HP 409054-003 manual Connection length table, Devices with Virtual Media on

Problem	Troubleshooting
When connecting a	Use the "printenv" command to show the TERM assigned under Linux. It can be
serial interface adapter	matched appropriately with other termcap entries by editing the profile or setting the
to a server running Red	TERM equal to "ansi". For PC keyboards, ANSI is the most compatible emulation.
Hat Linux or SLES, the	-or-
numeric keypad keys
	Edit your /etc/inittab as
on a PC keyboard do
not map to VT100	s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -h ttyS0 115200, 9600 ansi
emulation under the	Where ttyS0 is the serial device name under Linux where the serial interface
Linux shell. Using the
	adapter is connected.
numeric keypad with
	Then at a shell prompt, enter init q, or reboot the system.
the vi text editor causes
function characters to
appear rather than
numbers.
Virtual Media is not	Be sure that you are using the following:
working properly.	• HP IP Console Switches with Virtual Media or HP Server Console Switches with
	Virtual Media
	• A USB 2.0 interface adapter with Virtual Media, or a PS2 interface adapter with
	Virtual Media server and an operating system that supports high-speed
	composite USB 2.0 devices
	You must be able to see a Virtual Media CD drive and a mass storage drive on the
	target server to be able to map a local resource to the remote server.
Virtual Media is	See "Using Virtual Media (on page 58)."
responding slowly.
The local user cannot	See "USB composite media devices ("Using USB composite media devices" on page
map a USB composite	63)."
media device.
The keyboard does not	See "USB 2.0 composite device limitations ("Limitations of using USB 2.0 composite
respond after opening	devices with Virtual Media" on page 58)."
a Virtual Media
session.
Options in the Virtual	See the "Configuring Virtual Media parameters" section in the HP IP Viewer User
Media dialog box are	Guide.
not available.
The video resolution is	See "Connection length table (on page 90)."
distorted.

Connection length table

The console switch offers optimum video performance when the distance between the server and console switch is 22.9 m (75 ft) or less at video resolutions 1280 x 1024 at 75 Hz. The system is capable of operation at distances up to 30.5 m (100 ft) at reduced video resolutions 800 x 640 at 60 Hz, worst case.

	1280 x 1024	1024 x 768	800 x 640
22.9 m (75 ft)	X	X	X
30.5 m (100 ft)	—	—	X

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