Cyclades User's Guide manual To Use a Dynamic IP Address to Access the Web Manager

Enabling Access to the Web Manager without Making a Direct Connection

4.On a computer that resides on the same subnet with the KVM/net, change the network portion of the IP address of that computer to 192.168.160.NN, where NN is not 10, and change the Netmask to

255.255.255.0.

For example, you could change the computer’s IP address to 192.168.160.44. For the host portion of the IP address, use any number except 10, 0, or 255.

5.Bring up a browser on the computer whose address you changed, enter the KVM/net’s default IP address (http://192.168.160.10)to bring up the Web Manager, and log in.

6.To allow subsequent use of the Web Manager from any computer, go to the Wizard: “Step 1: Network Settings” to change the default IP address to a fixed public IP address and to configure the other basic network parameters and save them to Flash.

7.Restore the computer’s IP address to its previous IP address.

8.Finish configuring KVM/net users and ports using the Web Manager.

TTo Use a Dynamic IP Address to Access the Web Manager

This procedure assumes that DHCP is enabled on the KVM/net.

1.Set up the AlterPath KVM/net.

See “To Mount the KVM/net” on page 76.

2.Connect computers and other devices to be managed through the KVM/ net.

See “Connecting Servers to the KVM Ports” on page 78.

3.Power on the KVM/net and connected devices.

See “Powering On the KVM/net and Connected Devices” on page 83.

4.To obtain the KVM/net’s current IP address from the console port do the following:

a. Using the console port, log in as “root.”

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