User guide

Dominion KX II Version 2.5 Release Notes 3
DominionKXIIReleaseNotes2.5  255-62-4026-00-0P RoHS
KVM and Serial Client Access Guide – reference for the remote clients for the Raritan products
Dominion KX II CIM Guide – reference for the Dominion KX Computer Interface Modules (CIMs). Which CIM to use, etc.
Dominion KX II Blade Configuration Guide –contains detailed instructions and screenshots for Dell and IBM blade
servers.
The Dominion KX II documentation is available from the KX II web based user interface and on the Raritan.com website:
www.raritan.com. Please go to the Support section, go to Firmware and Documentation and then select Dominion KX II. The
documentation is shown by release, so click on the appropriate release.
Dominion KX II Online Help:
An Online Help System is available. Click on Help – Online Help in the left hand information panel and the Online Help system will
launch. You can browse to the appropriate topic via the Contents, Index and Search tabs. The entire Dominion KX II User guide is
available, including text and images, with an extensive set of links.
Online help for the Raritan products is now available on raritan.com:
http://www.raritan.com/support/online-help/
Computer Interface Module (CIM) Overview:
Dominion KX II can use the following CIMs:
D2CIM-DVUSB: dual USB, VGA-based virtual media CIM, required for virtual media, absolute mouse synchronization, and
the advanced KVM features. This CIM is recommended for customers planning to access virtual media drives at the
OS/BIOS levels as well as the Smart Card, tiering and audio features.
D2CIM-DVUSB-DVI, D2CIM-DVUSB-HDMI & D2CIM-DVUSB-DP: New DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort versions of the
D2CIM-DVUSB, available in June 2012.
D2CIM-VUSB: single USB virtual media CIM, required for the virtual media and absolute mouse synchronization features.
This CIM is recommended for customers planning to access virtual media drives only at the OS level.
KX I DCIMs: DCIM-PS2, DCIM-USBG2, and DCIM-SUN. The DCIM-USB and DCIM-SUSB are end-of-life, so the
DCIM-USBG2 is now recommended.
DCIM-USBG2: the DCIM-USBG2 is the recommended basic USB CIM for KX II. There is a small switch on the
DCIM-USBG2, which should be set to the “S” position for use with SUN servers with USB ports.
D2CIM-PWR: required to connect a remote power strip to the KX II.
Select Paragon CIMS: P2CIM-AUSB, P2CIM-PS2, P2CIM-USB, P2CIM-SUSB, P2CIM-SUN, UKVMPD, UUSBPD, UKVM
and USKVMPD.
Paragon Dual CIMS: as of Release 2.3, the P2CIM-APS2DUAL and P2CIM-AUSBDUAL are now supported.
P2CIM-SER, which can be connected to serial devices. When loaded with firmware V2.63 or greater, it is certified for use
with KX II switches.