Raritan dominion ksx Quick Installation Manual

Dominion

TM

KSX

Quick Installation and Setup Guide

Dominion

TM

KSX

Quick Installation and Setup Guide

Rev.E August 2003 255-80-5010

For more detailed installation and operating instructions, please consult the User

Manual found on the enclosed CD-ROM.

Raritan Computer Inc.

400 Cottontail Lane
Somerset, NJ 08873
USA
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
http://www.raritan.com

Raritan Computer Europe, B.V.

Eglantierbaan 16
2908 LV Capelle aan den IJssel
The Netherlands
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
http://www.raritan.com

Raritan Computer Japan, Inc.

Kuga Building 7F
11-6, Kuramae 4-chome
Taitoo-ku, Tokyo 111-0051, Japan
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
http://www.raritan.co.jp

Raritan Computer Taiwan, Inc.

5F, 121, Lane 235,
Pao-Chiao Rd., Hsin Tien
Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, ROC
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
http://www.raritan.com.tw

I. Prepare Devices and Network for Remote Operation

Congratulations on your purchase of Dominion KSX, the complete solution for remote office administration. Before installing Dominion KSX,
first configure each device which you intend to access remotely with the following parameters. This very important installation procedure
ensures optimal performance and responsiveness.

All Servers

A. For optimal bandwidth efficiency and video per­formance, set the OS desktop background to a
predominantly solid, plain, light-colored graphic.

B. Ensure that the server’s video resolution and
refresh rate are supported by Dominion KSX, and
the signal is non-interlaced:

Text Mode 1024x768 @ 60Hz
640x480 @ 60Hz 1024x768 @ 70Hz
640x480 @ 72Hz 1024x768 @ 75Hz
640x480 @ 75Hz 1024x768 @ 85Hz
640x480 @ 85Hz 1152x864 @ 60Hz
800x600 @ 60Hz 1152x864 @ 75Hz
800x600 @ 72Hz 1280x1024 @ 60Hz
800x600 @ 75Hz
800x600 @ 85Hz

Network / Firewall

In order to enable access to Dominion KSX, your
network and firewall must allow communication on
TCP Port 5000. Alternatively, Dominion KSX can
be configured to use a different TCP port of your
own designation (in step II-6 below).

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: If you wish to access Dominion KSX via
web browser, your firewall must also allow access
to TCP Port 443 (Standard HTTPS). You may also
wish to allow access to TCP Port 80 (Standard

HTTP) for additional convenience; because
Dominion KSX will forward all HTTP requests to
HTTPS, allowing the initial HTTP requests on TCP
Port 80 usually reduces complication for end users
(users may securely use either “http” or “https” as
a URL.

Windows XP / Windows 2003

Disable “Enhanced pointer precision”, and set the
mouse motion speed exactly to the middle speed
setting;. These options are located in Control
Panel > Mouse > Mouse Pointers.
Disable transition effects in Control Panel >
Display > Appearance > Settings.

Windows 2000 / ME

Set mouse pointer acceleration to “None”, and the
mouse motion speed exactly to the middle speed
setting.
Disable transition effects in Control Panel >
Display > Effects.

Windows 95 / 98 / NT

Set mouse motion speed to the slowest
setting in Control Panel > Mouse > Motion. Disable
window, menu, and list animation in Control Panel
> Display > Effects.

Linux (with Graphical Desktop)

Set mouse acceleration to exactly 1, and threshold
to exactly 1.

Sun Solaris (with Graphical Desktop)

Set mouse acceleration to exactly 1.0. Also, be
sure that your video card is set to a supported res­olution and is outputting VGA (H-and-V Sync, not
composite sync). This non-default configuration
can be set in the bootprom mode by issuing the
command:

setenv output-device screen:r1024x768x70

Then issue the “boot” command to reboot.

Macintosh

While no specific mouse setting is required, when
using Dominion KSX to access and control a
Macintosh system, you must set the Raritan
Remote Client to “single cursor” mode. See the
Dominion KSX User Manual for more details.

Serial Consoles

Make note of your serial console communication
settings. Dominion KSX’s serial ports default to
9600 baud, no parity bit, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit
(9600-N-8-1). Ensure that your serial console sup­ports VT100 emulation.

1. Attach the included AC power cord to the
Dominion KSX unit, and into an AC power outlet.

2. Attach a PS/2 keyboard and multisync monitor
to the corresponding ports in the back of Dominion
KSX marked “Admin Console.”

3. Power ON Dominion KSX.

4. After booting, Dominion KSX will display the

Setup Wizard on the Admin Console screen. Press
‘B’ on the Admin Console keyboard to begin con­figuring Dominion KSX.

5. On the Key Configuration Screen, enter the
16-digit user license key located on the software
certificate included with your Dominion KSX unit.
Press <

CCttrrll++SS

> to save.

6. On the Network Configuration Screen, assign
a unique name (e.g., “Atlanta Office”) and IP
Address parameters for this Dominion KSX unit.

7. The Main Menu appears. Browse through the
Admin Console options to configure Dominion KSX
as appropriate to your environment. Refer to the

User Manual found on the enclosed CD-ROM for
detailed descriptions of administrative parameters.

8. When satisfied with your Dominion KSX
configuration, return to the main menu of the
Admin Console, and press ‘R’ to “Restart or shut­down”. Press ‘S’ to shutdown, and power OFF
Dominion KSX.

9. At this time, you may detach the PS/2 key­board and multisync monitor from the Admin
Console ports, or leave them attached for future
monitoring or further configuration.

ALTERNATIVE: As an alternative method of
performing initial configuration, you may connect
to Dominion KSX via a web browser on a Windows
computer, instead of directly via a keyboard and
monitor as described above.

To do so, simply attach a crossover Ethernet cable
between the network ports of Dominion KSX and
your computer; enter Dominion KSX’s default IP
address into Internet Explorer (192.168.0.192) and
login with the default username / password
(“admin” / “raritan”).

After authenticating, you will be directly connected
to your Dominion KSX unit. On the left-hand side of
the window, double-click on the “Admin Console”
port to commence remote administration of your
Dominion KSX unit.

II. Attach Local Console for Initial Configuration

Dominion KSX

To ACPower Outlet

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2

Local Admin Console

Keyboard and monitor used to perform

inital configuration

(OPEN)

III. Connect to Network; Attach Servers to be Remotely Accessed

In this step, connect Dominion KSX to the network and attach the servers and devices that you wish to access remotely.

To A C

Power Outlet

To LAN / WAN

Telephone Cable

(included)

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1. Attach the included AC power cord to the port

labeled “AC IN” and connect to an AC power
source.

2. Connect a standard Cat5 Ethernet cable from
the Dominion KSX network port, to your networked
switch / hub / router.

3. [Optional] To employ Dominion KSX’s integrated
power control graphical interface, connect a stan­dard Cat5 Ethernet cable from the port labeled
“Power Control” to the equivalently labeled port
found on a Raritan Remote Power Control unit (p/n
PCR8, PCS12, or PCS20).

NOTE: This port works only with Raritan brand
Remote Power Control units. You may use similar
products from other vendors by connecting them
as a standard serial device (see Step 5). However,

note that Dominion KSX does not present a graph­ical interface to other vendors’ power control prod­ucts.

4. [Optional] Connect the integrated modem
found in Dominion KSX by attaching one end of the
included telephone cable to the modem port, and
the other end to an analog telephone line.

5. To connect a standard DB9 or DB25 serial con­sole port to Dominion KSX, use a Raritan Nulling
Serial Adapter (p/n ASCSDB9F, ASCSDB9M,
ASCSDB25F, ASCSDB25M) to interconnect the
console port to Dominion KSX via a standard Cat5
Ethernet cable.

6. Many Cisco and Sun devices are equipped
with serial console ports employing non-standard

RJ45 connections. Most of these devices’ serial
console ports can be directly connected to
Dominion KSX with a “serial rollover cable” (not a
standard Ethernet cable, nor a crossover Ethernet
cable). If you have misplaced the rollover cable
supplied with your Cisco or Sun device, you may
purchase one from Raritan (p/n CRLVR-15).

7. To connect servers with graphical video cards,
such as those running Microsoft Windows or Linux,
attach the DB25 end of a Raritan KVM Console
Cable (p/n CCPTxxx) to a KVM port found on the
back panel of Dominion KSX. Connect the other
end of the cable to corresponding PS/2 keyboard,
mouse, and VGA video ports of the server to which
you wish to provide remote network access.

Rollover Cable
(p/n CRLVR-15)

To MostCisco
RJ45 or Sun RJ45
Serial Ports

To Raritan Power
Control Unit

(p/n PCR8, PCS12,
or PCS20)

Standard Cat5

Ethernet Cable

(included)

To Serial
Console Ports

Standard Cat5
Ethernet Cable

Standard Cat5
Ethernet Cable

Nulling Serial Adapter
(p/n ASCSDBxxx)

To KVM

Console Ports

KVM Console Cable

(p/n CCPTxxx)

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6

7

To Analog

Telephone Line

IV. Launch Raritan Remote Client (RRC)

Dominion KSX provides secure web-browser access to devices at each of your remote locations or server(s) from any Windows-based
computer. This enables convenient remote access to your server(s) without the burden of having software on-hand.

1. Log on to any Windows-based computer with
network access to Dominion KSX.

2. If you are using Windows NT, 2000,
or XP, ensure that you are not a “restricted” user.

3. If you are using Windows XP, ensure that only
one version of Java Virtual Machine is installed.

4. Launch Microsoft Internet Explorer. Ensure
that your Internet Explorer security settings allow
the download and execution of ActiveX controls.

NOTE: The Windows default security setting,
“Medium”, will suffice.

5. In the text field found on the Internet Explorer “Address” bar, type in the IP address you assigned
to Dominion KSX in Step II-6. Press [

EENNTTEERR

] to load and launch the web access client.

V. Establish a Connection

Immediately upon launching the Raritan Remote Client (RRC), you may access your Dominion KSX using its graphical navigation
interface. Login with the default username and password (“admin”/“raritan”). Use the RRC Navigator, found on the left-hand side of the RRC
window, to select and connect to a port.

1. The RRC Navigator displays any known
Raritan networked appliances in a single view.
Select Connection > New Profile to create new
entries.

2. Click on “Synchronize Mouse” to converge
the mouse pointers displayed in KVM windows.

3. The RRCToolbar provides easy access to
RRC’s most frequently utilized features.

4. If a Raritan Remote Power Control Unit is
attached to Dominion KSX, double-click on
“PowerPort” in the RRC Navigator to invoke the
graphical power control interface.

5. Double-click on any serial or KVM port to
establish access to and control of the device
attached.

6. RRC works with many different Raritan
IP-based products, each of which may be con­figured remotely by double-clicking on the
“Admin” port.

7. RRC provides VT100 console access to
devices connected to the Serial Ports of
Dominion KSX.

8. The RRC Status Bar provides real-time infor­mation on connection parameters.

9. When connected to a KVM console port,
keystrokes and video signals are transmitted in
real-time, exactly as if you were situated locally.

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VI. Maximize Remote KVM Performance

Dominion KSX’s dynamic video compression algorithms maintain usability of KVM consoles under varying bandwidth environments. Unlike other
hardware solutions, Dominion can optimize its output for the lower-bandwidth WANand dial-up connections typically found in remote office appli­cations. By adjusting color depth and limiting video output, Dominion KSX offers the optimal balance between video quality and system respon­siveness in any bandwidth constraint. Familiarize yourself with the following configurable parameters to adjust performance options even further.

Color Calibration

Some video cards output non-standard signal levels. Therefore, to optimize transmitted color for accuracy,
perform a color calibration upon inital setup:

1. On the remote server desktop that you are controlling with Dominion KSX, ensure that a solid white color
covers approximately 15% or more of the screen. One simple way to accomplish this is to open the Notepad
application and maximize its window size:

2. On the RRC menu bar, select Video >Calibrate Color to perform the color calibration.

Video Smoothing

Setting the video smoothing level too high
can prohibit Dominion KSX from correctly
transmitting color gradations.

On the menu bar, select Connection >
Properties to adjust the Smoothing level to an
appropriate setting for your environment.

Noise Filter

All video graphics cards generate electrical
noise that cannot be seen by the naked eye
when displayed on a monitor. Dominion KSX
reduces the bandwidth it consumes by intel­ligently ignoring extraneous signal noise.

Setting the noise filter too high can prohibit
Dominion KSX from correctly transmitting
screen changes.

On the menu bar, select Video > Video
Settings to adjust the Noise Filter level to an
appropriate setting for your environment.