Single port KVM over IP switch

1. The quick installation guide

Installation

IP-KVM switch redirects local keyboard, mouse and video data to a remote administration console. All data is transmitted via IP. IP-KVM switch can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well. Besides this, IP-KVM switch is a KVM switch, which can also be used with a local console.

IP-KVM switch hardware installation

Host

Console

Figure 1-1 The connectors of single port IP-KVM switch front and rear side

Please perform the following steps:

1.Connect the power supply on IP-KVM switch

2.Connect the monitor to the IP-KVM switch console side.

3.Connect the keyboard to the IP-KVM switch console side.

4.Connect the mouse to the IP-KVM switch console side.

5.Connect a VGA cable (15-pin HDDB Male / Male) with the Male side to both of the PC and the host port of the IP-KVM switch.

6.Connect one purple end of 3-in-one cable to the PS/2 mouse port on the computer, and the other end of 3-in-one cable to the host PS/2 mouse port on the IP-KVM Switch.

7.Connect one green end of 3-in-one cable to PS/2 keyboard port on the computer, and the other end of 3-in-one cable to the host PS/2 keyboard port on the IP-KVM switch.

8.Connect the USB jack to the USB socket of the host system.

9.Connect Ethernet and/or modem, depending how you want to access IP-KVM switch

Video modes

IP-KVM switch recognizes a limited number of common video modes. When running X-Window on the host system, please don’t use any custom mode lines with special video modes. If done so, IP-KVM switch may not be able to detect these. You are on the safe side with all standard VESA video modes. Please refer to Appendix C for a list of all known modes.

Initial IP configuration

Initially the IP-KVM switch network interface is configured with the parameters shown in Table 1-1.

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