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Raritan ASMI G4 Module User Manual[...]

Raritan ASMI G4 Module User Manual[...]

T able of Cont ents Preface ......... ............. ........ ........ ............ ......... ........ ............ ........ ........ ............. ........ ........ ............ ........ .... viii Copyright ...... ........ ............ ........ ........ ............. ........ ........ ............ ......... ........ ............ ........ ........ .[...]

Resetting the ASMI mod ule to its Factory Settin gs ...... ........ ............. ........ ........ ............ ........ ......... . 17 Using the KiraT ool ............. ............. ........ ........ ............ ........ ......... ............ ........ ........ ............. . 17 5. ASMI Module Usa ge ........ ............ ........ ......... ..[...]

UNIX and UNIX- like OS ........... ............ ......... ........ ............ ........ ........ ...... 45 MS Windo ws ...... ............ ........ ........ ............. ........ ........ ............ ........ ......... . 45 CD ROM/ISO 9660 Imag es ......... ........ ............ ......... ........ ............ ........ ........ ...... 46 UNIX an[...]

A. Frequently Asked Questio ns ...... ........ ......... ............ ........ ........ ............. ........ ........ ............ ........ ......... . 89 B. Glossary ............ ........ ........ ............ ........ ......... ............ ........ ........ ............. ........ ........ ............ ........ ......... . 91 C. Configuring t [...]

List of T ables 1-1. Initial Network Configuratio n ............ ......... ........ ............ ........ ........ ............. ........ ........ ............ ......... ... 1 1-2. Log in Settings ................. ........ ........ ............. ........ ........ ........ ............ ......... ........ ............ ........ ........ ........ 2 2[...]

Preface Copyright Copyright 2004-2 007 Raritan Corp. All righ ts reserved. Documen t V ersion V ersion: 1.8 Date: T uesday , February 27, 2007 T rademarks This pub lication contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright. No part of this publication may be repro duced, tra nscribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any[...]

Pr eface About the ASMI G 4 Mod ule The ASMI modu le (ASMI G4) p rovides remo te server man agement cap abilities: you can use the ASMI add-on card to man age and m onitor compo nents in you r servers. The ASMI G4 o ffers a comp rehensive hardware solution for server ma nagemen t. Limited W ar ranty The buyer agrees that if this product proves to b[...]

Chapter 1. The Quick Start Guide About the Rarita n ASM I G 4 R emote Management Card Figure 1-1. Front View of the ASMI G4 Module The ASMI G4 add -on car d provides rem ote server ma nagement capabilities. Y ou can use the ASMI G4 add-on card to man age and m onitor compo nents in you r servers thro ugh the W AN /LAN. The ASMI G4 add-on card offer[...]

Chapter 1. Th e Quick Start Guid e T able 1-1. Initial Net work Configuration P arameter V alue IP auto con figuration DHCP IP address - Netmask - Gatew ay - W arning If the DHCP conn ection f ails on boot up, the ASMI modul e will not hav e an IP address and will no t fu nction on th e net work. If this in itial config uration does not meet yo [...]

Chapter 1. Th e Quick Start Guid e The Remote Console will behave exactly the same way as if you we re sitting directly in f ront of the screen of you r remote system. That means that both the keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way . Open the console by choosing the appropriate link in the navigation frame of the HTML frontend . Figure 1 -[...]

Chapter 2. Intr oduction General Information The ASMI modu le is an integrated solution for your server system. Based on an emb edded operating system, the ASMI G4 add-o n card provides both exceptional stability and perma nent a v ailability even when your server is down or powered off. As a system admin istrator, you can use the ASMI Mod ule to g[...]

Chapter 2. I ntr oduction • Sophisticated mou se tracking an d synchro nization • Local Mouse sup pression (only when using SUNs Java V irtual Machine) • W orks inde pendently from the remote ho st OS. Y ou c an access the rem ote host ev en in its pre- boot phases like POST and BIOS setu p ASMI add-on C ar d Syste m Compon ents The ASMI add-[...]

Chapter 2. I ntr oduction Category Probability CPU fan failure 8% RAM failure 4% Using the ASMI mo dule, admin istrators can deter mine wh ich kind of serious hard ware failure has occurred ( see T able 2-2 ). T able 2-2. Ho st system failures and how they are detected T ype of f ailure Detected by Hard d isk failure Console scr een, CMOS set- up i[...]

Chapter 3. ASMI Installation Guide About the ASMI Add-On Card The ASMI add-o n car d r edirects local keyboard, mo use and video data to a rem ote ad ministration console. All data is transmitted u sing the TCP/IP proto col family . The ASMI add-on card is especially useful in a multi- administrator environmen t. Figure 3-1. ASMI G4 Add-On Module C[...]

Chapter 3. ASMI Installa tion Guide Connecting the Ethernet The ASMI add-o n card has a dedicated RJ45 Ether net connector - this has to be pr ovided by the nativ e system. The conn ector may be used eithe r as a 10 0 M bps 1 00Base-TX connectio n or as a 10 Mbp s 10B ASE-T connectio n. The adapter can sense the co nnection speed and will autom ati[...]

Chapter 4. ASMI G 4 Module Configuration Initial Con figuration The ASMI modu le’ s commu nication inter faces a re all based on TCP/IP . It comes pre-co nfigured with the IP configu ration listed in T ab le 4-1 . Additio nally you can do some simple co nfiguration u sing the serial interface. T able 4-1. Initial net work configuration P ar[...]

Chapter 4. A SMI G4 Mo dule Confi guration Using the Psetup T ool via Gr aphical User Interface After inv oking psetup a w indow opens a s shown in Figure 4-1 (Windows V ersion) an d Figu re 4-2 (Lin ux V ersio n). Figure 4-1. Psetup T ool ( Windows V ersion) Figure 4-2. Pset up T ool (Linux V ersion) On startup, the p setup tool automa tically au[...]

Chapter 4. A SMI G4 Mo dule Confi guration After selecting a device, the "De vice T ype" should show "Raritan ASMI G4". Y ou may now query the current n etwork settings of th at device using "Query Device". In or der to ch ange the n etwork settings or to assign a new super-user password, you h av e to au thenticate a[...]

Chapter 4. A SMI G4 Mo dule Confi guration Changing the n etwork settings test@teststation:~# /home/test/psetup --mac 00:0D:5D:00:65:78 --ipacp none --ip 192.168.5.55 --gateway 192.168.5.1 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --login super --pw p ass Device configured successfully. MA C Address Detection Using the Psetup T ool for Windows The MA C address of t[...]

Chapter 4. A SMI G4 Mo dule Confi guration New super-user password Enter the new password for the super-user . New password (confirm) Re-type the new password for the super-user . Press the "OK" button to acc ept the chang es and close the window . If you wish to abandon the chang es, press the "Cancel" button (on W indows). O[...]

Chapter 4. A SMI G4 Mo dule Confi guration Mouse and Ke yboard Configuration Three Blind Mice, See How They Run... The prop er co nfiguratio n of a remo te mo use is somewhat difficult to understand unless you know so me underly ing conc epts. Basically m ice transmit their m ovement using two methods: either absolute o r r elative mode. Absolu[...]

Chapter 4. A SMI G4 Mo dule Confi guration A uto Mouse Spee d and Mouse Synchr onization The automatic mouse speed m ode performs th e speed detection durin g mo use syn chroniza tion. Whenever the mouse do es not behave correctly , there are two ways for re -synchro nizing local and remote mou se: Fast Sync The fast synchro nization is used to co[...]

Chapter 4. A SMI G4 Mo dule Confi guration While the ASMI mo dule works with accelerated mic e and is able to sy nchron ize the local with the remote mou se pointer, there a re some limitations which m ay prevent this synchr onization from working proper ly: Special Mouse Driver There are mo use driv ers which influence the synch ronization proce[...]

Chapter 4. A SMI G4 Mo dule Confi guration SUN Solaris Adjust the mouse settings eithe r via "xset m 1" or use the CDE Con trol Panel to set the mou se to "1:1, no acceler ation". As an alternativ e you may also use the Single Mouse Mode. MA C OS X W e reco mmend using the Single Mouse Mo de. Linux First choose th e option &quo[...]

Chapter 5. ASMI Module Usa ge Prerequisi tes The ASMI modu le features an emb edded op erating system an d app lications offering a variety o f standardized inter faces. This chapter will d escribe these in terfaces and the way to use them in a m ore detailed mann er . The interfaces are accessed using the TCP/IP p rotocol family , thus they can be[...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage In or der to access th e remo te host system u sing a secu rely encry pted connection , you need a br owser that supports the HTTPS pro tocol. Strong security is only assured by using a key length of 128 Bit. Some old browsers do not offer a stro ng 1 28 Bit encryptio n algorithm . For secur ity reason s yo u shou ld u[...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage Figure 5-2. Log in screen Note: Y o ur web browser has to accept cookies or else login is not possible. The ASMI mod ule has a built-in super-user that has all the perm issions to administrate your ASMI module. See the f ollowing table for the d efault settings. T able 5-1. Defa ult User Sett ings P arameter V alue Log[...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage Figure 5-3. Main Page T able 5-2. Front End Butt ons Return to th e main page of th e ASMI module. Open the ASMI m odule Remote Conso le. Exit fro m the ASMI m odule fr ont end. Logging out of th e A SMI module This link logs ou t the curr ent user an d presents a new login screen. Please note that an au tomatic logou [...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage Note: If ther e is no activity for half an hour , the ASMI modul e will log you out from the Web session automati cally . A click on one of the links wi ll b ring you back t o the logi n screen. If ther e is a KVM session activ e, the Web s ession will no t e xpire. The Re mote Cons ole General Des cription The Remote [...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage very unlikely to be able to establish a conne ction. This is be cause today’ s web prox ies are not ca pable of relaying this KVM p rotocol. In case of pr oblems, please con sult y our n etwork ad ministrator in order to p rovide a workin g network en vironme nt. Main Windo w Starting the Remote Console op ens an add[...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage W arning Please not e that some of th ese op tions are o nly visible and usable whe n you have selected the ope rating system type "Othe r Operating S ystems". Drive R edirection Opens the virtu al media Drive Redirection menu for th e Remote Console. Figure 5-6. Remote Console Applet Drive Redirection M enu [...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage Figure 5-8. Successful Redirection of a Local Drive This m enu shows you an establishe d drive redirection (the seco nd drive is not redire cted): Sync Mouse Choose this optio n in order to synchronize the local with the remote mo use cursor . Th is is especially necessary when using acceler ated mouse settings on the [...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage Remote Console Options T o op en the Options menu click on th e button "Options". Figure 5-9. Re mote Console Opt ions Menu A description of the op tions follows. Monitor Only T oggles the Monito r Only filter on or off. If the filter is switched o n no remote console interaction is possible. The remo te sc[...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage Scaling Allows y ou to scale down the Remote Console. Y ou can still u se both mouse and keyboard, h owe ver the scaling algorithm will no t p reserve all display details. Figure 5-10. Remot e Console Optio ns Menu: Sca ling Mouse Handling Note: This menu i s onl y av ailable when you hav e selected th e option " [...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage • Intelligent Syn c Use this o ption if the fast sync d oes not work o r the mou se settings have been changed on the rem ote host system. Local Cursor Offers a list of different cursor shapes to ch oose from fo r the local mou se pointer . The selected shape will be saved for the current user an d acti vated the nex[...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage Soft K e yboard The Soft Keyboard simulates an entire keyboard th at is connected to the remote system. It is necessary in case y our remo te system run s with a co mpletely different languag e and co untry mapp ing to y our administration machin e. B y selecting the app ropriate button(s) you can send ke y codes and a[...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage Figure 5-15. So ft Keyboard Mapping Local K e yboard Used to chang e the lan guage map ping of y our browser machin e runnin g the Remote Co nsole App let. Normally , the applet determines the correct value for this autom atically . Howev er , depending on your particular JVM an d you r browser s ettings this is n ot a[...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage Hotke ys Opens a list of pr eviously defined ho tkeys. In or der to send a pre-defin ed command to th e ho st system simply choose the ap propriate en try . A con firmation dialog will be d isplayed befo re sending the selec ted co mmand to the rem ote host. Choose "OK" to p erform the comman d on the remo[...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage Figure 5-18. Remote Console Options: Encoding compression The next two option s allo w you to set th e compr ession le vel to a pred efined le vel OR to set a le vel for "lossy" compression . Th is c ompresses well, but lead s to a degrada tion in image quality . Figure 5-19. Remote Console Options: Predefi[...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage Figure 5-20. Remot e Console Optio ns: Lossy Compression • Color Depth: set the de sired colo r depth. Y ou may select between 8 o r 16 b it fo r compression level 0 or between 1 an d 8 bit for c ompression lev els 1 to 9. Th e higher the colo r depth, the more vid eo informatio n has to be captured and to be transmi[...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage Remote Console. "Norm " means a stan dard c onnection w ithout en cryption , "SSL" in dicates a secure connection using the Secu re Socket Layer (SSL). Figure 5-22. Sta tus line The status line d isplays the numb er of frame buf fer updates ("Fps") per secon d as well as th e incoming (&qu[...]

Chapter 5. AS MI Module Usage the Section called Re mote Console Contr ol Bar . Optimizin g the Video Picture The ASMI modu le detects th e v ideo m ode with 8 bits (256 color s) autom atically . T o im prove the picture quality you may select 1 6 bit (True Color) from the Option s Menu of the Remote Conso le, sub menu "Encodin g", entry [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Options Remote Co ntrol KVM Console Figure 6-1. K VM Console Remote Console Preview Y ou can open the KVM c onsole by clicking either o n the menu entry on th e left or o n the console picture on the right. If you need to r efresh the pictu re click on the "Refresh" button. 36[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Remote P ower Figure 6-2. Remot e Control via IPMI On this screen y ou will fin d buttons which allow yo u to power cycle or r eset the rem ote server . Th is doe s not affect the ASMI modu le! In order to contro l the ASMI module please consu lt the section unde r "Device Settings". 37[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Vir tual M edia Flopp y Disk Figure 6-3. Virtual Floppy Area Dual Floppies As you can tell from th e previous screen, you can actually re direct two virtual floppies using the pop-u p. 38[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Figure 6-4. T w o V irtual Floppies Upload a Fl oppy Image W ith two small working steps a (flop py) image can be upload ed. 1. Specify th e path of the im ages. Y ou can pecify up to two images. Y ou can do th at eithe r manually or by using th e file selec tion dialog o f you r web browser . T o open the file selection[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Drive Redirection The Drive Redirection is another possibility to use a local disc drive on the remo te computer . W ith Driv e Redirection you d o not have to use an image file but m ay work with a drive from your local com puter on the remote ma chine. The drive is then shared over the TCP/IP ne twork connection. Local d[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Drive Redirection Options As shown in Figure 6-6 the fo llowing options may b e en abled: Disable Drive Redirection If ena bled the Dr iv e Redirection is switched o ff. Force read -only con nections If en abled the Write Suppo rt for the Drive Redirection is switched off. I t is no t possible to write to the redir ected de[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Specify the pa rameters of the network conn ection (see Figure 6-7 ). Device This is the a ddress (either the DNS n ame or the IP ad dress) of the ASMI m odule you would like to connect to . Port This is the network port. By default the ASMI module uses the remo te console por t (#443) here. Y ou need to cha nge this value [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Select th e drive you would like to redirect. All av ailable devices (driv e letters) are shown her e. Please note that the who le drive is shared with th e remote comp uter, not on ly one partition. If yo u hav e a hard disc with m ore than on e partitio n all d rive letters that belo ng to th is disc will be r edirected. [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Device A uthen tication Figure 6- 10. Device A uthentication Y ou have to authen ticate on the ASMI mo dule using a valid usernam e and password in order to use Drive Redirection. Y ou also need p ermission to chan ge the v irtual disc con figuration. Naviga tion Buttons Connect/Disconn ect T o establish the d rive redirec[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Exit/Hide When the "E xit" button is pressed, the Drive R edirection software is closed. I f a Drive Redirection connection is acti ve, the con nection will b e pr operly closed b efore th e ap plication term inates. Using the "Hide to Tray" button the application is hidd en, but no t term inated co mple[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Figure 6- 12. RawWrite for Windows selection dia log Select the tab "Read " from the me nu. Enter (or cho ose) the name of the file in which you would like to sav e the flop py content. Click on th e button "Copy" to initiate the imag e creation p rocess. For related tools you may h ave a l ook at the [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions MS Windo ws Create the image file using your f a vorite CD i maging tool to copy the whole contents of the disc into one single ISO imag e file on you r harddisk. For example with "Nero " you c hoose "Copy a nd Backu p". Then , navigate to the "Copy Disc" section. Select the CD ROM or D VD dr[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Chassis C ontrol Figure 6-14. Chassis Cont rol Using Chassis Control you can: • Obtain inform ation abou t the selected chassis • Switch th e remo te power on and o ff (power c ycle) • Locate the rem ote host chassis 48[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Monitor Sensors Figure 6- 15. Monitoring Remot e Sensors Screen 1 On th is scree n yo u can see som e of th e rem ote hosts sensor s and th eir values or state. 49[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Figure 6- 16. Monitoring Remot e Sensors Screen 2 50[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions System Event Log Figure 6-17. System Event Log Screen 1 Y ou can browse the System Event Logs her e. Note: these logs are for I PMI events. These are d ifferent to the ASMI module’ s own system log s. 51[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Figure 6-18. System Event Log Screen 2 User Manag ement The ASMI modu le com es with a pre-con figured user acc ount for the administrator also referred as the super-user . The super-user has the default login name "super" and a fixed set of permissions. This user has all possible rig hts needed to con figure t[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Note: Even acting as t he super-user you can not dele te any of th e pre-define d groups. Y ou may create and dele te other groups as you wish. Change P as s wor d Figure 6-19. Set password Change y our password by enter ing the new password in the up per entry field. Retyp e the p assword in the field below in or der to[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions User s And Groups Figure 6-20. Set User List of A v ailable Options A full list o f av ailable options follows. This list can only be seen b y the super-user . Existing users Select an existing user for mod ification. Once a user has been selected, click th e "Lookup " b utton to see the user inf ormation . New U[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Passw ord The password for the login name. It mu st be at least four character s long. Confirm password Confirmation of th e password ab ove. Email addre ss This is option al. Mobile num ber This infor mation may be o ptionally provided. User Group Each user can b e a memb er of one group . This can be one of the built-in[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions P ermis sions Figure 6-21. Set Permissions Only one per mission set per user is allowed. Either the user inherits permission s from his/her group or if the user d oes not belong to a g roup, the permission s can be set individually for this user . This p age allows you to set these per missions for each g roup or g roup-les[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Each entry allows or denies the u sage of a certain f unctionality . T he fields labelled "RC Settings" pertain to the setting s of the Remote Console. KVM Setting s User Consol e The following settings are user specific. That means the super-user can customize these settings for e very user . Changing the setti[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions T ransmission Encoding The T ransmission Encodin g setting allows changing the image-enc oding algo rithm that is used to transmit the video d ata to the Remote Con sole window . It is possible to optimize the speed of th e remote screen depen ding on the numb er of users working at the same time a nd the bandwid th of the [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Figure 6-23. User Console Settings ( Part 2) Remote Console T ype Specifies wh ich Remote Con sole V iewer to use. Default Jav a V irtual Machine ( JVM) Uses the default JVM of you r web browser . This may be the Microsof t JVM for the Internet Explorer or the Sun JVM if it is configure d t his way . Use of the Sun JVM ma[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Howe ver , in o rder to make the in stallation possible y ou still h ave to answer the req uired dialogs w ith "yes". The download volume is aroun d 11 Mb ytes. T he advantage of downloadin g Sun’ s JVM is the usage o f a stable and iden tical JVM across different platfo rms. The Remote Con sole software is opti[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions The "keycode" is the key to be sent. Mu ltiple key codes can be con catenated with e ither a p lus, a min us, or an ">" sign. T he p lus sign builds key combination s - all the keys will be pressed un til a min us sign or the end of th e combinatio n is encountered . In this case all p ressed keys wil[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Ke y Release Timeout This is an im portant option if yo u are accessing the ASMI m odule over a slo w or congested network. In such a situation you transmit a network packet containin g the ke y PRESS to the ASM I module. When you release the key , then the ASMI mo dule will receive a correspondin g RELE ASE packet. When th[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Figure 6-25. Network Settings W arning The init ial IP configuration is usually done directly on the host system using th e special proced ure descri bed i n T able 4-1 in Ch apter 4. W arning Changi ng the networ k settings of th e ASMI mo dule migh t result in l osing the connection to it. In case you chang e the setting[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Basic Network Settings IP auto con figuration W ith this option you can define whether the ASMI mo dule should fetch its network settings from a DHCP or BOO TP server . For DHCP s elect "dhcp" and for BOO TP select "bootp" accordingly . If you choo se "none" then IP auto configuratio n is di[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions SSH port Port n umber a t wh ich the ASMI module’ s SSH (Secur e Shell) server is listening. I f lef t em pty the default value (por t 22) will be used . Bandwidth Limit The m aximum ne twork traffic gen erated throu gh the ASMI mo dule Eth ernet d evice. V alue in Kbit/s. Enable T elnet This enable s the T eln et client[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Dynamic DN S Figure 6- 26. Dynamic DNS A f reely av ailable Dyn amic DNS service ( dyndns.org ) can be used in the following scenario (see Figure 6-2 7 ): 66[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Figure 6- 27. Dynamic DNS Scena rio The ASMI mod ule is reachable via the IP address of the DSL router which is dynam ically assigned by the provider . Since the ad ministrator does not know the IP addr ess assigned by the pr ovider, the ASMI module conne cts to a special d ynamic DNS ser ver in regu lar intervals and regis[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions the abbreviated hostna me. Username Y ou hav e registered this username d uring yo ur man ual r egistration with the Dynam ic DNS Server . Spaces ar e not a llowed in the Nickn ame. Passw ord Y ou h ave used this password during your manual registration with the Dynam ic DNS S erver . Check time The ASMI mo dule card regist[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Security Figure 6-28. Device Security KVM Encryp tion If this option is enabled, access to the web front- end is only possible using a HTTPS connection. The ASMI mo dule will no t listen on th e HTTP por t for in coming co nnections. In case you want to create yo ur own SSL certificate that is used to iden tify the ASMI mo[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions IP Access Control This section con tains settings for the ASMI m odule’ s built-in fire wall. Th e firewall can b e ena bled or disabled. When enabled the firew all allows you to explicitly b lock or allow co nnections f rom certain client IP addresses. If the default policy is set to DROP , a list of IP addr esses or [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Certificate Figure 6-29. Cert ificate Settings The ASMI mod ule uses the Secure Soc ket Layer (SSL) protoco l for any encrypted network traffi c between itself and a co nnected client. Du ring the co nnection establishm ent th e ASMI mo dule h as to expose its identity to a client using a cryp tograph ic certificate. Af[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions 1. Create a SSL Certificate Signing Request using the p anel shown in Figure 6-2 9 . Y o u need to fill out a number of field s that are explained below . Once this is d one, click on the button "Create" which will initiate the Certificate Signin g Requ est generation. The CSR can be downloaded to your adminis[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Common nam e This is the network n ame of the A SMI mod ule once it is installed in th e user’ s network (usually the fully qualified domain name ). It is identical to the name that is used to access th e ASMI module with a web b rowser b ut without the prefix "h ttp://". In case the nam e given here and the a[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Date And Time Figure 6-31. Dat e and Time This link r efers to a page wh ere the intern al realtime clock of the ASMI m odule can be set u p (see Figure 6-3 1 ). Y ou h av e the possibility to ad just the clo ck manually or to u se an NTP time ser ver . Without a time server yo ur time setting will not be p ersistent, so yo[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions A uthe ntication Settings Figure 6-3 2. LD AP and o ther Au thentication Sett ings On this screen you can specify wh ere the ASMI modu le will look in order to authenticate the users. Y o u can either use "Lo cal Authentication ", t his means you n eed to have created the user account on the ASMI module and the u [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions on the ASMI mo dule bef ore this user can login via LDAP . A lso, all privilege configu rations have to b e done within the ASMI user m anagemen t (see the Sectio n called User Management ). In order to co nfigure the LDAP access, you can set the following options: • User LDAP Server: Here you sho uld enter the name or [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Remote Console . If th ere is no a ctivity for half an h our you r connectio n to the ASMI module will be terminated and c losed. • Server: enter either the IP ad dress or the ho stname of the RADIUS Server to con nect to. If you use th e hostname DNS has to be co nfigured an d enab led. • Shared Secret: a shared secre[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Event Log Figure 6-33. Event Log Screen Part 1 ASMI intern al e vents (like a login failure or a firmware update) are log ged to a selection o f logging destinations (see Figu re 6-33 a nd Figure 6- 34 ). Each of those events belong to an event group which can be acti vated separately . F or a detailed specification of th[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Figure 6-34. Event Log Screen Part 2 The commo n w ay to log events is to use the in ternal log list of the ASMI mod ule. T o sho w the log list click on the item "E vent Log" from the section "Maintenan ce". In the Event Log Settings you can choose how many log entries are shown on each page. Y ou ca n [...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions W arning If the reset button on the HTML fro ntend is used to restar t the ASMI module, al l lo gging informati on is saved p er manentl y and is av ailable after the ASMI module ha s been star ted. If the ASMI modu le loses power or a har d reset is performed all logg ing dat a wi ll be lost. In ord er to avoid this use on[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions SNMP Figure 6-35. SNMP sett ings The following in formation is av ailable v ia SNMP: • Serial numb er • Firmware version • MA C address / IP address / Netmask / Gateway of LAN interface • Server’ s po wer state • Server’ s POS T co de The fo llowing actions can be initiated v ia SNMP: • Reset server • Powe[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions The following ev ents are reported by the ASMI m odule via SNMP: • Login attemp t to th e ASMI mod ule failed. • Login attemp t to th e ASMI mod ule succeeded. • Denying access to a p articular action. • Server was reset. • Server was powered on/o ff. The SNMP setting s panel as shown in Figure 6- 35 is describe d[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Maintena nce De vice Inf ormation Figure 6-36. Device Information This section con tains a summ ary of various info rmation abo ut this ASMI mo dule and its current firmware and allows you to reset the card . Y o u may have a look at Figure 6-3 6 for an example. The data file fo r support allows you to download the ASMI m[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Figure 6- 37. Connected Users Figure 6 -37 displays the ASMI m odule activity . From left to rig ht the conn ected user(s), its IP add ress (from wh ich host the user co mes from ) and their activity status is d isplayed. "RC" indic ates that the Remote Console is open . If the Remo te Console is open ed in "[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Event Log Figure 6- 38. Event Log List Figure 6 -38 displays the Event Log list. It includes the events that are kept by the ASMI mod ule extended by the event date, a short event description and the IP ad dress that the request was sent fro m. Y ou may u se the text buttons "Prev" and "Next" to browse w[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Update Firmware Figure 6-39 . Update Firmware The ASMI modu le is a co mplete stand alone co mputer . The sof tware it r uns is called the firmware. T he firmware of the ASMI mo dule can be upd ated remotely in order to install new functionality , bug fixes or special features. New releases of the ASMI G4 m odule firmwa[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions file and wh ether there were any transm ission errors. In c ase of any err or the Uplo ad Firmware function will b e ab orted a nd the curren t firmware is left in place . No u pdate will take place. 2. Then, if everything in step 1 wen t well, you will see the Up date Firmware panel. The pan el shows you the version n um[...]

Chapter 6. Menu Op tions Unit Rese t Figure 6- 40. Unit Reset This section allows you to reset specific p arts of the device. This inv olves the both keyboard and mouse, the video en gine and the ASMI mo dule itself. Resetting the car d itself is mainly n eeded to activ ate a newly update d firmware. I t will clo se all cu rrent co nnections to t[...]

Appendix A. Frequentl y Asked Questions 1. The mouse does no t react correctly in the applet screen. The mouse is not in sy nc with the mouse of the host. Navigate your mo use pointer into the u pper left co rner of the ap plet screen an d move it slightly f orth and back. Thu s the mouse will be resynchr onized. If re synchron izing fails, disable[...]

Append ix A. F r eq uently Asked Que stions 8. The ASMI G 4 module web pa ges are not displayed correctly . Check your br owser’ s cache settings. Make sure th e cache settings are no t set to somethin g like "ne ver check for newer pages". Otherwise the ASMI G4 module page s may be loaded from y our browser cache and no t from th e car[...]

Appendix B. Glossary A CPI Advanced Configu ration and Power Interface A specification that ena bles the operating sy stem to implemen t power man agement an d system configur ation. A TX Advanced T echnology Exten ded A par ticular specification that covers the style of mo therboar ds and enclosure introd uced by Raritan in 1995. DHCP Dynamic [...]

Append ix B. Glossary PS/2 Personal System/2 IBM’ s second gener ation of person al com puters, which was released to the pub lic in 19 87. T od ay , PS/2 is k nown as a device interface fo r mo use and keyboa rd. SNMP Simple Network Managem ent Protoco l A widely used network mon itoring and co ntrol protocol. SSH Secure Shell An encr ypted n et[...]

Appendix C. Configuring the RA DIUS ser ver This app endix describes the necessary steps to co nfigure a RADIUS server in o rder to be able to u se remote authen tication on the ASMI G4 module. This is shown for a W indo ws 2003 Server Standard Edition system with Active Directory enab led. Prerequisi tes 1. Please check if Active Directory is en[...]

Append ix C. Configu ring the RADI US server T ype the share secr et that will b e used between this RADIUS server and ASMI module. (Note: please memorize this secre t, as the same secret w ill be requ ested for the configuratio n of RADIUS function on ASMI mod ule). Select Finish after this is d one. A new RADIUS client will n ow be shown on the[...]

Appendix D . K e y Codes T able D-1 shows the key codes used to define the key strokes or ho tkeys for sev eral function s. Pl ease note that these key code s do no t necessarily repre sent the key chara cters that are used o n intern ational keyboards. A key on a stand ard 104 key PC keyboard with a US E nglish lang uage mapping is n amed. The la[...]

Append ix D. K ey Codes Key Alias Ke y(s) RCTRL CTRL, STRG RSHIFT SHIFT LCTRL CTRL, STRG LAL T AL T SP A CE AL T GR ESCAPE ESC F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PRINTSCREEN SCR OLL LOCK BREAK INSER T HOME POS 1 P A GE_UP P A GE_DO WN DELETE DEL END UP LEFT DO WN RIGHT NUM_LOCK NUMP AD0 NUMP AD1 NUMP AD2 NUMP AD3 NUMP AD4 NUMP AD5 NUMP AD6 96[...]

Append ix D. K ey Codes Key Alias Ke y(s) NUMP AD7 NUMP AD8 NUMP AD9 NUMP ADPLUS NUMP AD_PLUS, + NUMP AD / / NUMP ADMUL NUMP AD_MUL, x NUMP ADMINUS NUMP AD_MINUS, - NUMP ADENTER WINDO WS MENU 97[...]

Appendix E. Specifications Sizes an d W eig ht T able E-1. ASMI G4 Specificat ion Attribute V alue Height 13m m W idth 173.4mm Depth 64.4 mm W eight 110g (w/o r eplicator cable) Power Consumption up to 1A En vironment T emperature T able E-2. T emperature Attribute V alue Operating T emperature Range 0 degree C to 5 5 degree C (32 d egree F to 13[...]

Appendix F . Raritan Corp. W a rranty Inf ormation Limited W ar ranty Raritan Corp. man ufactures its hard ware pro ducts from parts and compo nents that are new or equiv alent to ne w in accordance with industry -standard practices. Raritan w arrants that the har dware produ cts including th e firmware will b e fr ee fr om def ects in mater ials [...]

Append ix F . Raritan Corp . W arranty In formation inability to use this pro duct, e ven if Raritan has been advised of the possibility of such damag es. In any case, Raritan’ s entire liability und er any p rovision of this agr eement shall be limited to the a mount actually paid b y you for the firmware and /or hardware. Because some states/j[...]

Appendix G. GNU General Pub lic License (GPL) V ersio n 2, June 19 91 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation , Inc. 59 T emp le Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 -1307 USA Everyone is p ermitted to copy an d distribute verb atim cop ies of this license documen t, but changing it is not allowed. Preamble The licenses fo r most software a[...]

Append ix G. GNU General Pu blic License (GPL) Activities other than copying , distrib ution and mod ification are not covered by this License; th ey are outside its scop e. The act of run ning the Prog ram is n ot restricted, an d the outp ut from the Prog ram is covered on ly if its contents constitute a work based on the Prog ram ( indepen dent[...]

Append ix G. GNU General Pu blic License (GPL) a. Accomp any it with the co mplete correspond ing mach ine-readab le source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 an d 2 above on a medium customa rily used for software interchang e; or, b . Accompany it with a wr itten offer , valid for at least three years, to give any third[...]

Append ix G. GNU General Pu blic License (GPL) If any portion of this section is held inv alid or unenforceab le under any particular circumstance, the balance of the sectio n is intend ed to apply and the section a s a whole is in tended to apply in o ther circumstances. It is not the pu rpose of this section to induce you to infrin ge any patents[...]

Append ix G. GNU General Pu blic License (GPL) BUT NO T LIMITED TO LOSS OF DA T A OR D A T A BEING RENDERED INA CC URA TE OR LOSSES SUST AINED BY YOU OR THIRD P AR TIES OR A F AILURE O F THE PR OGRAM TO OPERA TE WITH ANY O THER PR OGRAMS), EVEN I F SUCH HOL DER OR OTHER P AR TY HAS BEEN A D VISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMA GES. END OF TERMS AN[...]

Appendix H. The OpenLD AP Public License V ersio n 2.8, 17 August 2003 Redistribution and use of this software and associated docum entation ("Software"), with or without modification , are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions in sou rce f orm must retain copyright statem ents and notices, 2. Redis[...]