Section 5

IP Access Configuration & Operation

5.4. Usage

Prerequisites

The CAT-32 IP features an embedded operating system offering a variety of standardized interfaces. This section will describe these interfaces, and the way to use them in a more detailed manner. The interfaces are accessed using the TCP/IP protocol family.

The following interfaces are supported:

Telnet

A standard Telnet client can be used to access an arbitrary device connected to the CAT-32 IP’s serial port via a terminal.

HTTP/HTTPS

Full access is provided by the embedded web server. The CAT-32 IP switch environment can be entirely managed using a standard web browser. You can access the CAT-32 IP using the insecure HTTP protocol, or using the encrypted HTTPS protocol. Whenever possible, use

HTTPS.

The primary interface of the CAT-32 IP is the HTTP interface. This is covered extensively in this section. Other interfaces are addressed in the relevant subsections.

In order to use the Remote Console window of your managed host system, the browser must feature Java Runtime Environment version 1.1 or higher support. If the browser has no Java support (such as on a small handheld device), you can still maintain your remote host system using the administration forms displayed by the browser itself.

Important: We recommend you install the latest version of Sun’s

Java Virtual Machine which can be downloaded from the

following web site:

www.java.com

For a non-secure connection to the CAT-32 IP, we recommend the following browsers:

￿Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or higher

￿Netscape Navigator 7.0 or Mozilla 1.6

In order to access the remote host system using a securely encrypted connection, you need a browser that supports the HTTPS protocol. Strong security is only assured by using a key length of at least 128 Bit. Some older browsers do not have a strong 128 Bit encryption algorithm.

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Section 5

IP Access Configuration & Operation

5.5. Logging In

Login to the CAT-32 IP

Launch your web browser. Direct it to the address of your CAT-32 IP which you configured during the installation process. The address used might be a plain IP address or a host and domain name if you have given your CAT-32 IP switch a symbolic name in the DNS.

Example: Type the following in the address line of your browser when establishing an unsecured connection:

http://<IP address of CAT-32 IP>

When using a secure connection, type in:

https://<IP address of CAT-32 IP>

This will lead you to the CAT-32 IP login page as shown below:

The CAT-32 IP has a built-in super user account that has all the permissions enabled to administrate your CAT-32 IP switch:

Login name

super (factory default)

Password

pass (factory default)

Please note: Your web browser has to accept cookies, or else login is not possible.

Note: The user “super” is not allowed to login via the serial interface of the IP-KVM switch.

Please make sure you change the super user password immediately after you have installed and accessed your CAT-32 IP for the first time. Not changing the password for the super user is a severe security risk and could result in unauthorized access to the switch and to the host system(s) to which it is connected.

Technological progress

The KVM over IP Module, its software and firmware are subject to technological progress and are being continuously upgraded accordingly. Therefore minor changes compared to the descriptions in this manual may be found, especially for the design of the screens and menus.

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