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Dominion KX II Version 2.5 Release Notes 11
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server. Supported transmission protocols supported (used by the smart card) are T=0 and T=1. For more information, see the
“Minimum System Requirements” in the “Smart Card Readers” section in Appendix A of the Dominion KX II User Guide.
4. For a list of tested and certified Smart Card Readers, see “Supported and Unsupported Smart Card Readers” in the “Smart Card
Readers” section in Appendix A of the Dominion KX II User Guide.
5. VKC and MPC are supported for Smart Card/CAC authentication on Windows client platforms. Apple MAC and SUN Solaris
clients do not support Smart Card / CAC authentication. Certain Linux versions are supported – see below.
6. Linux Clients. Only the following Linux operating systems are certified for use as remote clients supporting Smart Card/CAC
authentication with the required PC/SC library versions:
Smart Card Requirement
Operating System PC/SC
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5) pcsc-lite-1.4.4-0.1.el5
pcsc-lite-libs-1.4.4-0.1.el5
SUSE 11 version 1.4.102-1.24
Fedora Core 10 pcsc-lite-1.4.102.3.fc10.i386
pcsc-lite-libs-1.4.102-3.fc10.i386
7. Linux Target Servers. To support Smart Card / CAC authentication for Linux servers in the data center, a new open-source card
reader driver is required. This driver is not yet available in current LINUX distributions. For more information, see the
“Minimum System Requirements” in the “Smart Card Readers” section in Appendix A of the Dominion KX II User Guide and
contact Raritan Technical Support. In addition, the following CCID driver versions are required:
Smart Card Requirement
Operating System CCID
RHEL 5
ccid-1.3.8-1.el5
SuSE 11
CCID 1.3.8-3.12
Fedora Core 10
CCID 1.3.8-1.fc10.i386
8. The extended local port on the Dominion KX II 8 channel models does not support Smart Card authentication.
9. KX II front-end to Paragon II. Smart Card and Virtual Media are not supported when using Dominion KX II as a front-end to
Paragon II. When first accessing the Paragon II OSD through KX II, do not synchronize the mouse manually. A mouse is not
needed and may delay the keyboard response for several seconds.
10. The supported distance from KX II to the Paragon II user station is up to 150 cable feet (45 m). The supported distance from
the Paragon II user station to the target server is up to 500 cable feet (152 m). Greater distances may result in video
degradation.
Release 2.1.8 (DKX2-8xx Models) Important Notes and Information:
1. Please note that the extended local port mirrors the standard local port, extending access to a second location or to a Paragon II
switch.
2. With the recommended remote client PC resources, we recommend a maximum of 4 simultaneous KVM sessions on a single
remote client workstation.
3. When used with the extended local port, the recommended firmware versions for the UST and EUST User Stations are as
follows: