Minicom 0SU70017, IP Control Quick Start Manual

2

IP Control - Quick Start Guide

1.

Introduction

To take advantage of the full range of features, we recommend

y

User Guide after performing the Quick Start procedure. It’s in

P

supplied CD or on our website www.minicom.com in the

Support

The IP Control extends your KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) fr

o

server over TCP/IP via LAN, WAN or Internet connection.

Now

monitor and manage your servers from wherever you are,

inside

organization. The IP Control is a cost-effective hardware

solution,

remote KVM access & control of a computer/server from the B

IO

independent of the OS. It is designed to connect to a single com

puter

switch to control multiple servers, over TCP/IP

commu

nication.

2. System

components

The IP Control system consists

of:

•

1 IP Control (p/n

1SU70017)

•

1 KVM cable (p/n

5CB00565)

•

1 RS232 cable (p/n

5CB00566)

•

1 Universal power adapter (p/n

5PSB0005)

•

Rack mount set (p/n

5AC00297)

QUICK START GUIDE

5. Rack mounting the IP

Control

The IP Control comes with screw holes on the side for easy

rack

figure

below.

Screw holes for

bracket

Figure 3 Screw holes for rack mounting

Use the L-shaped brackets and screws provided to mount the IP
rack or under a table top as illustrated below. The length of the

screws

connecting the brackets to the IP Control unit must not exceed

5

Screw L-shaped
brackets to 1 or both
sides of the unit

Figure 4 Connecting the L-shaped bracket

Figure 5 Connected to a rack

Figure 6 Connected t

o

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Term Meaning

Target

server

The

comp

uter

Control.

Client

computer

The PC ru

n

Remote

Session

The proce

ss

conne

cted

IP C

The RS232 cable connects the IP

Control

Power Management units, routers,

etc.

3. The IP Control

unit

Figure 1 illustrates the front panel of

Ke

y

LAN

LAN

(Et

herne

connector

ou read

the softcopy

DF

format

on the

section.

Figure 1 IP

For (optional) local access to the

connec

monitor and mouse to the above KV

M

Mbit Ethernet using the LAN

port.

m any computer

or

you can

control,

or outside

the

for

secure

S level

-

KVM In

KVM In

puter

or to a

KVM

Connect a computer or KVM switch

to

cable. You press the Go Local

button

the computer

locally.

Connect an RS232 device to the S

erial

4. Pre-installation

guidelines

Place cables away from fluorescent

ligh

likely to generate electrical

noise.

mounting,

see

IP C

6.

Terminology

Below are some terms and their me

anings

Control on a

server

used

for

mm.

7. Client computer opera

t

Windows 2000 or higher, with Firef

ox

Linux with Firefox 3. 128 bit

encryption

8. Connecting the

sy

stem

Connect the Target Server / KVM

swit

1. Connect the single connector of

the

Control.

2. Connect the other end of the

KVM

/ KVM

switch.

3. Connect a Network cable to the

IP

your Network

switch.

4. Connect the power

adapter.

Figure 7 and Figure 8 illustrate the

connections

respectively, with the optional KVM

a table top

3

s/servers

that are accessed remotely via the

IP

nning a remote IP Control

session

of accessing and controlling Target

Servers

to IP Control from a User

workstation

ONTROL

to Serial manageable devices such

as

the IP

Control.

board

Monitor

t)

Mouse

Control ports – side 1

ted computer you connect a

keyboard,

ports. Connect the IP Control to a

10/100

Go

Local

Serial

Serial

button

Go Local

Power

3.3V/2A

Power

Power
LED

Figure 2 IP Control ports – side 2

to

the KVM In port using the 1 to 3

CPU

to disconnect the remote session and

access

port using the RS232

cable.

ts, air conditioners, and machines that

are

1

ONTROL

used in this

guide.

ting

system

3 or Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

version.

support is

required.

ch to the IP Control as

follows:

KVM cable to the KVM In port of the

IP

cable to the KVM ports of the Target

Server

Control LAN port and to an Ethernet port

on

to a computer and KVM

switch

console.

6

SD

MINICOM

IP CONTROL

QUICK START GUIDE

User

Internet / WAN / LAN

P110

MINICOM

LAN

KVM

In

Serial

3.3V/2A

KVM

cable

Figure 7 IP Control connections to a computer

4

QUICK START GUIDE

Unit boots up

Device network setting

is set to obtain IP address from

DHCP Server

Yes

Is DHCP Server

present in the

connected LAN?

Every 5 minutes

No

Device IP is:

192.168.0.155

Yes

IP address is assigned by the DHCP server

To access the configuration page of the unit, open Internet Ex

plo

/Firefox 3 or higher and type:

https://IPaddress

No

Select Configuration

Default user: admin Default password: access

Set static IP

(deselect the DHCP

and set the IP)

Yes

The unit operates with the static IP address

Figure 9 Boot-up process

9.1 Static IP addresses for a number of units

Where you want to connect more than 1 IP Control to the same

network

is no DHCP server, or you want to use static IP addresses, do

the

Connect the IP Control units one at a time and change the static
unit before connecting the next

unit.

SD

MINICOM

IP CONTROL

over IP

IP C

User over

IP

Internet

P110

Target

PC

MINICOM

LAN

Figure 8 IP Cont

rol

9. Initial settings - Defau

l

The following sections provide

instructions

Control

unit.

See Figure 9 for an overview of the

boot

By default, IP Control boots with an

auto

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration
server provides a valid IP address,

ga

To identify the IP address, the IP

Control

the IP Control box. The device num

ber

If no DHCP server is found on the

network,

address:192.168.0.155.
Note! If a DHCP server later becom

e

from DHCP server. To keep the

static

full softcopy User

Guide.

IP C

10. Logging into the We

b

Complete the initial setup via the

Web

1. Open your Web

browser.

2. Type the IP Control system IP

address

The login page appears, see

Figure

No

plo

rer 6.0

Figu

r

3. in mode select Configuration

.

4. Type the default Administrator

user

lower

case).

5. Press Enter. The Web interface

opens

Figure

11.

network

and

there

following:

IP address of

each

Figure

11

To complete the initial setup and log

in

Guide on the su

ppli

http://www.minico

m

7

ONTROL

/ WAN /

LAN

KVM

switch

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MOUS

L

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COMPUTER1COMPUTER 2 COMPUTER3COMPUTER4

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cable

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Computer rack

connections to a KVM switch

t IP

address

for setting the IP address for the

IP

-up

process.

matically assigned IP address from

a

Protocol) server on the network. The

DHCP

teway address and subnet

mask.

MAC address appears on the underside

of

(D.N.) can also be found

there.

IP Control boots with the static

IP

s available, the unit picks up the IP

settings

IP address, disable DHCP – explained in

the

5

ONTROL

interface

configuration

interface:

- https://IP address/ - and press Enter

.

10.

e 10 Login page

name admin and password access

(both

at the Network Configuration page.

See

Configuration page

to the web interface please see the softcopy

User

ed CD or on our

website

.com/supportuserguides.htm

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