Raritan Engineering 255-80-6030 User Manual

Rev. D July 2005 255-80-6030

I. Prepare Devices and Network for Remote Operation

Congratulations on your purchase of Dominion KX, the industry’s most fully featured digital KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) switch.
Before connecting the Dominion KX, configure each device, which you intend to access via Dominion KX, with the following
parameters. This very important installation procedure ensures optimal performance and responsiveness when using the remote
server access capabilities of Dominion KX.

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 KX, and the signal is non-interlaced:

Text Mode

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

Network / Firewall

In order to enable remote access to Dominion KX, your network and firewall must allow communication on TCP Port 5000. Alternatively,
Dominion KX can also be configured to use a different TCP port of your own designation (see User Manual).

Optional: If you wish to access Dominion KX 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; Dominion KX will forward all HTTP requests to
HTTPS, allowing end users to 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 > Pointer Options. Disable transition effects in Control Panel > Display > Appearance > Effects.

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 KX to access and control a Macintosh system remotely, you must set the
Raritan Remote Client to “single cursor” mode. Please see the User Manual for more details.

II. Attach Local User Console and Set IP Address

In this step, you will connect the console used for accessing servers directly at the rack, and use this console to set
Dominion KX’s IP address.

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

2. Attach a keyboard and mouse (either PS/2 or USB); and a multisync monitor to the corresponding ports in the back of Dominion KX

marked “Local User.”

3. Power ON Dominion KX.

4. After booting, you will see Dominion KX’s local access On Screen Display (OSD), used to choose between servers while using the KVM

switch at the rack. Log in with the default username/password of admin/raritan.

5. Press [F5] to enter the Administrative Menu.

6. Select option #3 (“Network Settings”), and press [ENTER].

7. Specify TCP/IP parameters for your Dominion KX unit: IP address; subnet mask; and default gateway. When complete, press [S]. The

unit will reboot automatically.

8. Connect one end of a straight-through Ethernet cable (included) to the port labeled “LAN1” on Dominion KX, and the other end to a
network switch or router.

9. From any networked workstation with Java Runtime Environment 1.4.x (or later) installed, you can access all administrative functions by
entering the following URL into any standard Web browser:

IP-ADDRESS/admin

http://

IP-ADDRESS is the IP address that you designated in Step 7 above.

where