User guide

OS’, when accessed from a Windows client, will generally mount CD/DVD
drives, USB drives and ISO images. Mac
®, Linux and Solaris™ clients can only
mount ISO images from a local or remote drive. Other UNIX based OS’ generally
do not support virtual media.
4. When connecting to the BIOS with a virtual media drive mapped, should the
BIOS not support high speed USB, then you should enable the “Use Full Speed
for Virtual Media CIM” option on the Port Configuration page for that particular
port and reboot the target server.
5. In general, due to varying BIOS implementations of the USB 2.0 standard, it is
not always possible to boot from a virtual media drive at the BIOS level.
6. For Windows OS’, do not use the “Safely Remove Hardware” function in the
system tray on the target server to disconnect a mounted virtual media drive.
Disconnect using the “Disconnect” command on the virtual media menu.
7. Absolute Mouse Synchronization requires support from the OS. Windows and
Mac OS’ generally support it. Linux and Unix based OS’ (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris)
generally do not.
8. When a panel is opened in the Virtual KVM Client (VKC), the client, as well as
related browser tabs and windows, will wait for user input until the panel is
closed.
9. Be careful of the web browser refresh or reload function/button, which has the
side-effect of closing VKC sessions.
10. To use AES encryption, first ensure that your web browser supports this stronger
encryption – not all browsers do. For AES, set the “Encryption mode” on the
“Security Settings” panel to “AES,” not “Auto” which generally results in RC4
encryption.
11. For the best possible video quality, adhere to these distance guidelines from the
CIM to the KSX II:
Server Video Resolution Distance
1024x768 (and below) 45 meters
1280x1024 30 meters
1600x1200 15 meters
12. To further minimize network bandwidth for lower bandwidth situations, set the
“Noise Filter” on the “Video Settings” panel in the remote clients above the
default value of 2 - values of 3 or 4 are recommended.
13. In general, most administrative functions are available on the remote and local
consoles. But some functions, by their nature, are only available on one console.
For example, “Factory Reset” and the “Local Port Settings” are available on the
local port. Firmware Update, Backup and Restore, and the KSX II Diagnostics are
available from the remote client.
14. When changing the various user management, device and security settings, please
remember to click the “OK” button at the end of the page to save and activate
your changes.
15. A subset of the KSX II administration functions is available from CC-SG. To
access all functions, use the Pause Management feature in CC-SG to remove the