators can terminate running sessionsEvent logging and Windows-based Log Server supportCritical system event notification via SMTP email; SNMP trap; and
Syslog auditing
Firmware upgradeableModem out of band Dial In / Dial Out / Dial Back supportThird party serial accessAdapter IDPort Share Mode allows multiple users to gain access to a server
simultaneously
Integration with ALTUSEN CC2000 Management software
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Power Over the NET™ integration for remote power control, plus support
for 3rd party power distribution units (PDUs)

Ease-to-Use Interface

Local Console, Browser, and AP GUIs offer a unified multilanguage
interface to minimize user training time and increase productivity
Multiplatform client support (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Sun)Multibrowser support (IE, Mozilla, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Netscape)Browser-based UI in pure Web technology allows administrators to
perform administrative tasks without the need for Java to be pre-installed
User can launch multiple Virtual Remote Desktops to control multiple
connected servers from the same login session
Magic PanelFull-screen or sizable and scalable Virtual Remote DesktopPanel Array ModeKeyboard/Mouse broadcast – user keyboard and mouse input can be
duplicated on all the attached servers.

Advanced Security

Remote authentication support: RADIUS, LDAP, LDAPS, and MS Active
Directory
Advanced security features include password protection and advanced
encryption technologies – 1024 bit RSA; 56 bit DES; 256 bit AES; and 128 bit SSL
Flexible encryption design allows users to choose any combination of 56-
bit DES, 168-bit 3DES 256-bit AES, 128-bit RC4, or Random for independent KB/Mouse, video, and virtual media data encryption
Support for IP/MAC FilterSupports strong password protectionConfigurable user and group permissions for server access and controlLocal and remote access logged and authenticatedAutomated CSR creation utilityThird party CA certificate import support
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Virtual Media

Virtual media enables file applications, OS patching, software installation
and diagnostic testing
Works with USB enabled servers at the operating system and BIOS levelSupports DVD/CD drives, USB mass storage devices, PC hard drives and
ISO images

Virtual Remote Desktop

Video quality and video tolerance can be adjusted to optimize data transfer
speed; monochrome color depth setting, threshold and noise settings for compression of the data bandwidth in low bandwidth situations
Full screen or scalable video displayMessage Board for communication among remote usersMouse DynaSync™Keyboard pass through supportExit Macros supportOn-screen keyboard with multilanguage supportBIOS-level access

V-Series Exclusive

Features found only with the V-Series KVM Over the NET™ switches include the following:
Audio – a microphone and speakers are supported on the Local Console;
speakers (only) are supported on the remote user computers.
Dual power supply support – Log and UI reflect the power statusVirtual Media support
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System Requirements

Remote User Computers

Remote user computers (also referred to as client computers) are the ones the users log into the switch with from remote locations over the internet (see Terminology, page xv). The following equipment must be installed on these computers:
For best results we recommend computers with at least a P 4 2 GHz
processor, with their screen resolution set to 1024 x 768.
Browsers must support 128 bit SSL encryption.For the Log Server, you must have the Microsoft Jet OLEDB 4.0 or higher
driver installed.

Servers

Servers are the computers connected to the switch via KVM Adapter Cables (see Terminology, page xv). The following equipment must be installed on these servers:
A VGA, SVGA or multisync portFor USB KVM Adapter Cable Connections: a Type A USB port and USB
host controller
For PS/2 KVM Adapter Cable Connections: 6-pin Mini-DIN keyboard
and mouse ports
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KVM Adapter Cables

Cat 5e (or higher) cable is required to connect the KN1108v / KN1116v to
the KVM Adapter Cables (see page 19).
The following KVM Adapter Cables are required for use with the
KN1108v / KN1116v:
Function Module
Connect to devices with PS/2 ports KA9120 / KA7120
Connect to devices with USB ports (All platforms – PC, Mac, Sun)
Connect to Sun Legacy Computers KA9130 / KA7130
Connect to serial based devices KA9140 / KA7140*
Connect to devices with USB ports and virtual media support
Connect to devices with USB ports, virtual media and audio support
Connect to devices with USB ports, virtual media and smart card reader support.
KA9170 / KA7170
KA7175
KA7176
KA7166 / KA7168 / KA7169 /
KA7177
* KA7140 not currently supported.
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Operating Systems

Supported operating systems for remote user computers include Windows
2000 and higher, and those capable of running the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6, Update 3, or higher (Linux, Mac, Sun, etc.).
Supported operating systems for the servers connected to the switch’s
ports are shown in the table, below:
OS Versi on
Windows 2000 and higher
Linux RedHat 7.1 and higher
Fedora Core 2 and higher
SuSE 9.0 and higher
Mandriva (Mandrake) 9.0 and higher
UNIX AIX 4.3 and higher
FreeBSD 4.2 and higher
Sun Solaris 8 and higher
Novell Netware 5.0 and higher
Mac OS 9 and higher*
DOS 6.2 and higher

Browsers

Supported browsers for users that log into the KN1108v / KN1116v include the following:
Browser Versi on
IE 6 and higher
Chrome 8.0 and higher
Firefox Windows 3.5 and higher
Linux 3.0 and higher
Safari Windows 4.0 and higher
Mac 3.1 and higher
Opera 10.0 and higher
Mozilla Windows 1.7 and higher
SUN 1.7 and higher
Netscape 9.0 and higher
* See Mac Systems, page 233, for further information.
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No. Component Description
1 Power LED Lights when the unit is powered up and ready to operate.
2 Port LEDs The Port LEDs provide status information about their
corresponding KVM Ports.
GREEN: The computer attached to the port is On Line.RED: The computer attached to the port is Selected (has KVM focus).GREEN + RED (ORANGE): The computer attached to the port is On
Line and Selected.
The LEDs are steady under normal conditions. A LED will flash at half second intervals, however, when its corresponding port is accessed under Auto Scan Mode or Skip Mode.
3 LAN LEDs Primary and Secondary 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN LEDs.
RED: 10 MbpsRED + GREEN (ORANGE): 100 MbpsGREEN: 1000 MbpsFlashes to indicate that the switch is being accessed over the Net.
4 Laptop USB
Console Port
5 USB Ports A USB keyboard and mouse can plug in here. This can either
6Reset SwitchNote: This switch is recessed and must be pushed with a small
This mini-USB port allows a laptop to be connected for local access and control. See Laptop USB Console Login, page 48 for further details.
be in place of, or in addition to, plugging a keyboard and mouse into the ports on the rear panel. This port can also be used to connect USB storage peripherals (CD/DVD, HD, flash drives, etc.) on the V series switches.
object such as the end of a paper clip, or a ballpoint pen.
Pressing and releasing this switch when the unit is running
performs a system reset.
Pressing and holding this switch in for more than three
seconds when the unit is running resets its configuration to
the factory default settings.
Note: This does not clear User Account information. See Clear Login
Information, page 257, for information on clearing user
account information.
Pressing and holding this switch while powering on the
switch returns the unit to its factory default firmware level, rather than the firmware version that the switch has been upgraded to. This allows you to recover from a failed firmware upgrade and gives you the opportunity to try upgrading the firmware again.
Note: This operation should only be performed in the event of a
firmware upgrade failure that results in the device becoming inoperable.
7 Audio Ports Speakers and microphone plug in here.
8 Port Switching
Buttons
Press PORT DOWN to switch from the current port to the
previous port on the installation.
Press PORT UP to switch from the current port to the next
port on the installation.
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No. Component Description
1 Power Sockets The power cables plug in here.
2 Power
Switches
3 PON Port This connector is provided for a Power over the Net™
4 Secondary
Serial Port
5 Secondary LAN
Port
6 Grounding
Terminal
7 Modem Port For dial in connection should the unit be unavailable over
8 Primary Serial
Port
9 Primary LAN
Port
10 Local Console
Port(s)
11 KVM Ports The Cat 5e cables that link the unit to the KVM Adapter
This standard slide switch powers the unit on and off.
(PON) unit which allows servers attached to the KVM Over the NET™ switch to be booted remotely over the net.
See Single Stage Installation, page 19, step 6 for installation details. Contact your dealer for more information regarding PON units.
This port is provided to connect to legacy serial devices via an SA0142 adapter.
The cable that connects the unit to the backup network interface (10/100/1000 Mbps) plugs in here.
The wire used to ground the unit connects here.
the network. See Single Stage Installation, page 19, step 7 for installation details.
This port is provided to connect to legacy serial devices via an SA0142 adapter.
The cable that connects the unit to the primary network interface (10/100/1000 Mbps) plugs in here.
The unit can be accessed via a local console as well as over the Net. The local console devices (keyboard, monitor and mouse), plug in here. Any combination of USB and PS/2 keyboards and mice can be used.
Note: For the KN2124v, KN2140v, KN4124v and the KN4140v units, use the 5-in-1 cable supplied with the package to connect your console devices to the unit.
Cables (which connect to the servers), plug in here.
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1. Important safety information regarding the placement and grounding of this device is provided on page 217 and onwards. Please review it before proceeding.
2.
Make sure that the power to any device that you connect to the installation has been turned off. You m
ust unplug the power cords

Hardware Setup

Overview

For convenience and flexibility that allows mixing the PS/2 and USB interfaces, as well as multiple platforms, the KVM Over the NET™ switch design utilizes KVM Adapter Cables, that serve as intermediaries between the switch and the connected devices (refer to the installation diagram on p. 16).
A separate KVM Adapter Cable is required for each server or device connection. The model numbers of the Adapters are given in the KVM Adapter Cables section, page 7.

Before You Begin

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Stacking and Rack Mounting

The KVM Over the NET™ switch can be stacked on the desktop or rack mounted in a variety of ways. The following sections take you through the procedures for each method.

Stacking

The KVM Over the NET™ switch can be placed on any appropriate level surface that can safely support its weight plus the weight of its attached cables. To place the switch, or to stack units if you are daisy-chaining them, remove the backing material from the bottom of the rubber feet that came with your package, and stick them onto the switch’s bottom panel at the corners, as shown in the diagram, below:
Note: To ensure adequate ventilation, allow at least 5.1 cm on each side, and
12.7 cm behind the unit for power cord and cable clearance.
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Rack Mounting

The KVM Over the NET™ switch can be mounted in a 19" (1U) rack. The mounting brackets can screw into either the front or the back of the unit so that it can attach to the front or the back of the rack.
Rack Mounting - Front
To mount the unit at the front of the rack, do the following:
1. Remove the two screws at the front of the unit.
Phillips head hex M3 x 6
2. Use the M3 x 8 Phillips head hex screws supplied with the rack mount kit to screw the rack mounting brackets into the front of the unit.
Phillips head hex M3 x 8
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3. Position the device in the front of the rack and align the holes in the
mounting brackets with the holes in the rack.
4. Screw the mounting brackets to the rack.
Note: Cage nuts are provided for racks that are not pre-threaded.
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Phillips head hex M3 x 6
Rack Mounting - Rear
To mount the unit at the rear of the rack, do the following:
1. Remove the two screws at the rear of the unit.
2. Use the M3 x 8 Phillips head hex screws supplied with the rack mounting kit to screw the rack mounting brackets into the rear of the unit.
Phillips head hex M3 x 8
3. Position the device in the rack and align the holes in the mounting brackets with the holes in the rack.
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4. Screw the mounting brackets to the rear of the rack.
Note: Cage nuts are provided for racks that are not pre-threaded.
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Single Stage Installation

In a single stage installation, there are no additional switches are cascaded from the original KN1108v / KN1116v switch. To set up a single stage installation, refer to the installation diagrams starting on page 22 (the numbers in the diagram correspond with the numbers of the instruction steps), and do the following:
1. Plug your Local Console’s keyboard, monitor, and mouse into the unit’s Console Ports. Each port is color coded and marked with an appropriate icon. (see diagram)
Note: 1. You can use any combination of keyboard and mouse
connections. For example, you can use a PS/2 keyboard with a USB mouse.
2. USB keyboards and mice can plug into the USB ports on the front panel, as well as into the ports in the console port section.
3. The KN1108v / KN1116v does not support distances that exceed 20m between itself and the local monitor.
2. If you are using a laptop USB console to control the KN1108v / KN1116v locally, use a mini-USB cable to connect the laptop to the KN1108v / KN1116v’s Laptop port, located on the unit’s front panel.
3. Use Cat 5e cable to connect any available KVM port to a KVM Adapter Cable that is appropriate for the server you are installing.
Note: 1. See KVM Adapter Cables, page 7 for adapter cable information.
2. The distance between the switch and the KVM Adapter Cable must not exceed these lengths: KA71xx: 50m; KA91xx: 40m.
4. Plug the connectors on the KVM Adapter Cable into the appropriate ports of the server you are installing. (See Adapter Cable Connection Diagram, page 23.)
5. Plug a cable from the LAN or WAN into the KN1108v / KN1116v primary network interface socket.
6. (Optional) Plug another cable from the LAN or WAN into the KN1108v / KN1116v backup (secondary) network interface socket.
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7. (Optional) Use Cat 5e cable to connect the KN1108v / KN1116v PON port
to an SA0142 Adapter. Connect the Adapter to the PON IN port of a Power Over the Net™ unit.
Note: 1. For PN5/7, go to Device Management/OOBC/Console Port
Settings of GUI, and select the Baud Rate of 38400 bps.
2. Make sure the CC Management function is disabled for both the KN and PN.
3. The PON unit shown in the example is the PN0108. See Supported Power Over the Net™ Units, page 259, for a list of suitable units.
8. (Optional) Use Cat 5e cable to connect the KN1108v / KN1116v’s Modem port to an SA0142 Adapter. Connect the Adapter’s serial connector to the modem’s DB-9 port.
9. (Optional) For serial connectivity, use Cat 5e cable to connect the KN1108v / KN1116v’s Serial 1 port to an SA0142 Adapter. Connect the Adapter’s serial connector to any generic serial device.
10. (Optional) For further serial connectivity, use Cat 5e cable to connect the KN1108v / KN1116v’s Serial 2 port to an SA0142 Adapter. Connect the Adapter’s serial connector to any generic serial device.
11. Ground the switch. Use the grounding wire supplied with this package to connect the switch’s grounding terminal to a suitable grounded object.
Note: Do not omit this step. Proper grounding helps to prevent damage to
the unit from surges or static electricity.
12. Plug the power cord(s) supplied with your package into the switch’s power socket, and then into an AC power source.
When using a single power socket, be sure to turn on the correct power switch (see Power Switches, page 12). When using both power sockets, either of the power switches can be used to turn on the KVM switch. To enable dual power, turn on both power switches.
Note: If you are connecting the power to a UPS or an ALTUSEN PN9108/
PN0108, be sure to use the utility power cords supplied with your package instead of standard power cords.
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After the KN1108v / KN1116v is cabled up you can turn on the power. After it is powered up, you can turn on the servers.
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Two Stage Installation

To control even more servers, up to 16 additional KVM switches can be cascaded from the KVM ports of the original KN1108v / KN1116v. As many as 256 servers can be controlled in a complete two stage installation.
In a cascaded installation, the KN1108v / KN1116v is considered the First Stage unit, the cascaded switches are considered Second Stage units.
Note: The cascaded KVM switch shown in the example is the KH1516.
See Supported KVM Switches, page 259, for a list of other switches.
To set up a two stage installation, refer to the diagram on page 26, and do the following:
1. Make sure that power to all the devices you will be connecting, including all preexisting devices on the installation, are properly grounded and have been turned off.
2. Use Cat 5e cable to connect any available KVM Port on the First Stage unit (the KN1108v / KN1116v) to a KVM Adapter Cable (as described under KVM Adapter Cables, page 7).
3. Plug the adapter cable’s KVM connectors to the Keyboard, Video, and Mouse Console ports of the Second Stage unit.
Note: The distance between the First Stage unit and the Second Stage unit
must not exceed 40m or 50m based on the KVM adapter cable used.
4. Use KVM cable sets (as described in the Cables section of the cascaded KVM switch’s User Manual), to connect any available KVM port on the Second Stage unit to the Keyboard, Video, and Mouse ports of the server you are installing.
5. Plug the power cord that came with the cascaded KVM switch into its Power Socket, and then into an AC power source.
6. Repeat these steps for any other Second Stage units you wish to connect.
7. Power on the Second Stage unit(s), then power on the First Stage unit.
8. Turn on the power to all the servers.
Note: The Power On sequence requires that all Second Stage switches be
powered on first. After all Second Stage switches are powered on, the First Stage switch can be powered on. After all the switches are powered on, the servers can be powered on.
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Hot Plugging

KN1108v / KN1116v switches support hot plugging – components can be removed and added back into the installation by unplugging and replugging cables from the ports without the need to shut the unit down.
Note: If the server’s Operating System does not support hot plugging, this
function may not work properly.

The Adapter ID Function

Adapter Cable information (the Adapter ID, port name, OS, keyboard language, and access mode), is stored on the adapter. The switch’s Adapter ID function takes this information and stores it along with the adapter cable’s configuration information (access rights, etc.), in its database – so that when you move a server together with its adapter cable from one port to another, you don’t have to reconfigure its settings – the Adapter ID function restores them at the new location. The only change is in the port number.
When moving the server and adapter cable to another switch, however, only the information that is stored on the adapter is retained. For the other settings you must either reconfigure them, or use the Backup/Restore function (see page 193) to restore them.
Since port settings are stored with the adapter, if you move a server to a new port without its original adapter; or if you connect a different server to the adapter, you must manually reconfigure the port settings for the new server. See Sidebar Utilities, page 88 for port configuration details.

Powering Off and Restarting

If it becomes necessary to power off the KN1108v / KN1116v, or if the switch loses power and needs to be restarted, wait 10 seconds before powering it back on. The servers should not be affected by this, but if any of them should fail, simply restart them.
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Port ID Numbering

Each server on the installation is assigned a unique Port ID. Its Port ID is a one or two segment number that is determined as follows:
A server attached to a First Stage unit has a one segment Port ID (from 1–
8/16) that corresponds to the KVM Port number that it is connected to.
A server attached to a Second Stage unit has a two segment Port ID:
The second segment (from 1–16), represents the KVM Port number on
the Second Stage unit that the server is connected to.
The first segment (from 1–8/16) represents the KVM Port number on
the First Stage unit that the Second Stage unit links back to.
For example, a Port ID of 1 - 3 refers to a server that is connected to KVM Port 3 of a Second Stage unit that links back to KVM Port 1 of the First Stage unit:
Port 1
Port 3
ID = 1-3

Port Selection

Port selection is accomplished by means of the GUI. Port selection details are discussed in Chapter 6, Port Access.
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Super Administrator Setup

Overview

This chapter discusses the administrative procedures that the Super Administrator performs to get the KN1108v / KN1116v set up for the first time.

First Time Setup

Once the KN1108v / KN1116v has been cabled up, the Super Administrator needs to set the unit up for user operation. This involves setting the network parameters, and changing the default Super Administrator login. The most convenient way to do this for the first time is from the local console, though it can also be done remotely.
Note: For remote methods of setting up the network, see IP Address
Determination, page 237.
After the local console has been connected (see Single Stage Installation, page 19), and the KN1108v / KN1116v turned on, a login prompt appears on the console monitor:
Since this is the first time you are logging in, use the default Username: administrator; and the default Password: password.
Note: For security purposes, you should change these to a unique Username
and Password. (See Changing the Super Administrator Login, page 32 for details.)
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After you successfully log in, the Main Page appears:
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Network Setup

To set up the network, do the following:
1. Click the Device Management tab.
2. Select the Network tab.
3. Fill in the fields according to the information provided under Network, page 148.
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Changing the Super Administrator Login

To change the default Super Administrator Username and Password, do the following:
1. At the top of the screen, click the User Management tab.
The User Management page has a list of Users and Groups in the Sidebar at the left, and a more detailed list of users – with more information about them – in the large central panel. Since this is the first time the page is being accessed, only the Super Administrator appears:
2. Click administrator in the left panel
– or –
Select administrator in the central panel, then click Modify (at the bottom of the page.)
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The User Information page appears:
3. Change the Username and Password to something unique.
4. Enter the password again in the Confirm Password field to confirm it is correct.
5. Click Save.
6. When the dialog box informing you that the change completed successfully appears, Click OK.
7. Click on another item on the Local Console Main Page, to close this page.
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Moving On

After setting up the network and changing the default Super Administrator password, you can proceed to other administration activities. These include User Management, Device Management, and Firmware Upgrade Maintenance.
These activities can be accomplished using any of the KN1108v / KN116v’s GUI utilities. These include the Local Console; the browser-based Windows ActiveX Viewer; the browser-based Java Applet Viewer; the stand-alone Windows Client AP; and the stand-alone Java Client AP. Choose the approach that suits you best.
Note: Firmware Upgrade Maintenance cannot be performed from the local
console. You must log in remotely with one of the KN1108v / KN116v’s other GUI utilities for this operation.
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Logging In

Overview

The KN1108v / KN1116v can be accessed from a local console; an internet browser; a Windows application (AP) program; and a Java application (AP) program.
No matter which access method you choose, the KN1108v / KN1116v authentication procedure requires you to submit a valid username and password. If you supply invalid login information, the authentication routine will return an Invalid Username or Password, or Login Failed message. If you see this type of message, log in again with a correct username and password.
Note: If the number of invalid login attempts exceeds a specified amount, a
timeout period is invoked. You must wait until the timeout period expires before you can attempt to log in again. See Login Failures, page 162 for further details.

Local Console Login

When the local console is attached (see Single Stage Installation, page 19) and there is no user logged in, the KN1108v / KN1116v login screen appears on the monitor:
Simply key in your valid Username and Password, then click Login to bring up the Local Console Main Page (shown on the next page).
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The Local Console Main Page is similar to the Web Browser, WinClient and Java Client Main Pages. For a description of the Web Browser Main Page, see page 45.
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Browser Login

KN1108v / KN1116v switches can be accessed via an Internet browser running on any platform. To access the switch, do the following:
1. Open the browser and specify the IP address of the switch you want to access in the browser's location bar.
Note: For security purposes, a login string may have been set by the
administrator (see page 166 for details). If so, you must include a forward slash and the login string along with the IP address when you log in. For example:
192.168.0.100/kn1116v
If you don't know the IP address and login string, ask your Administrator.
2. When a Security Alert dialog box appears, accept the certificate – it can be trusted. (See Trusted Certificates, page 252, for details.) If a second certificate appears, accept it as well.
Once you accept the certificate(s), the login page appears:
3. Provide your username and password (set by the administrator), then click Login to bring up the Web Main Page. For a discussion of the Web Main Page, see page 45.
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Windows Client AP Login

In some cases, the Administrator may not want the KN1108v / KN1116v to be available via browser access. The Windows AP Client allows direct remote access to Windows systems users, without having to go through a browser (although you initially download the Windows AP Client program from the browser page – see Chapter 11, Download).
To connect to the KN1108v / KN1116v, go to the location on your hard disk that you downloaded the Windows AP Client program to, and double-click its icon (WinClient.exe) to bring up the Windows Client Connection Screen:
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The Windows Client AP Connection Screen

A description of the Connection Screen is given in the following table:
Item Description
Menu Bar The Menu Bar contains two items: File and Help.
The File Menu allows the operator to Create, Save, and
Open user created Work files
).
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The Help Menu displays the WinClient AP version.
Server List Each time the WinClient.exe file is run, it searches the user's
Server
local LAN segment for KN1108v / KN1116v switches, and lists whichever ones it finds in this box. If you want to connect to one of these units, double-click it. (See Connecting – Windows Client AP, page 40 for details.)
Note: 1. The switch will not appear in the list unless its
Enable Device List configuration parameter has been enabled. See Operating Mode, page 146 for details.
2. Only units whose Access Port settings for Program (see Service Ports, page 149) match the number specified for Port in the Server area of this dialog box appear in the Server List window.
This area is used when you want to connect to a KN1108v / KN1116v at a remote location. You can drop down the IP list
box and select an address from the list. If the address you want isn't listed, you can key in the target IP address in the IP field, and its port number in the Port field. (If you don't know the port number, contact your Administrator.)
When the IP address and Port number have been
specified, click Connect. (See Connecting – Windows Client AP, page 40 for details.)
When you have finished with your session and come back
to this dialog box, click Disconnect to end the connection.
Message Panel Located just to the right of the Server panel, the Message
Switch to Remote View Once you have been authenticated (see Connecting –
panel lists status messages regarding the connection to the KN1108v / KN1116v.
Windows Client AP, page 40 for details), this button becomes active. Click it to switch to the GUI Main Page. The GUI Main Page is described on page 49.
(see The File Menu,
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Connecting – Windows Client AP
To connect to a KN1108v / KN1116v do the following::
1. From the Server List box, double-click the device that you wish to connect to.
– Or – Specify its IP address and port number in the Server IP and Port input
boxes.
2. Click Connect. The Login dialog box appears:
3. Key in a valid Username and Password, and then click OK.
4. Once you have been authenticated, the Switch to Remote View button becomes active. Click it to connect to the switch and bring up its GUI Main Page. For a description of the GUI Main Page, see page 48.
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The File Menu

The File Menu allows the operator to Create, Save, and Open user created Work files. A Work File consists of all the information specified in a Client session. This includes the Server List and Server IP list items, as well as the Hotkey settings.
Whenever a user runs the Client program, it opens with the values contained in the current work file. The current work file consists of the values that were in effect the last time the program was closed.
The File menu consists of the following items:
New Allows the user to create a named work file so its values will not
Open Allows the user to open a previously saved work file and use the
Save Allows the user to save the values presently in effect as the
Exit Exits the WinClient.
be lost, and it will be available for future recall.
values contained in it.
current work file.
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Java Client AP Login

In those cases in which the Administrator does not want the KN1108v / KN1116v to be available via browser access, but the local client users aren’t running Windows, the Java AP Client provides direct remote access to non-Windows systems users (although you initially download the Java AP Client program from the browser page – see Chapter 11, Download).
To connect to the KN1108v / KN1116v, go to the location on your hard disk that you downloaded the Java AP Client program to, and double-click its icon (JavaClient.jar) to bring up the Java Client Connection Screen:
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The Java Client AP Connection Screen

A description of the Connection Screen is given in the following table:
Item Description
Server List Each time the JavaClient.jar file is run, it searches the User's
Server
Message Panel Located just to the right of the Server panel, the Message
Switch to Remote View Once you have been authenticated (see Connecting –
local LAN segment for KN1108v / KN1116v switches, and lists whichever ones it finds in this box. If you want to connect to one of these units, double-click it. (See Connecting – Windows Client AP, page 40 for details.)
Note: 1. The switch will not appear in the list unless its
Enable Device List configuration parameter has been enabled. See Operating Mode, page 146 for details.
2. Only units whose Access Port settings for Program (see Service Ports, page 149) match the number specified for Port in the Server area of this dialog box appear in the Server List window.
This area is used when you want to connect to a KN1108v / KN1116v at a remote location. You can drop down the IP list
box and select an address from the list. If the address you want isn't listed, you can key in the target IP address in the IP field, and its port number in the Port field. (If you don't know the port number, contact your Administrator.)
When the IP address and Port number have been
specified, click Connect. (See Connecting – Windows Client AP, page 40 for details.)
When you have finished with your session and come back
to this dialog box, click Disconnect to end the connection.
panel lists status messages regarding the connection to the KN1108v / KN1116v.
Windows Client AP, page 40 for details), this button becomes active. Click it to switch to the GUI Main Page. The GUI Main Page is described on page 49.
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Connecting – Java Client AP
To connect to a KN1108v / KN1116v do the following::
1. From the Server List box, double-click the device that you wish to connect to.
– Or – Specify its IP address and port number in the Server IP and Port input
boxes.
2. Click Login The Login dialog box appears:
3. Key in a valid Username and Password, and then click OK.
4. Once you have been authenticated, the Remote View button becomes active. Click it to connect to the switch and bring up its GUI Main Page. For a description of the GUI Main Page, see page 48.
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Overview
Once you have successfully logged in, the KN1108v / KN1116v user interface Main Page appears. The look of the page varies slightly, depending on which method you used to log in. Each of the interfaces is described in the sections that follow.

The Web Browser Main Page

To ensure multi-platform operability, access to the KN1108v / KN1116v switches can be accomplished with most standard web browsers. Once users log in and are authenticated (see page 37), the Web Browser Main Page comes up, with the Port Access page displayed:
Note: The screen depicts a Super Administrator’s page. Depending on a user’s
type and permissions, not all of these elements appear.
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Page Components

The web page screen components are described in the table, below:
No. Item Description
1 Tab Bar The tab bar contains the KN1108v / KN1116v main
2 Menu Bar The menu bar contains operational sub-categories
3 Sidebar The Sidebar provides a tree view listing of ports that
4 About About provides information regarding the switch’s
5 Logout Click this button to log out of your KN1108v /
6 Welcome Message If this function is enabled (see Welcome Message*,
7 Interactive Display Panel This is your main work area. The screens that appear
operation categories. The items that appear in the tab bar are determined by the user’s type, and the authorization options that were selected when the user’s account was created.
that pertain to the item selected in the tab bar. The items that appear in the menu bar are determined by the user’s type, and the authorization options that were selected when the user’s account was created.
relate to the various tab bar and menu bar selections. Clicking a node in the Sidebar brings up a page with the details that are relevant to it.
There is a Filter button at the bottom of the Sidebar that lets you expand or narrow the scope of the ports that appear in the tree. The Filter function is discussed in detail on page 91
current firmware version.
KN1116v session.
page 112), a welcome message displays here.
reflect your menu choices and Sidebar node selection.
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The Tab Bar

The number and type of icons that appear on the Tab Bar at the top of the page are determined by the user’s type (Super Administrator, Administrator, User) and the permissions assigned when the user’s account was created. The functions associated with each of the icons are explained in the table below:
Icon Function
Port Access: The Port Access page is used to access and control the
devices on the KN1108v / KN1116v installation. This page is available to all users.
User Management: The User Management page is used to create and manage Users and Groups. It can also be used to assign devices to them. User Management is discussed on page 127. This tab is available to the Super Administrator, as well as administrators and users who have been given User Management permission. The tab doesn’t appear for other administrators and users.
Device Management: The Device Management page is used to configure and control the overall operation of the KN1108v / KN1116v. This page is available to the Super Administrator, as well as
administrators and users who have been given Device Management permission. The tab doesn’t appear for other administrators and users.
Log: The Log page displays the contents of the log file. The Log page is discussed on page 180.
Maintenance: The Maintenance page is used to install new firmware; backup and restore configuration and account information; ping network devices; and restore default values. The Maintenance page is discussed on page 184. This page is available to the Super Administrator (and Administrators and Users with Maintenance permission). The icon doesn’t display on the page of ordinary administrators and users.
Download: Users can click this icon to download AP versions of the Windows Client; the Java Client; and the Log Server. This page is available to all users. The programs that can be downloaded depend on the user’s permissions.
There are two small icons at the extreme right of the page. Their functions are described in the table, below:
Icon Function
Click this icon to brings up a panel with information about the KN1108v / KN1116v firmware version.
Click this icon to log out and end your KN1108v / KN1116v session.
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Laptop USB Console Main Page

After connecting a laptop to the KN1108v / KN1116v’s Laptop port, logging in, and opening the AP, the Laptop USB Console main page appears:
The look of the Laptop USB Console main page is the same as the AP GUI. See The AP GUI Main Page, page 49, for further details, and reference the AP GUI sections throughout the rest of the manual regarding operations.
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The AP GUI Main Page

With WinClient AP, and Java Client AP access, once users log in (see Logging In, page 35), the GUI Main Page comes up:
The GUI Main Page is similar to that of the Web Browser. The differences between them are as follows:
1. The AP GUI version doesn’t have a menu bar below the tab bar; it has a series of tabs like a notebook, instead. Like the Web Browser interface, however, the makeup of the tabbed notebook changes depending on the items selected on the main Tab Bar and in the Sidebar.
2. In addition to Filter, there are also buttons for Scan and Array Mode at the bottom of the Sidebar. These functions are discussed in Chapter 6, Port Access.
3. There is a hidden Control Panel at the upper or lower center of the screen that becomes visible when you mouse over it. (The default is at the upper center of the screen.)
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4. There is an additional icon at the extreme right of the page: . Click this
icon to close the GUI Main Page and go to the display of the last selected port.
5. The GUI can be navigated via the keyboard as shown in the table, below:
Keys Action
Ctrl + P Opens the Port Access page.
Ctrl + U Opens the User Management page.
Ctrl + C Opens the Device Management page.
Ctrl + L Opens the Log page.
Ctrl + M Opens the Maintenance page.
Ctrl + D Opens the Download page.
F1 To see About information
F2 To edit the port name of the selected port.
F4 Selects the Sidebar (left) panel.
F5 Selects the main (right) panel
F7 Closes the GUI.
F8 To log out.
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The Local Console GUI Main Page

The Local Console GUI Main Page is similar to the Java and Windows AP GUI Main Page:
The major difference is that the Local Console Main Page doesn’t have a tab for Download.
In addition, there are two small icons at the bottom right – as described in the following table.
Icon Function
Speaker. Allows sound output from the servers connected to the switch’s ports to be heard on the speakers connected to the Local Console. Click the icon to toggle speaker support On and Off. When Off, a red X displays across the icon.
Microphone. Allows microphone input from the Local Console to be sent to the servers connected to the switch’s ports. Click the icon to toggle microphone support On and Off. When Off, a red X displays across the icon.
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The Control Panel

WinClient Control Panel

Since the WinClient Control Panel (for the ActiveX Web Viewer and WinClient AP) contains the most complete functionality, this section describes the WinClient Control Panel. Although the Java Control Panel (for the Web Viewer and Java Client AP) does not enable all of the features that this one does, the functions that they do share are the same, and you can refer to the information described here when using it.
The Control Panel is hidden at the upper or lower center of the screen (the default is at the upper center), and becomes visible when you mouse over it. The panel consists of three rows: an icon row at the top, and two text rows below it:
Note: The above image shows the complete Control Panel. The icons that
appear can be user selected. See Control Panel Configuration, page 82, for details.
By default, the upper text row shows the video resolution of the remote
display. As the mouse pointer moves over the icons in the icon bar, however, the information in the upper text row changes to describe the icon's function. In addition, if a message from another user is entered in the message board, and you have not opened the message board in your session, the message will appear in the upper row.
The lower row shows the IP address of the device you are accessing at the
left of the row. The center of the row indicates which bus the user is on (the number before the slash), and the total number of users on that bus (the number behind the slash).
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Right clicking in the text row area brings up a menu-style version of the
toolbar. In addition, it allows you to select options for the Screen Mode, Zoom, Mouse Pointer type, and Mouse Sync Mode. These functions are discussed in the sections that follow.
To move the Control Panel to a different location on the screen, place the
mouse pointer over the text row area, then click and drag.
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WinClient Control Panel Functions

The Control Panel functions are described in the table below.
Icon Function
This is a toggle. Click to make the Control Panel persistent – i.e., it always displays on top of other screen elements. Click again to have it display normally.
Click to bring up the Macros dialog box (see page 57 for details).
Click to bring up the Video Options dialog box. Right-click to perform a quick Auto Sync (see Video Settings, page 66, for details).
Click to perform a video and mouse autosync operation. It is the same as clicking the Auto-sync button in the Video Options dialog box (see Video Settings, page 66).
Toggles the display between Full Screen Mode and Windowed Mode.
Click to take a snapshot (screen capture) of the remote display. See Snapshot, page 83, for details on configuring the Snapshot parameters.
Click to bring up the Message Board (see The Message Board, page 69).
Click to send a Ctrl+Alt+Del signal to the remote system.
Click to toggle the remote display between color and gray scale views.
Click to bring up the Virtual Media dialog box. The icon changes depending on the status of the virtual media function. See Virtual Media, page 71, for specific details.
Note: 1. This icon is displayed on models that support virtual media
only (KNxxxxv).
2. This icon displays in gray when the function is disabled or not available.
Click to zoom the remote display window.
Note: This feature is only available in windowed mode (Full Screen Mode is off). See Zoom, page 75 for details.
Click to bring up the on-screen keyboard (see The On-Screen Keyboard, page 76).
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Click to select the mouse pointer type.
Note: This icon changes depending on which mouse pointer type is
selected (see Mouse Pointer Type, page 78).
Click to toggle Automatic or Manual mouse sync.
When the selection is Automatic, a green √ appears on the icon.When the selection is Manual, a red X appears on the icon.
See Mouse DynaSync Mode, page 80 for a complete explanation of this feature.
Click to toggle sound from the remote server to be heard on the client computer’s speakers on or off. The “prohibited” symbol (a red circle with a diagonal bar) displays on the icon when the speaker is toggled Off.
Click to display a dropdown list of User macros in order to access and run macros more conveniently than using the Macros dialog box (see the Macros icon in the table above, and the Macros section on page 57).
The Power Over the Net™ icon allows the device to be powered on, powered off or rebooted, when the device is connected to a compatible PON “PN” series unit. (For more information on configuring PON features see PON Devices, page 175).
See Power Over the Net™, page 79 for a complete explanation of this feature.
Under an accessed port, click to skip to the first port accessible to the user on the entire installation without having to recall the Port Access page.
Under an accessed port, click to skip to the first port accessible to the user that is previous to the current one without having to recall the Port Access page.
Under an accessed port, click to skip to the first port accessible to the user that is after the current one without having to recall the Port Access page.
Under an accessed port, click to skip to the last port accessible to the user on the entire installation without having to recall the Port Access page.
Under an accessed port, click to begin Auto Scan Mode. The KN1108v / KN1116v automatically switches among the ports that were selected for Auto Scanning with the Filter function (see Filter,
page 91). This allows you to monitor their activity without having to switch among them manually.
Under an accessed port, click to invoke Panel Array Mode (see Panel Array Mode, page 205).
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Under an accessed port, clicking this icon cycles you through the compensation mode choices used by the Adapter cable that connects the device to the switch. Make a choice (Short, Medium, Long), depending on the length of Cat 5e cable used for the connection. The length of the line in the icon changes to indicate which choice is selected.
Under an accessed port, click to recall the GUI.
Click to bring up the Control Panel Configuration dialog box. See Control Panel Configuration, page 82, for details on configuring the Control Panel.
Click to exit the viewer.
Exiting from a Browser Viewer session brings you back to the web
browser Main Page.
Exiting from a WinClient AP session brings you back to the login
dialog box (see page 38).
Exiting from a Java Client AP session brings you back to the login
dialog box (see page 42).
These icons show the Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock status of the remote computer.
When the lock state is On, the LED is bright green and the lock
hasp is closed.
When the lock state is Off, the LED is dull green and the lock hasp
is open.
Click on the icon to toggle the status.
Note: These icons and your local keyboard icons are in sync. Clicking an icon causes the corresponding LED on your keyboard to change accordingly. Likewise, pressing a Lock key on your keyboard causes the icon’s color to change accordingly.
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Macros

The Macros icon provides access to three functions found in the Macros dialog box: Hotkeys, User Macros, and System Macros. Each
of these functions is described in the following sections.
Hotkeys
Various actions related to manipulating the remote server can be accomplished with hotkeys. The Hotkey Setup utility (accessed by clicking this icon), lets you configure which hotkeys perform the actions.
The hotkeys that invoke an action are shown to the right of its name. Use the checkbox to the left of an action’s name to enable or disable its hotkey.
To change the hotkey for an action, do the following:
1. Highlight the Action, then click Set Hotkey.
2. Press your selected Function keys (one at a time). The key names appear in the Hotkeys field as you press them.
You can use the same function keys for more than one action, as long
as the key sequence is not the same.
To cancel setting a hotkey value, click Cancel; to clear an action’s
Hotkeys field, click Clear.
3. When you have finished keying in your sequence, click Save.
To reset all the hotkeys to their default values, click Reset.
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An explanation of the Hotkey actions is given in the table below:
Action Explanation
Exit remote location
Adjust Video Brings up the Video Settings dialog box. This is equivalent to
Toggle Control Panel
Toggle mouse display
Adjust mouse This synchronizes the local and remote mouse movements. The
Video Auto-sync This combination performs an auto-sync operation. It is
Show/Hide Local Cursor
Substitute Ctrl key If your local client computer captures Ctrl key combinations,
Substitute Alt key Although all other keyboard input is captured and sent to the
Breaks the connection to the KN1108v / KN1116v and returns you to local client computer operation. This is equivalent to clicking the Exit icon on the Control Panel. The default keys are F2, F3, F4.
clicking the Video Settings icon on the Control Panel. The default keys are F5, F6, F7.
Toggles the Control Panel Off and On. The default keys are F3, F4, F5.
If you find the display of the two mouse pointers (local and remote) to be confusing or annoying, you can use this function to shrink the non-functioning pointer down to a barely noticeable tiny circle, which can be ignored. Since this function is a toggle, use the hotkeys again to bring the mouse display back to its original configuration. This is equivalent to selecting the Single pointer type from the Mouse Pointer icon on the Control Panel. The default keys are F7, F8, F9.
Note: The Java Control Panel does not have this feature.
default keys are F7, F8, F9.
equivalent to clicking the Video Autosync icon on the Control Panel. The default keys are F8, F7, F6.
Toggles the display of your local mouse pointer off and on. This is equivalent to selecting the Null pointer type from the Mouse Pointer icon on the Control Panel. The default keys are F4,F5.
preventing them from being sent to the remote server, you can implement their effects on the remote server by specifying a function key to substitute for the Ctrl key. If you substitute the F11 key, for example, pressing [F11 + 5] would appear to the remote server as [Ctrl + 5]. The default key is F11.
KN1108v / KN1116v, [Alt + Tab] and [Ctrl + Alt + Del] work on your local client computer. In order to implement their effects on the remote server, another key may be substituted for the Alt key. If you substitute the F12 key, for example, you would use [F12 + Tab] and [Ctrl + F12 + Del]. The default key is F12.
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User Macros
User Macros are created to perform specific actions on the remote server. To create the macro, do the following:
1. Select User Macros, then click Add.
2. In the dialog box that comes up, replace the “New Macro” text with a name of your choice for the macro:
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3. Click Record.
The dialog box disappears, and a small panel appears at the top left of the screen:
4. Press the keys for the macro.
To pause macro recording, click Pause. To resume, click Pause again.Clicking Show brings up a dialog box that lists each keystroke that you
make, together with the amount of time each one takes:
Clicking Cancel cancels all keystrokes.When you have finished, click Stop. (This is the equivalent of
clicking Done in Step 5.)
Note: 1. Case is not considered – typing A or a has the same effect.
5. When recording the macro the focus must be on the remote screen. It cannot be in the macro dialog box.
2. Only the default keyboard characters may be used. Alternate characters cannot be used. For example, if the keyboard is Traditional Chinese and default character is A the alternate Chinese character obtained via keyboard switching is not recorded.
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6. If you haven’t brought up the Show dialog, click Done when you have finished recording your macro. You return to the Macros dialog box with your system macro key presses displayed in the Macro column:
7. If you want to change any of the keystrokes, select the macro and click Edit. This brings up a dialog box similar to the one for Show. You can change the content of your keystrokes, change their order, etc.
8. Repeat the procedure for any other macros you wish to create.
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After creating your macros, you can run them in any of three ways:
1. By using the hotkey (if one was assigned).
2. By opening the Macro List on the Control Panel and clicking the one you
want (see page 55).
3. By opening this (Macros) dialog box and
clicking Play.
If you run the macro from this dialog box, you have the option of specifying how the macro runs.
If you choose Play Without Wait, the macro runs the keypresses one after
another with no time delay between them.
If you choose Play With Time Control, the macro waits for the amount of
time between key presses that you took when you created it. Click on the arrow next to Play to make your choice.
If you click Play without opening the list, the macro runs with the default
choice (NoWait or TimeCtrl), which is shown in the Playback column.
You can change the default choice by clicking on the current choice (NoWait in the screenshot above), and selecting the alternate choice.
Note: 1. Information about the Search function is given on page 63.
2. User Macros are stored on the Local Client computer of each user. Therefore, there is no limitation on the of number of macros, the size of the macro names, or makeup of the hotkey combinations that invoke them
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Search
Search, at the bottom of the dialog box, lets you filter the list of macros that appear in the large upper panel for you to play or edit. Click a radio button to choose whether you want to search by name or by key; key in a string for the search; then click Search. All instances that match your search string appear in the upper panel.
System Macros
System Macros are used to create exit macros for when you close a session. For example, as an added measure of security, you could create a macro that sends the Winkey-L combination which would cause the remote server’s log in page to come up the next time the device was accessed. To create the macro, do the following:
1. Select System Macros, then click Add.
2. In the dialog box that comes up, replace the “New Macro” text with a name of your choice for the macro:
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3. Click Record.
The dialog box disappears, and a small panel appears at the top left of the screen:
4. Press the keys for the macro.
To pause macro recording, click Pause. To resume, click Pause again.Clicking Show brings up a dialog box that lists each keystroke that you
make, together with the amount of time each one takes (see page 64).
Note: 1. Case is not considered – typing A or a has the same effect.
5. When recording the macro the focus must be on the remote screen. It cannot be in the macro dialog box.
2. Only the default keyboard characters may be used. Alternate characters cannot be used. For example, if the keyboard is Traditional Chinese and default character is A the alternate Chinese character obtained via keyboard switching is not recorded.
6. If you haven’t brought up the Show dialog, click Done when you have finished recording your macro. You return to the Macros dialog box with your system macro key presses displayed in the Macro column:
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7. If you want to change any of the keystrokes, select the macro and click Edit. This brings up a dialog box similar to the one for Show. You can change the content of your keystrokes, change their order, etc.
8. Repeat the procedure for any other macros you wish to create.
Once the system macros have been created, they are available for use on a port-by-port basis. They get selected on a port’s Port Configuration
→ Port
Properties page (see Port Level, page 120 for details).
Note: 1. Information about the Search function is given on page 63.
2. You can choose only one system macro per port.
3. Systems macros are stored on the switch, therefore macro names may not exceed 64 Bytes; hotkey combinations may not exceed 256 Bytes. (Each key usually takes 3–5 Bytes.)
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Video Settings

Clicking the Hammer icon on the Control Panel brings up the Video Settings dialog box. The options in this dialog box allow you to adjust
the placement and picture quality of the remote screen on your monitor:
The meanings of the video adjustment options are given in the table below. The table also includes descriptions of the advanced video adjustment options that are available when you click Advanced>>:
Options Usage
Screen Position Adjust the horizontal and vertical position of the remote server
window by Clicking the Arrow buttons.
Auto-Sync Click Auto-Sync to have the vertical and horizontal offset values of
the remote screen detected and automatically synchronized with the local screen.
Note: 1. If the local and remote mouse pointers are out of sync, in
most cases, performing this function will bring them back into sync.
2. This function works best with a bright screen.
3. If you are not satisfied with the results, use the Screen Position arrows to position the remote display manually.
RGB Drag the slider bars to adjust the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) values.
When an RGB value is increased, the RGB component of the image is correspondingly increased.
If you enable Set to Grayscale, the remote video display is changed to grayscale.
Gamma This section allows you to adjust the video display's gamma level.
This function is discussed in detail in the next section, Gamma Adjustment.
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Options Usage
Network Type Select the type of internet connection that the local client computer
uses. The switch will use that selection to automatically adjust the Video Quality and Detect Tolerance settings to optimize the quality of the video display.
Since network conditions vary, if none of the pre-set choices seem to work well, you can select Customize and use the Video Quality and Detect Tolerance slider bars to adjust the settings to suit your conditions.
Video Quality Drag the slider bar to adjust the overall Video Quality. The larger the
Enable Refresh
Transparency Adjusts the transparency of the toolbar that comes up when the GUI
Color Depth Control
Detect Tolerance
value, the clearer the picture and the more video data goes through the network. Depending on the network bandwidth, a high value may adversely effect response time.
The KN1108v / KN1116v can redraw the screen every 1 to 99 seconds, eliminating unwanted artifacts from the screen. Select Enable Refresh and enter a number from 1 through 99. The KN1108v / KN1116v will redraw the screen at the interval you specify. This feature is disabled by default. Click to put a check mark in the box next to Enable Refresh to enable this feature.
Note: 1. The switch starts counting the time interval when mouse
movement stops.
2. Enabling this feature increases the volume of video data transmitted over the network. The lower the number specified, the more often the video data is transmitted. Setting too low a value may adversely affect overall operating responsiveness.
hotkey ([Scroll Lock][Scroll Lock], for example), is invoked. Slide the bar until the display in the example window is to your liking.
This setting determines the richness of the video display by adjusting the amount of color information.
This setting also relates to video quality. It governs detecting or ignoring pixel changes. A high setting can result in a lower quality display due to less data transfer. A lower setting will result in better video quality, but setting the threshold too low may allow too much data to be transferred, negatively impacting network performance.
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Gamma Adjustment
If it is necessary to correct the gamma level for the remote video display, use the Gamma function of the Video Adjustment dialog box.
Under Basic configuration, there are ten preset and four user-defined levels
to choose from. Drop down the list box and choose the most suitable one.
For greater control, clicking the Advanced button brings up the following
dialog box:
Click and drag the diagonal line at as many points as you wish to achieve
the display output you desire.
Click Save As to save up to four user-defined configurations derived from
this method. Saved configurations can be recalled from the list box at a future time.
Click Reset to abandon any changes and return the gamma line to its
original diagonal position.
Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.Click Cancel to abandon your changes and close the dialog box.
Note: For best results, change the gamma while viewing a remote server.
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The Message Board

The KN1108v / KN1116v supports multiple user logins, which may cause access conflicts. To alleviate the problem, a message board has
been provided, which allows users to communicate with each other:
Button Bar
The buttons on the Button Bar are toggles. Their actions are described in the table below:
Button Action
Enable/Disable Chat. When disabled, messages posted to the board
are not displayed. The button is shadowed when Chat is disabled. The icon displays next to the user's name in the User List panel when the user has disabled Chat.
Occupy/Release Keyboard/Video/Mouse. When you Occupy the KVM, other users cannot see the video, and cannot input keyboard or mouse data. The button is shadowed when the KVM is occupied. The icon displays next to the user's name in the User List panel when the user has occupied the KVM.
Occupy/Release Keyboard/Mouse. When you Occupy the KM, other users can see the video, but cannot input keyboard or mouse data. The button is shadowed when the KM is occupied. The icon displays next to the user's name in the User List panel when the user has occupied the KM.
Show/Hide User List. When you Hide the User List, the User List panel closes. The button is shadowed when the User List is open.
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Message Display Panel
Messages that users post to the board - as well as system messages - display in this panel. If you disable Chat, however, messages that get posted to the board won't appear.
Compose Panel
Key in the messages that you want to post to the board in this panel. Click Send, or press [Enter] to post the message to the board.
User List Panel
The names of all the logged in users are listed in this panel.
Your name appears in blue; other users' names appear in black.By default, messages are posted to all users. To post a message to one
individual user, select the user's name before sending your message.
If a user's name is selected, and you want to post a message to all users,
select All Users before sending your message.
If a user has disabled Chat, its icon displays before the user's name to
indicate so.
If a user has occupied the KVM or the KM, its icon displays before the
user's name to indicate so.
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Virtual Media

The Virtual Media feature allows a drive, folder, image file, removable disk, or smart card reader on a user’s system to appear and
act as if it were installed on the remote server.
Note: 1. Virtual Media is only supported on remote servers that use KA7166,
KA7168, KA7169, KA7175, KA7176 or KA7177 adapter cables with V-Series KVM Over the NET™ switches.
2. The Virtual Media icon changes depending on the status of the virtual media function, as shown in the table below:
Icon Function
The icon displays in gray to indicate that the virtual media function is disabled or not available
The icon displays in blue to indicate that the virtual media function is available. Click the icon to bring up the virtual media dialog box.
The icon displays in blue with a red X to indicate that a virtual media device has been mounted on the remote server. Click the icon to unmount all redirected devices.
Mounting Virtual Media
To mount a virtual media device, do the following:
1. Click this icon to bring up the Virtual Media dialog box:
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Note: The T button at the top right brings up a slider to adjust the
transparency of the dialog box. After making your adjustment, click anywhere in the dialog box to dismiss the slider.
2. Click Add; then select the media source.
Depending on your selection, additional dialog boxes appear to enable you to select the drive, file, folder, or removable disk you desire. See Virtual Media Support, page 260 for a list of supported virtual media types, and details about mounting them.
3. If your device only supports full speed USB, put a check in the Disable High Speed USB Operation Mode checkbox.
4. To add additional media sources, click Add, and select the source as many times as you require. Up to three virtual media choices can be mounted. The top three in the list are the ones that are selected. To rearrange the selection order, highlight the device you want to move, then click the Up or Down Arrow button to promote or demote it in the list.
5. Read refers to the redirected device being able to send data to the remote server; Write refers to the redirected device being able to have data from the remote server written to it. For the redirected device to be writable as well as readable, click to put a check in the Enable Write checkbox:
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Note: If a redirected device cannot be written to, it appears in gray.
6. To remove an entry from the list, select it and click Remove.
7. After you have made your media source selections, click Mount. The dialog box closes. The virtual media devices that you have selected are redirected to the remote server, where they show up as drives, files, folders, etc. on the remote server’s file system.
Once mounted, you can treat the virtual media as if they really existed on the remote server – drag and drop files to/from them; open files on the remote server for editing and save them to the redirected media, etc.
Files that you save to the redirected media will actually be saved on your local client computer’s storage. Files that you drag from the redirected media will actually come from your local client computer’s storage.
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8. To end the redirection, bring up the Control Panel and click on the Virtual
Media icon. All mounted devices are automatically unmounted.
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Zoom

The Zoom icon controls the zoom factor for the remote view window. Settings are as follows:
Setting Description
100% Sizes and displays the remote view window at 100%.
75% Sizes and displays the remote view window at 75%.
50% Sizes and displays the remote view window at 50%.
25% Sizes and displays the remote view window at 25%.
1:1 Sizes and displays the remote view window at 100%. The difference
between this setting and the 100% setting is that when the remote view window is resized its contents don’t resize – they remain at the size they were. To see any objects that are outside of the viewing area move the mouse to the window edge, to have the screen scroll.
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The On-Screen Keyboard

The KN1108v / KN1116v supports an on-screen keyboard, available in multiple languages, with all the standard keys for each supported
language. Click this icon to pop up the on-screen keyboard:
One of the major advantages of the on-screen keyboard is that if the keyboard languages of the remote and local systems aren’t the same, you don’t have to change the configuration settings for either system. Just bring up the on-screen keyboard; select the language used by the server you are accessing; and use the on-screen keyboard to communicate with it.
Note: You must use your mouse to click on the keys. You cannot use your
actual keyboard.
Changing Languages
To change languages, do the following:
1. Click the down arrow next to the currently selected language, to drop
down the language list.
2. Select the new language from the list.
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Selecting Platforms
The On-screen Keyboard supports the Sun platform as well as the PC. To select the platform, do the following:
1. Click the down arrow next to the currently selected platform, to drop down the platform list.
2. Select the new platform from the list.
Expanded Keyboard
To display/hide the expanded keyboard keys, click the arrow to the right of the language list arrow.
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Mouse Pointer Type

KN1108v / KN1116v switches offer a number of mouse pointer options when working in the remote display. Click this icon to select
from the available choices:
Note: 1. Before accessing a port, only Dual and Crosshairs are available for
the Windows Viewers. Once the port is accessed, all four pointers are available.
2. The Dot pointer is not available with the Java Applet Viewer or the Java Client AP.
3. Selecting the Dot pointer has the same effect as the Toggle mouse display hotkey function (see Toggle mouse display, page 58 for details).
4. The icon on the Control Panel changes to match your choice.
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Power Over the Net™

The Power Over the Net™ icon provides the ability to power on,
power off, and reboot outlets associated with the port on the PON device (see Power Management, page 122 for details) from the control panel. Click this icon to select from the available choices:
After clicking on the PON icon, a list of the power outlets associated with the connected port appears with the available options:
Options Usage
On=>Off Sends a Power Off signal to the selected outlet.
On=>Reboot Sends a Reboot signal to the selected outlet.
Off=>On Sends a Power On signal to the selected outlet.
All Sends the selected signal (On, Off, Reboot) to all associated
Pending A signal has been sent to the outlet and is in the process of
outlets.
performing the action.
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Mouse DynaSync Mode

Synchronization of the local and remote mouse pointers is accomplished either automatically or manually.
Automatic Mouse Synchronization (DynaSync)
Mouse DynaSync provides automatic locked-in synching of the remote and local mouse pointers – eliminating the need to constantly resync the two movements.
Note: This feature is only available for Windows and Mac systems (G4 and
higher) whose adapter attribute OS setting is configured for Win or Mac (see Port Property, page 96), which are connected to the switch with one of the following Adapter Cables: KA7166, KA7168, KA7169, KA7170, KA7175, KA7176, KA7177, or KA9170.
All other configurations must use manual mouse synchronization (described in the next section).
The icon on the Control Panel indicates the synchronization mode status as follows:
Icon Function
This icon displays in gray to indicate that Mouse DynaSync is not available – you must use manual synching procedures. This is the default setting for all KVM Adapters other than the KA7166, KA7168, KA7169, KA7170, KA7175, KA7176, KA7177, and KA9170.
The green check mark on this icon indicates that Mouse DynaSync is available and is enabled. This is the default setting when Mouse DynaSync is available. (See the Note, above.)
The red X on this icon indicates that Mouse DynaSync is available but is not enabled.
When Mouse DynaSync is available, clicking the icon toggles its status between enabled and /disabled. If you choose to disable Mouse DynaSync mode, you must use the manual synching procedures described under Manual Mouse Synchronization, page 81.
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Mac and Linux Considerations
For Mac OS versions 10.4.11 and higher, there is a second DynaSync
setting to choose from. If the default Mouse DynaSync result is not satisfactory, try the Mac 2 setting. To select Mac 2, right click in the text area of the Control Panel and select Mouse Sync Mode
→ Automatic for
Mac 2:
Linux doesn’t support DynaSync Mode, but there is a setting on the Mouse
Sync Mode menu for Redhat AS3.0 systems. If you are using a USB Adapter Cable (see the Note on the previous page), with an AS3.0 system and the default mouse synchronization is not satisfactory, you can try the Redhat AS3.0 setting. In either case, you must perform the manual mouse synchronization procedures described in the next section.
Manual Mouse Synchronization
If the local mouse pointer goes out of sync with the remote system's mouse pointer there are a number of methods to bring them back into sync:
1. Perform a video and mouse auto sync by clicking the Video Settings icon
on the Control Panel (see page 66).
2. Perform an Auto Sync with the Video Adjustment function (see Video
Settings, page 66, for details).
3. Invoke the Adjust Mouse function with the Adjust Mouse hotkeys (see
Adjust mouse, page 58, for details).
4. Move the pointer into all 4 corners of the screen (in any order).
5. Drag the Control Panel to a different position on the screen.
6. Set the mouse speed and acceleration for each problematic server attached
to the switch. See Additional Mouse Synchronization Procedures, page 249, for instructions.
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Control Panel Configuration

Clicking the Control Panel icon brings up a dialog box that allows you to configure the items that appear on the Control Panel, as well as its graphical settings:
The organization of the dialog box is described in the table, below:
Item Description
Customize Control Panel
Control Panel Style
Allows you to select which icons display in the Control Panel. Check the ones you want to see, uncheck the ones you don’t want.
Enabling Transparent makes the Control Panel semi-transparent,
so that you can see through it to the display underneath.
Enabling Icon causes the Control Panel to display as an icon until
you mouse over it. When you mouse over the icon, the full panel comes up.
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Item Description
Screen Options
If Full Screen Mode is enabled, the remote display fills the entire
screen.
If Full Screen Mode is not enabled, the remote display appears as
a window on the local desktop. If the remote screen is larger than what is able to fit in the window, move the mouse pointer to the screen border that is closest to the area you want to view and the screen will scroll.
If Keep Screen Size is enabled, the remote screen is not resized.
If the remote resolution is smaller than that of the local monitor,
its display appears like a window centered on the screen.
If the remote resolution is larger than that of the local monitor,
its display is centered on the screen. To access the areas that are off screen, move the mouse to the corner of the screen that is closest to the area you want to view and the screen will scroll.
If Keep Screen Size is not enabled, the remote screen is resized to
fit the local monitor's resolution.
Scrolling Method
In cases where the remote screen display is larger than your monitor, you can choose how to scroll to the areas that are off-screen.
If you select Mouse Movement, the screen will scroll when you
move the mouse pointer to your screen border.
If you select Scroll Bars, scroll bars appear around the screen
borders that you can use to scroll to the off-screen areas.
Bus Info If Bus Info is enabled, the number of the bus you are on, as well as
Snapshot These settings let the user configure the KN1108v / KN1116v screen
the total number of users on the bus, displays on the bottom row center of the Control Panel as follows: Bus No./Total Users. (See the Control Panel diagram on page 52 for an example.)
capture parameters (see the Snapshot description under The Control Panel, page 52):
Path lets you select a directory that the captured screens
automatically get saved to. Click Browse; navigate to the directory of your choice; then click OK. If you don’t specify a directory here, the snapshot is saved to your desktop.
Click a radio button to choose whether you want the captured
screen to be saved as a BMP or a JPEG (JPG) file.
If you choose JPEG, you can select the quality of the captured file
with the slider bar. The higher the quality, the better looking the image, but the larger the file size.
Keyboard Pass Through
When this is enabled, the Alt-Tab key press is passed to the remote server and affects that server. If it is not enabled, Alt-Tab acts on your local client computer.
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The Java Control Panel

The Java Applet Viewer and Java Client AP Control Panel is similar to the one used by the WinClient:
The major differences between them are:
In the Macros dialog box, Toggle Mouse Display is not available.The Dot mouse pointer type is not available.In the Message Board, there is no Show/
Hide button to show or hide the user list. This function is achieved by clicking the arrows at the top of the bar that separates the User List panel from the Main panel.
In Virtual Media, only ISO and Folder are
supported. See Java Applet Viewer / Java Client AP, page 260 for further details.
The Control Panel Lock LED icons are not in sync with your keyboard.
When you first connect, the LED display may not be accurate. To be sure, click on the LED icons to set them.
In Control Panel Configuration, the BMP Snapshot format has been
replaced by PNG.
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Port Access

Overview

When you log in to the switch the Port Access page comes up with the KN1108v / KN1116v KVM Connections page displayed.

Browser GUI

AP GUI

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