Installation guide

If this initial configuration doesn’t meet your local requirements, you need to do the initial IP

configuration. Use one of the following wa ys:

1. Connect the enclosed NULL modem cable to the serial interface on the rear side. The serial

interface needs to be adjusted with the parameters shown in table 1-2:

Parameter

Value

Bits/second

115200

Data bits

Parity

Stop bits

Flow Control

None

Table 1-2: Serial parameters

Use a terminal software (e.g. hyper term or minicom) to connect to DKVM-IP8 switch. Reset

DKVM-IP8 switch and immediately press < ESC >. You will see some device information and

a ’=>’ prompt. Enter the command ’config’ and press < Enter >. After waiting a few moments

you may configure IP auto configuration, IP address, net mask and default gateway. Pressing <

Enter > without entering values does not change settings. The gateway value must be set to

0.0.0.0 (for no gateway) or any other value. You will be asked if the values are correct and get a

chance to correct them. After confirming, DKVM-IP8 switch performs a reset.

2. Use a crossover Ethernet cable to connect DKVM-IP8 switch to a subnet where a DHCP

server is available. After the DHCP server has assigned an IP address to DKVM-IP8 switch

you can use the web interface to configure the device.

Web interface

DKVM-IP8 switch may be accessed using a standard JAVA enabled web browser. You may

use the

HTTP protocol or a secure encrypted connection via HTTPS. Just enter the configured IP

address of

DKVM-IP8 switch into your web browse r.

admin (factory default)

Password

admin (factory default)

Changing these settings to user spe cific values is strongly recommended and can be done on

the User Management page (see the Section called Users and Groups in Chapter 6 ).

Remote Console

The Remote Console is the redirected screen, keyboard and mouse of the remote host

system to which DKVM-IP8 switch is installed. The web browser which is used for accessing

DKVM-IP8 switch has to supply a Java Runtime Environment version 1.1 or higher. However, it is

strongly recommended

to install Sun JVM 1.4. The Remote Console will behave exactly the same way as if you were

sitting directly in front of the screen of your remote system. That means that both the keyboard

and mouse can be used in the usual way. Open the console by selecting the preview picture on

the main site of

the HTML front end. Figure 1-2 shows the top of the Remote Console.

Figure 1-2: Top part of the Remote Console