Paragon Manager™ User Guide Release 2.0.3 Copyright © 2009 Raritan, Inc. PMG-0I-v2.0.
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CONTENTS i Contents Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................................. 1 Paragon Manager Overview ......................................................................................................1 Installing Paragon Manager .......................................................................................................1 Chapter 2: Operation ...................................................................... 3 Connection and Login ....................
ii FIGURES Figures Figure 1 Session Menu - Connect............................................................................................................... 3 Figure 2 Paragon Manager Login Dialog - Connect..................................................................................... 3 Figure 3 UMT Profile Dialog......................................................................................................................... 4 Figure 4 Update Progress ...................................
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 Chapter 1: Introduction Paragon Manager Overview Paragon Manager is Raritan’s appliance management and configuration application, offering one coordinated graphical user interface that displays Device, User, Log, and Outlet information for your Paragon system. Paragon Manager allows you to add, modify, and delete Devices, Users, or Groups, and to specify log events to keep an audit trail of events that is updated in real time.
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CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 3 Chapter 2: Operation Connection and Login Only three types of users have permissions to log in to Paragon Manager: • Administrators (the “Admin” account) • Users with administrator privileges • Users with Forced Video privileges Administrators and users with administrator privileges can manage or even modify the user or channel data in Paragon Manager, but users with Forced Video privileges do not have permissions to do this.
4 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Figure 3 UMT Profile Dialog b) Click New. c) Type the name of the device in the UMT field. d) Select the TCP/IP option. • • • Type the IP address of the Paragon switch in the IP Address field. Type the Port number of the Paragon switch in the Port field. Type the appropriate encryption key of the Paragon switch in the Encryption Key field, if applicable. e) Click Save to save this new device. f) Click Close to return to the login window.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 5 7. When connected, the Paragon Manager window appears. Figure 5 Paragon Manager Window Note: See Disconnection for information on disconnecting the existing connection session, or see Closing Paragon Manager for information on closing the application. Paragon Manager Window Components The Paragon Manager window contains the Paragon Manager menu bar and toolbar, the Device panel, User panel, Log panel, and Power Strip View panel.
6 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Device panel displays all connected devices in the Paragon II system Multi-Function View (MFV) panel – displays device and/or user information Power Strip View panel – displays power strips and connected ports Device View Tabs – view devices by Channel or by Type User panel – displays users and groups in the system Log panel – displays tracked events by date and time Figure 6 Paragon Manager Window
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 7 Customize your view by resizing panels or by displaying or hiding any of these components, except for the Device panel. Select options on the View menu; click the desired panels in the menu to display or to hide them. A check mark before the menu item indicates that it is displayed. Only the Device panel cannot be hidden. Resize the window panels by resting your mouse cursor on the border of two panels until a double-headed arrow appears.
8 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Device Panel The Device panel displays all devices connected to the Paragon switch to which you are connected. To make control easier, view devices either by Channel or by Type using the two tabs at the base of the Device panel (please see next section for additional information on Device views).
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 9 Device View View by Channel Click the View By Channel tab to display devices in a hierarchical tree by channel number. The icon at the top of the tree is the connected Paragon switch. Click the + symbol next to the Paragon switch to expand the tree and display all devices connected directly to it, listed in port number order. Target servers appear as computer icons.
10 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE View by Type Click the View By Type tab to display devices in a hierarchical tree by device type. Target Systems, Switches, and Power Strips are represented in this view. • Switches are represented by a grey node. • Target Systems are represented by a grey computer • Power Strips are represented by a grey lightning bolt. Click the + symbol before any icon to expand the tree to display all devices of that type in the configuration, displayed by type in alphabetical order.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 11 Ghosting In a Paragon system, when a CIM or tier device is removed from the system or powered off (manually or accidentally), a record of the CIM or CIMs connected to that tier device is reserved in the Paragon system.
12 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE System Setting Users of Paragon Manager for standalone Paragon product must set up their Paragon system configuration. Use the System Setting shortcut on the toolbar, or click System Setting on the Setup menu. 1. Choose Setup > System Setting. The System Setting dialog appears. Figure 11 System Settings Dialog 2. Type a name for your Paragon II switch in the System Name field (up to 12 alphanumeric characters).
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 13 5. Click the Login Sleep drop-down arrow and choose OFF, Saver or Green. If you choose Saver or Green, specify the amount of time in minutes that the local user station can remain inactive at the Login Menu before the monitor enters the power-saving mode (press any of the keys on the keyboard to restore normal video). Using leading zeroes if necessary, type in a two-digit number of minutes from 01 to 99 in the Interval (Min.) field which is next to the Login Sleep field.
14 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE User Panel The User panel displays users stored on the connected Paragon system and displays each user’s profile. Double-click a user to display the User Information dialog. As an Administrator, you can change account properties for users selected in this dialog.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 15 3. Click Change and the Change Password dialog appears. Type a new password in the Enter New Password field, and re-type the password in the Repeat Password field. Click OK when finished. Figure 13 Change Password Dialog 4. The Security Groups field is automatically populated, based on the defaults of the Paragon switch to which you are connected.
16 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Deleting a User Deleting a user in the Paragon Manager window deletes the user account from both the Paragon Manager screen and also from the currently connected Paragon system. 1. In the User panel, click the user you want to delete. 2. Choose Users > Delete. The Confirm User Delete dialog appears. 3. Click Yes to delete the user or click No to close the dialog without deleting. Note: The Administrator (Admin) cannot be deleted.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 17 Not all of the Administrator User’s (Admin) properties can be changed. If you select the Admin icon in the User panel and activate the Admin’s User information dialog, those properties are grayed out, as illustrated below. Properties that cannot be changed include User Name, Allow Administrator Privileges, Allow Force Video Privileges, Set Security Groups, and Help Display.
18 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Loading a User Profile Use the Load Profiles command to restore previously backed-up Paragon Manager files. 1. Choose Users > Load Profiles. The Confirm Load User Profile dialog appears. Figure 17 Confirm Load User Profile Dialog 2. Click Yes to load existing user profiles, or click No to exit the dialog. Note: If you load a user profile for a user currently in Paragon Manager, the older profile will replace the new profile.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 19 Log Panel Editing Event Log Settings The Log panel located at the base of the Paragon Manager window displays events that occur in your Paragon system(s). As the Administrator, you can record and configure standard events and message filters, and set severity levels for events, color-coding them for easier identification. 1. Choose Setup > Log Setting. The Edit Log Setting dialog appears. Figure 18 Edit Log Settings Dialog 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
20 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Power Strip View Panel The Power Strip View panel is a mobile display of Raritan Remote Power Control Strips connected to your Paragon switch. Each node in the Power Strip tree represents a power strip, and you can click the + and – signs to expand and collapse the view of devices plugged into each of the serially-controlled Power Strip outlets. If the Power Strip View panel is not visible, choose View > Power Strip.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 6. 7. 21 Type the Security Group in the Security Group field. Click OK to save the changes, or click Cancel to close the window without saving any changes. Note: Because the Power Strip cannot detect what device type is associated with a specific outlet through the power cables, outlet associations must be created manually before an outlet can indicate to what type of device it supplies power.
22 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE 3. 4. Security Group: The security groups the target device belongs to (This only affects local Paragon access from outside of CommandCenter). Associated Outlets: Lists any power outlets associated with this target device. Select an outlet and click Remove to break an association. Serial Number: Displays the serial number of a non-CPU type device. Click OK to save your changes when done, or Cancel to exit without saving.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 23 Multi Function View (MFV) Panel The Multi Function View (MFV) panel of the screen displays detailed information of items you select in the Device panel, User panel, or Power Strip panel and allows Administrators to edit item properties from this list. If you select a device in the Device tree, the MFV displays target-related information: name, device type, security group, and device status.
24 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Setting Up Multiple Video Function Multiple Video allows users to leverage a server’s numerous video ports, providing enhanced flexibility in video access and port operations. Multiple Video, also known as “Port Following Switch,” enables multiple user stations (2 or 4) to simultaneously view the video output of a single server that has more than one video port. Multiple Video may also be used to send video from separate servers to sequential user stations.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 25 6. Click the First Channel drop-down arrow and select the channel number that will be able to activate video outputs of other channels when it is accessed. 7. Click the Second Channel drop-down arrow and select the channel number whose video output will be activated when the first channel is accessed. 8. Repeat step 7 for Third and Fourth Channel if you choose “Quad Screens” in Step 5. 9.
26 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE 2. Click the association group that you want to delete from the list on the lower part of the dialog. 3. Click Delete. 4. Click Y to delete the group, or N to abort the deletion. Video Redirection (Forced Video) You can direct a channel output its video/keyboard/mouse signals to a specific user station and thus display the video image on that user station’s monitor. Please note that the signals can only be directed to a user station connected to the same Paragon switch.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 27 Setting Up NV5128 Router Association Paragon version 4.6 or later supports audio/video routing when working with the NVISION® NV5128 multi-format router and Paragon Manager 2.0.3 or later. To activate this function, the router association data is required. With the router association data, Paragon Manager can command the NV5128 router to direct audio/video signals from specified audio/video sources to specified audio/video destinations when any access to Paragon channels occurs.
28 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Figure 28 Configure Routers Dialog 2. Click New to start adding a router. 3. Type the NV5128 router’s IP address in the IP Address field. 4. Ensure the TCP Port Number field displays 5194. Important: Do not change the TCP port number, or Paragon Manager cannot control the NV5128 router. 5. Type a name in the Router Name field for identifying the router. 6. (Optional) Type any descriptive text in the Description field. 7.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 29 Removing NV5128 Routers You can delete any existing NV5128 routers from Paragon Manager so that Paragon Manager can no longer control it. When you delete the router, all association data relevant with the router is removed, either. 1. Choose Router > Configure Routers. The Configure Routers dialog appears. 2. Click the row containing the router that you want to remove from the table. 3. Click Delete. 4. A confirmation message appears.
30 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Click the Source Port drop-down arrow and select the source port to associate with. Click Audio if the selected source port is an audio connector, or Video if it is a video connector. The default is Audio. 7. If you associate the ports at a random sequence in Step 6, do one of these: • Click Apply to save the changes and the new association data is displayed in the table to the right. Repeat Steps 1 to 7 if you want to add more source association data.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 31 6. Click Close to quit the dialog. Note about “Reset to Defaults” You can click Reset to Defaults to save time configuring the source association data when the Paragon channel ports and the router’s source ports are associated with each other based on the same port numbers. The command has these characteristics: • All existing source association data is cleared and replaced by new data. • All channel ports will be associated with source ports based on identical port numbers.
32 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE A confirmation message appears. Click Yes to reset. Then each user port is associated with a destination port if they share the same port numbers. Note that port type of all destination association data is set to Audio by default. • To associate the ports at a random sequence: a. Click the Destination Port drop-down arrow and select the destination port to associate with. b.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 33 Note about “Reset to Defaults” You can click Reset to Defaults to save time configuring the destination association data when the Paragon user ports and the router’s destination ports are associated with each other based on the same port numbers. The command has these characteristics: • All existing destination association data is cleared and replaced by new data. • All user ports will be associated with destination ports based on identical port numbers.
34 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE There are two types of routing records as explained in the table. Type 1 This message indicates that Paragon Manager fails to connect to the NV5128 router with the IP address 192.168.84.222. Check the router network settings and cabling when the connection error occurs. Type 2 These messages indicate that Paragon Manager successfully connects to the NV5128 router with the IP address 192.168.84.207 and the other router with the IP address 192.168.84.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 35 3. The Paragon Update dialog appears. Figure 34 Paragon Update Dialog 4. If the device(s) intended to upgrade are listed in the dialog, go to Step 5. If not, click New to add the device(s) and click each field to enter or select the appropriate data, which is explained below: Depending on the manner in which the computer running Paragon Manager is connect to the desired devices, you may update the firmware through the network or the RS-232 connection.
36 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Click Save to store the current list of devices so next time when you execute the Paragon Update utility, the same list appears and saves your time re-entering the same information. Note: The devices checked (3) on the list must all belong to the same type. For example, either all of them are Paragon switches or all are user stations. 5. Select the checkboxes of the devices whose firmware you want to upgrade. OR click Select All to check all checkboxes.
CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 37 Figure 37 Wrong Firmware Warning Message 9. Click Send To Paragon to perform the upgrade. A progress indicator is displayed on the bottom of the dialog to indicate the upgrade status. This may last for several minutes depending on your network speed.
38 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Figure 40 Session Menu - Disconnect 2. Click Yes when a message asks you to confirm the disconnection. Closing Paragon Manager Choose Session > Exit to close Paragon Manager. The existing connection session is also disconnected at the same time. Synchronizing Database Paragon Manager is able to synchronize its database with the connected Paragon switch all the time after establishing the connection.
APPENDIX A: CLIENT SOFTWARE FOR PARAGON II SYSTEM CONTROLLER 39 Appendix A: Client Software for Paragon II System Controller This appendix is only for Administrators who use Paragon II System Controller (P2SC). The client software for Paragon II System Controller (P2SC), which is called Paragon II System Controller Admin (P2SC Admin), looks similar to Paragon Manager. Both software utilities share basic features and similar user interface.
40 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE For most of the shared commands, the operation and functions are the same as those in Paragon Manager and you can refer to previous chapters for these functions. As for the commands specific to P2SC Admin, they described in the following sections. For more information, see Paragon II System Controller (P2SC) User Guide.
APPENDIX A: CLIENT SOFTWARE FOR PARAGON II SYSTEM CONTROLLER 41 Create and Property (Users Menu) The functions of the “Create” and “Property” commands are similar to those of Paragon Manager. Only two points are different: • P2SC does not support the Forced Video function so the configuration of “Allow Forced Video Privileges” is not available.
42 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Adding Paragon Switches in P2SC 1. Select Base UMT’s from the Setup drop-down menu. The Paragon System Configuration dialog appears. Figure 44 P2SC – Paragon System Configuration Dialog (No Data) 2. Click New to add new Paragon switches’ data. 3. Click each field and type the appropriate data for Paragon switch intended to connect.
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