Enable Dial Out. For the dial out function, establish an account with an Internet Service Provider, and use a modem to dial up to your ISP account.
Item | Action |
ISP Settings | Specify the telephone number, account name (username), and password that you use to |
| connect to your ISP. |
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Dial Out Schedule | Set the times for the KVM switch to dial out over the ISP connection. |
| • Every: Provides a listing of fixed times from every hour to every four hours. |
| Example: Select Every two hours and the KVM switch will start dialing out every two |
| hours beginning at 00:00. |
| Select Never from the list if you don't want the KVM switch to dial out on a fixed |
| schedule. |
| • Daily at will dial out once a day at a specified time. Use the hh:mm time format. |
| • PPP online time specifies how long the ISP connection lasts before terminating the |
| session and hanging up the modem. A setting of zero means it is always on line. |
Emergency Dial Out If the KVM switch gets disconnected from the network, or the network goes down, this
function puts the switch on line via the ISP dial up connection.
•Choose PPP stays online until network recovery and the PPP connection to the ISP will last until the network comes back up or the switch is able to reconnect.
•Choose PPP online time and the connection to the ISP will terminate after the time specified. A setting of zero means it is always on line.
Dial Out Mail | Receive email notification of problems on the devices connected to the KVM switch's |
Configuration | ports (see “SMTP Settings To have the KVM switch email reports from the SMTP server |
| to you:” on page 70). |
| Note: This email notification differs from the one configured under SMTP Settings. It |
| uses the ISP mail server rather than the internal company's mail server. |
| • Enter the IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or domain name of your SMTP server in the SMTP |
| Server IP Address field. |
| • Enter the email address of the person responsible for the SMTP server (or another |
| responsible administrator), in the Email From field. |
| • Enter the email address (addresses) where the report will be sent in the To field. To send |
| to more than one email address, separate the addresses with a comma or a semicolon. |
| • If your server requires a secure SSL connection, put a check in the SMTP server |
| requires secure connection (SSL) checkbox. |
| • If your server requires authentication, put a check in the SMTP server requires |
| authentication checkbox, enter the account name and password in the fields. |
Click Save when finished.
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