MinicomメーカーSmart IP Extenderの使用説明書/サービス説明書
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SMART IP EXTENDER 1 Table of Contents 1. Welcome....................................................................................................................... 4 2. Introduction .................................................................
USER GUIDE 2 40. Po w er Control ............................................................................................................ 27 41. Key board & Mouse Settings .......................................................................
SMART IP EXTENDER 3 82. A ccess via Telnet ...................................................................................................... 57 83. Telnet serv er commands ..........................................................................
USER GUIDE 4 1. Wel come The Sm art IP Extender syst em is produced by Minico m Advanced System s Limited. Technical precau tions This equipm ent gene rates radio frequency energy and if not installed i n accordanc e with the m anufacture r’s instruc tions, m ay cause rad io frequency interfer ence.
SMART IP EXTENDER 5 2. Intr oduction The Sm art IP Extender (IP Extender) f r om Minicom Advanced System s redirect s local k eyboard, m ouse and v ideo data to a rem ote compute r. All data is transm itted via I P. IP Extende r features, rem ote KVM access and control via a LAN or In ternet connection.
USER GUIDE 6 IP N etwork Smart IP Extenders Administrators KVM Mat rix switc h MINI C O M Activi ty SM ART IP Ex ten de r Syste m OK MINI C O M Activi ty SM ART IP Ex ten de r Syste m OK MINI C O M Activi ty SM ART IP Ex ten de r Syste m OK MIN IC O M Activity SMA RT IP Ext en de r Syst em OK Figure 2 Multiple users/servers 3.
SMART IP EXTENDER 7 IPMI Versi on 1.5 - defines a se rial c onnect ion to access ce rtain sy stem param eters and perfo rm sy stem actions lik e powering down o r a hard r eset.
USER GUIDE 8 The table below explains the funct ions of the fron t panel LEDs. LED Function Activity LED blinks when Ne twork connecti on is fu nctioning System OK LED solid when I P Link system connected and func tioning 8. The IP E xtend er rea r panel po rts The fig ure below illustra tes the port s on the I P Extende r .
SMART IP EXTENDER 9 Serial 2 port The Seria l 2 port supports the ex ternal power option. Ethern et Connects the I P Extender t o an Ethern et network . 9. Pre-installation inst ructions Place cab les away from fluorescen t lights, a ir cond itioners and othe r machine s tha t are lik ely to gene rate elec trical n oise.
USER GUIDE 10 S D P 110 Smart IP E xtend er 3i n1C P Uc a b l e Com puter POW ER www.m inicom.c om I 0 SERI AL 2 SERI AL 1 USE R COMPUT ER ETHE RNET RST 100-240 VAC 50 /60 Hz Figure 5 IP Extender con nections to a c omputer S D P11 0 Sma rt IP Extender Comp uter ra ck ProLi a n t DL 3 60 9.
SMART IP EXTENDER 11 11. Connecting the Power management options Figure 7 g ives an overv i ew of th e three Power m anagem ent options. Server KVM IPM I IPMI ve rsi o n 1.
USER GUIDE 12 13. Connecting the Extern al Reset/Powe r Option Refer to the Po wer Sw itch guide to conne ct this to one of the serial ports. To da te supported options are: • Minicom Power switch • Avocent—SPC 1 800 /1600 • Sentry I n-Line Power Mo dule 14.
SMART IP EXTENDER 13 18. Configuring the system The I P Extender's comm unication interface s are based on TCP/I P, and it com es config ured with the v alues l isted below . • DHC P - activ e • IP addres s - 192.168.0.220 • Net m ask - 255.
USER GUIDE 14 Figure 8 C onnect T o box Figure 9 COM 1 P roperties box 4. Set the po rt sett ings to the follow ing v alues: • Bits/se c ond - 115200 • Data bits - 8 • Parity - None • Stop bits - 1 • Flow Control - None 5. Click OK. The Hypert erminal appea rs.
SMART IP EXTENDER 15 6. Press Enter . Some dev ice informatio n and a prom pt appear. 7. Type config and pres s Enter . Configuration q uestions appear. DHCP must be disabled . You can chang e the I P address, net m ask and defa ult gateway. Pressi ng Enter without ente ring val ues keeps the d efault value s.
USER GUIDE 16 Check the co rrect se tting by moving the m ouse of your adm inistration sy stem to t he upper le ft corner o f the Rem ote Console and m oving it there sl ightly fo rth and ba ck. This will force mouse sy nchroniza tion in tha t corne r of th e screen.
SMART IP EXTENDER 17 We recom mend the followi ng browsers for an unse cured connec tion: • Microso f t I nternet Explorer version 5.0 or higher with Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP • Netscape Nav i gato r 7.
USER GUIDE 18 Menu Wo r k a r ea Figure 12 T he IP Extender H ome page 25. Ti meout After ha lf an hour of non- activity the sy stem autom atical ly log s out. Click ing anyw here on the screen will le ad back to the Log in screen. 26. The Work area The Wo rk area has a short summ ar y about your I P Extender.
SMART IP EXTENDER 19 27. Remote Consol e From the m enu click Show Remote Console . The rem ote console appea rs. See Figure 13. Informa t ion bar Control buttons Computer bu ttons Figure 13 T he remote console You can work on it with th e keyboard and m ouse.
USER GUIDE 20 I n case I P Extender is conn ected to your local network env i ronm ent and y our connection t o the I nternet i s av ailable using a proxy serv er only without NA T being config ured, the Remote Co nsole is v ery unlikely to be able to establish the accord ing connection.
SMART IP EXTENDER 21 Mouse handling - The subm enu for mouse hand ling offe rs two option s for synchroniz i ng th e host and the client mouse pointe r - expla ined on page 23. The option fo r 'Fast Sy nc' shows the hotk ey if you de fined one using the Rem ote Console Sett ings.
USER GUIDE 22 All m essages a re broadcast to ALL connected u sers. There is n o option to d irect a m essage to a pa rticular use r only. Ther e is no messag e history, so m essages can on ly be receiv ed after open ing the Rem ote Console. 31. The Video settings From the Options m enu choose Video Se tting s .
SMART IP EXTENDER 23 - Resets mode to factory defaults. - Resets all m odes to facto ry defaults. - Saves changes. - Undoes changes tha t have not y et been saved. 32. Video S ett ings a ccess I n the User/G roup Permissi ons section on pag e 36, it e xplains how to set access levels for all param eters inc l uding Video Sett ings acces s.
USER GUIDE 24 4. Active Desk top. Disable it. Or do not use a p lain back ground, use a wal lpaper. 35. Single mouse mode The information above a pplies to the Double Mouse Mode, where remote a nd host mouse pointers are visible and need to be s y n chronized.
SMART IP EXTENDER 25 Automa tic Detect ion - Th e encoding and the compres sion level is dete rm ined autom atical ly from the avai lable ba ndwidth and th e current content of th e video im age. Normal - Best sui ted fo r many paralle l users in a LAN env ironment.
USER GUIDE 26 Remote Console Button Keys - Button Keys sim ulate keystrok es on the rem ote system that canno t be gene rated loc ally . For exam ple `Contro l + Alt + Delete' on Windows and D OS or `Contro l + Backspace' on Linux. Defin e a new Bu tton Key as fo llows: Type th e requi red key s e.
SMART IP EXTENDER 27 Afte r readi ng all ent ries, S mart 16 I P displays th em with the ir tim e, sensor and descrip tion in acc ordance with the filter s ettings. You hav e the choice b etween several pre-setting s (i.e. las t day, last we ek) or an exa ct dec l ara tion of the start an d the end da te.
USER GUIDE 28 Powe r (sho rt pres s) - A short pre ss on the AT X butt on is n ormally caught by the running operating sy stem that tries to initiate a co ntrolled shut down. Do this to switch of f the sy stem. I f this does not work try the lon g press butto n.
SMART IP EXTENDER 29 The elem ents of the Key board & Mouse S ettings are e xplained below. Targeted KV M port 1. Choose the po rt to which a KVM switch is con nected. 2. Press to display the curre nt values f or the sel ected KVM port. Withou t pressing alte rations wi ll NO T be made to th e chosen port.
USER GUIDE 30 42. KVM Setti ngs Adjus t the se ttings fo r the KVM sw itches conn ecting the I P Extender t o the host com puters. From the IP Extender menu choose KVM S ettings. The IP Extende r KVM setting s appear. See Fig ure 19. Figure 19 K VM Settings The elem ents of th e KVM Settings are exp lained be low.
SMART IP EXTENDER 31 Figure 20 K VM Port Set ti ngs 43. KVM Port Settings 1. Assign nam es for each por t. 2. Defin e hotk eys to swi tch to each port. Choose either Minicom default hotkey s by select ing M i nicom KVM-Switch in the Default configuration box, and then c l ick the Set Def ault s button.
USER GUIDE 32 Show in con sole – check this op tion to have a butto n appear on t he top o f the Rem ote console. Cl ick th e button to switch to that com puter. 44. Vi deo Settings From the I P Extender Menu choos e Video Setting s. The Video se ttings appear.
SMART IP EXTENDER 33 Click Add Cus t om Video Modes. The Custom Video Modes window appears, see Figure 22. Note! This option m ay affe ct the corr ect v ideo transm ission and is for advanced users on ly. The m aximum num ber of custom video resolu tions is 4.
USER GUIDE 34 Desc ri ptio n Give th e m ode a nam e. The nam e appears in the Rem ote Console wh en the cust om mode is ac tivated. 49. User/Group Management From the I P Extender Men u choose User/Group Managem ent. The User/G roup Managem ent setting s appear.
SMART IP EXTENDER 35 54. Email addres s /Mobile num ber These are optiona l. 55. G roup memb ersh ip/Memb er of/ Not Member of Each user can be a mem ber of one or m ore groups and inherit th e rig hts of t hat group. Use th e arrows to ad d or remov e a user from a group.
USER GUIDE 36 61. Copy Use r To copy an exis ting user’s properties to a new u ser: 1. Select a user in th e Existing user D rop-down lis t. 2. Enter a new u ser nam e in the New user nam e box. 3. Click the Copy User butt on. All p roperties of the selec ted user will be copie d to the new one, excep t user sp ecific perm issions.
SMART IP EXTENDER 37 Figure 24 User/Gr oup Per m issions Each user o r group has a set of access rig hts to the IP Extend er functions. T he us er ' super' alway s has unalterab le full acces s rights. A new ly create d user has t he access rights o f all grou ps he belo ngs to.
USER GUIDE 38 Using a funct i on. allow access means y ou can use it. deny acces s m eans you cannot use it. Group settin g – Use the ac cess rig hts inher ited from the group(s), the user belong s to. 3. Select the des ired permiss ion. 4. T o add the right, click Add .
SMART IP EXTENDER 39 IP auto config uration Choose betwee n the 3 optio ns. None – no IP auto config uration. I n this case ty pe a static I P address in t he appropri ate setting s below.
USER GUIDE 40 Remote C onsole & HT TPS port Port num ber at which I P Extender' s Remote Console se rver and H TTPS serv er are listen ing. If em pty the defa ult valu e is used. HTTP port Port num ber at which I P Extender' s HTT P serv er is listening .
SMART IP EXTENDER 41 IP Extende r is reachabl e via the I P address of t he DSL router, wh ich is dy namical ly assigned by the prov ider. Since the adm inistra tor doesn' t know the I P address assigned by the prov ider, IP Extend er conne cts to a specia l dynamic DNS serv er in regular interv als and regis ters its I P address the re.
USER GUIDE 42 Check in terval - I nterval fo r repor ting again to the Dynam i c DNS server by IP Extender. IP Extende r has its own ind ependent rea l tim e clock.
SMART IP EXTENDER 43 71. Se rial Port Se ttings From the I P Extender Menu choos e Serial Port S etting s. The Seri al Port Setting s appear. See Fig ure 28. Figure 28 Serial Port Settings I n the IP Extender Serial Setting s specify th e devices c onnected to the two Seria l ports.
USER GUIDE 44 Modem Client IP address - This address is as signed t o your console com puter during the PPP ha ndshake. Since it is a point-to- point IP connect ion virtually ever y IP addres s is possib le but e nsure, it is no t interfe ring with the IP setting s of I P Extender and your conso le computer.
SMART IP EXTENDER 45 Intell igent Power Modu le - External m odule opt ion to switch power of a sing le system by putting it in the pow er supply l i ne of th e contro lled syst em . ePowerS witch 4 port- Us ing this sw itch, switc h power for m ore than one sy stem connected to I P Extender through a KVM swi tch.
USER GUIDE 46 For ce - T ries to m ake an en crypted conne ction. SSL Certific ate Management IP Extende r uses the SSL ( Secure Socket L ayer) proto col for any encrypted ne twork traffic b etween itsel f and a connected clien t. When con necting , IP Extender reveals its ide ntity to a client u sing a cryptog r aphic certifica te.
SMART IP EXTENDER 47 Challenge Pas sword / Confirm - Som e certifica tion au thorities require a ch allenge password to authoriz e later changes on the certifi cate. The m inimum is 4 characte rs. Email - Of a security contact pe rson that is respons ible for I P Extender.
USER GUIDE 48 Num bers attached to an IP addre ss with a ` / ' is the n um ber of valid bit s that are used for the g iven IP address. Exam ples: 192.168.0.22 or 192.168.0. 22/32 matches the IP Addre ss 192.168.0.22 192.168.0.0/24 m atches al l IP pack ets with so urce addresse s from 192.
SMART IP EXTENDER 49 73. SNMP Setti ngs The fo llowing inform ation is av ailable v ia SN MP: • Serial n umber • Firm ware version • MAC addr ess / IP address / Netm ask / Gatew ay of LAN interf.
USER GUIDE 50 Figure 32 SNMP settings You can chang e the foll owing param eters: Enable SNMP Agent - When checked, I P Extender w ill answ er t o SNMP requests. I f a community is blank, y ou cannot perf orm the reque st. E.g. if y ou want to disab le the poss ibility to rese t IP Extend er via SNMP, don' t set a writ e com munity.
SMART IP EXTENDER 51 Trap des tinations En ter IP addr esses, t o which th e tr aps will be sent. F or every I P address, set an acco rding comm unity so that y our man agement clien t can iden tify the SNMP traps. Afte r m aking the entr ies cl ick .
USER GUIDE 52 IPMI over S erial - I f your host system suppor ts IPMI V1.5 and has an I ntel EMP (Em ergency Managem ent Port, usua lly COM2) conn ector, you c an connec t IPMI through s erial port 1 on IP Extender. P lease note : • Set the E MP port to Alway s enable and switch of f the Restric t ed Mod e.
SMART IP EXTENDER 53 Type o f external LD AP Server - Set the ty pe of the ex ternal LDA P server. Th is i s necessa ry since som e server ty pes requir e special h andling. A l so the default valu es for the LDAP s c hem a are s e t approp riately. Choose between Generic LDAP Se rver, Novell Dir ectory Servic e and Micro soft Active Dir ectory .
USER GUIDE 54 After a sm ooth uplo ad the Update Firm ware pane l appears showi ng the cu rrent firm ware vers ion number a nd the uploaded firmware v ersion number.
SMART IP EXTENDER 55 Figure 37 The Direct Connections Links page 3. I n the IP address colum n, type IP address es of th e other M inicom IP units. For u p to 16 ent r ies p ress . 4. I n the Device Nam e column type a de scription. 5. Click Apply . On the Hom e page Moni tor icons rep resenting the dire ct conne ction IP units appear.
USER GUIDE 56 Note! I f the state of o ne dev ice changes, the r e may be a delay of som e seconds un til icon colo rs refle ct the tr ue situ ation espec i ally where th e network link of this devic e is going down. To connect to an I P unit: Click the desired icon on the Hom e page.
SMART IP EXTENDER 57 82. Acces s via Telnet Connect v i a a standard Telnet cli ent us ing I P Extender’s Te lnet se rver. Use it for passthro ugh access to a device conne cted to se rial port 1. Connect any seri al device, which o ffers te rm inal access v ia its serial port and ac cess i t using the Telnet interf ace.
USER GUIDE 58 Freq u ently Aske d Qu est ion s Q 1: The cl ient mouse does n't work or is not synchron ized. A: Ensure t he I P Extender m ouse settings m atch the m ouse model. Also s ee page 23 Q 2: Bad video quali ty or g rainy picture A: Use the b r ightn ess and contr ast se tting s - see page 22.
SMART IP EXTENDER 59 Gl ossar y of t erms ACPI - A specification tha t enab les the operat i ng sy stem to im plement power m anagem ent and system configura tion. ATX - Advanced T echnolo gy Extended: A part icular speci fication of a m otherboard introduced by Intel in 1 995.
USER GUIDE 60 Ap pendi x A: I P Ex tende r Vide o mode s The I P Extender support s the fo llowing v i deo modes. Do not us e other custom video setting s.
SMART IP EXTENDER 61 Append ix B: Key c odes Figure 40 illustrate s the key s on a sta ndard 104 key PC key board with a US Englis h languag e mapping . T hese k eys are u sed to defi ne key strokes or ho tkey s for severa l IP Extende r functions. T he k eys may not rep r esent k eys used on in terna t iona l key boards.
USER GUIDE 62 Key Key code Alternati ve Psc PRINTSCREEN Sc rl S C R OLL_ LOC K Brk BREAK Ins IN S E R T Pos1 HOME Pup PAGE_UP Del DELETE Pdn PAGE_DOW N UP LE FT DOWN RI GHT The numeric al ke ypad code.
SMART IP EXTENDER 63 Append ix C: Pin ass ignments VGA HD-15 54321 1 0 9876 11 12 13 14 15 54321 54321 1 0 9876 1 0 9876 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 Pin A s signment Pin Assignment 1 Red 9 5 V 2 Green 10 GND sync 3 Blue 11 Not connected 4 Not connected 12 SDA, DCC , .
USER GUIDE 64 Serial SUB- D 9 Conne ctor 1 12345 6789 12345 6789 12345 12345 6789 6789 Pin A s signment Pin Assignment 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RX 7 RTS 3 TX 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND Serial SUB- D 9 Conne ctor 2 1.
SMART IP EXTENDER 65 App end ix D: T ech nic al sp ec if icat io ns Host computer - Operating sy stems Novel, Lin ux, W indow s 98, ME, 2000 , XP and later Client computer - Operating sy stems W indow s 98, M E, 2000, XP an d later, Li nux.
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