Lenovo THINKSERVER TD230 User manual

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TD230

Lenovo THINKSERVER TD230 is a 1U rack server that delivers powerful performance and enterprise-class features for small businesses and branch offices.

With support for the latest Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 processors, up to 64GB of DDR4 memory, and a variety of storage options, the TD230 can handle a wide range of workloads, from basic file and print serving to more demanding applications like virtualization and database management.

The TD230 also includes a number of features that make it easy to manage and maintain, including a Remote Management Module that allows administrators to access the server remotely for troubleshooting and maintenance.

Lenovo THINKSERVER TD230 is a 1U rack server that delivers powerful performance and enterprise-class features for small businesses and branch offices.

ThinkServerTD230

RemoteManagementUserGuide

ThinkServerTD230

RemoteManagementUserGuide

Note:

Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•TheImportantNoticesthatcamewithyourproduct

•TheSafetyInformationandtheWarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVD

thatcamewithyourproduct

SecondEdition(September2010)

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Contents

Chapter1.Introduction.........1

Targetaudience...............1

Terminology.................1

Safetyinformation..............1

Chapter2.RemoteManagement

Moduleoverview............3

RemoteManagementModulefeatures......3

Chapter3.Conguringtheremote

managementmodule..........5

Chapter4.Gettingstartedwith

RemoteManagementModule.....7

Beforeyoubegin...............7

Clientbrowsers.............7

Loggingin.................7

Navigation.................8

Onlinehelp.................9

Loggingout.................9

Chapter5.RemoteConsole(KVM)

operation...............11

Launchtheredirectionconsole........11

Mainwindow...............11

RemoteConsolecontrolbar.........12

RemoteConsolevideomenu.......12

RemoteConsolekeyboardmenu.....12

RemoteConsolemousemenu.......12

RemoteConsoleoptionsmenu......13

RemoteConsoledevicemenu.......13

RemoteConsolestatusline.........14

Chapter6.RemoteManagement

ModuleWebConsoleoptions....15

SystemInformation.............15

ViewingSystemInformation.......15

ViewingtheFieldReplaceableUnit

information..............15

ServerHealth...............15

ViewingServerReadings.........15

ViewingEventLog...........16

Conguringsettings............16

Conguringnetworksettings.......16

Managingusers............17

Log-insecurityconguration.......17

ConguringLDAPSettings........17

ConguringSSLUpload.........18

ConguringRemoteSession.........18

ConguringMouseModeSetting.....18

Macro-variablesofthekeyboard......19

RemoteControl..............19

ConsoleRedirection...........19

Serverpowercontrol..........19

AppendixA.FAQ...........21

AppendixB.Notices.........23

Trademarks................24

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Chapter1.Introduction

TheLenovo®ThinkServer®RemoteManagementModuleworksasanintegratedsolutiononyourserver

system.Basedonanembeddedoperatingsystem,theLenovoThinkServerRemoteManagementModule

add-oncardprovidesbothexceptionalstabilityandpermanentavailabilityindependentofthepresentstate

oftheserver’soperatingsystem.Asasystemadministrator,youcanusetheLenovoThinkServerRemote

ManagementModuletogainlocation-independentremoteaccesstorespondtocriticalincidentsand

toundertakenecessarymaintenance.

DesignedtoworkwiththeBaseboardManagementController(BMC),thissmallform-factormezzaninecard

enablesservercontrolviaabuilt-inWebConsolefromanywhere,anytime.

ThisUserGuidedescribeshowtousetheLenovoThinkServerRemoteManagementModule(hereinafter

referredtoasRemoteManagementModule).Itprovidesanoverviewofthefeaturesofthemoduleand

instructionsonhowtosetupandoperatetheRemoteManagementModule.

Targetaudience

ThisGuideisintendedforsystemtechnicianswhoareresponsibleforinstalling,troubleshooting,upgrading,

andrepairingtheRemoteManagementModule.Asasystemadministrator,youcanuseittoworkonthe

RemoteManagementModuletogainlocation-independentremoteaccesstorespondtocriticalincidents.

Terminology

Thefollowingtableliststheterminologyusedinthisdocumentandthedescription.

Word/Acronym

Denition

BMCBaseboardManagementController

DHCPDynamicHostCongurationProtocol

IPMI

IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface

KVMKeyboard,VideoandMouse

MACMediaAccessController

TCP/IPTransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol

Safetyinformation

BeforeworkingwithyourRemoteManagementModuleserverproduct—whetheryouareusingthis

guideoranyotherresourceasareference—paycloseattentiontothesafetyinstructions.Youmust

adheretotheassemblyinstructionsinthisguidetoensureandmaintaincompliancewithexistingproduct

certicationsandapprovals.Useonlythedescribedregulatedcomponentsspeciedinthisguide.Useof

otherproducts/componentswillvoidtheULlistingandotherregulatoryapprovalsoftheproductandwill

mostlikelyresultinnoncompliancewithproductregulationsintheregion(s)inwhichtheproductissold.

Warnings:

•Systempoweron/off:TheserverpowerbuttonDOESNOTturnoffthesystempowerorRemote

ManagementModulepower.ToremovepowerfromtheRemoteManagementModuleyoumustunplug

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theserverACpowercordfromthewalloutlet.MakesuretheACpowercordisunpluggedbeforeyou

openthechassistoaddorremovetheRemoteManagementModule.

•Hazardousconditions,devicesandcables:Hazardouselectricalconditionsmaybepresenton

power,telephone,andcommunicationcables.Turnofftheserveranddisconnectthepowercord,

telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsattachedtotheserverbeforeopeningit.Otherwise,

personalinjuryorequipmentdamagecanresult.

•Electrostaticdischarge(ESD)andESDprotection:ESDcandamagediskdrives,boards,andother

parts.WerecommendthatyouperformallproceduresinthischapteronlyatanESDworkstation.Ifone

isnotavailable,providesomeESDprotectionbywearinganantistaticwriststrapattachedtochassis

ground—anyunpaintedmetalsurface—onyourserverwhenhandlingparts.

•ESDandhandlingboards:Alwayshandleboardscarefully.TheycanbeextremelysensitivetoESD.

Holdboardsonlybytheiredges.Afterremovingaboardfromitsprotectivewrapperorfromtheserver,

placetheboardcomponentsideuponagrounded,staticfreesurface.Useaconductivefoampadif

availablebutnottheboardwrapper.Donotslideboardoveranysurface.

•Installingorremovingjumpers:Ajumperisasmallplasticencasedconductorthatslipsovertwo

jumperpins.Somejumpershaveasmalltabontopthatyoucangripwithyourngertipsorwithapairof

neneedlenosedpliers.Ifyourjumpersdonothavesuchatab,takecarewhenusingneedlenosed

plierstoremoveorinstallajumper;gripthenarrowsidesofthejumperwiththepliers,neverthewide

sides.Grippingthewidesidescandamagethecontactsinsidethejumper,causingintermittentproblems

withthefunctioncontrolledbythatjumper.Takecaretogripwith,butnotsqueeze,thepliersorother

toolsyouusetoremoveajumper,oryoumaybendorbreakthepinsontheboard.

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Chapter2.RemoteManagementModuleoverview

ThissectiongivesyouanoverviewoftheRemoteManagementModuleandhighlightssignicantbenetsof

itsfeatures.

TheRemoteManagementModuleisa1.23-inchx2.30-inchprintedcircuitboard.Wheninstalledonto

theRemoteManagementModuleconnectoronLenovoserverboards,itprovidesanincreasedlevelof

manageabilityoverthebasicservermanagementavailabletotheserverboard.Itworksasanintegrated

solutiononyourserversystem.

RemoteManagementModulefeatures

TheRemoteManagementModuleadd-oncardoffersconvenient,remoteKVMaccessandcontrolviaLAN

orInternet.Itcaptures,digitizes,andcompressesvideoandtransmitsitwithkeyboardandmousesignals

toandfromaremotecomputer.RemoteaccessandcontrolsoftwarerunsintheintegratedBaseboard

ManagementController,utilizingexpandedcapabilitiesprovidedbytheRemoteManagementModule

hardware.

Figure1.RemoteManagementModule

Inaddition,theRemoteManagementModuleadd-oncardoffersintegratedremotepowermanagement

usingIPMI.KeyfeaturesoftheRemoteManagementModuleadd-oncardare:

•EmbeddedWebConsoleUIsupportsremotepoweron/off,systemhealth,systeminfo,eventlog

•KVMredirectionviaeithertheRemoteManagementModuleNICorthebaseboardNICusedfor

managementtrafc;highperformance,uptotwosimultaneousKVMsessions

•USB2.0mediaredirection-bootoverremotemedia

•Security–openSSL,openLDAP

•OEMCustomizationoftheWebConsole

•IPMIV2.0Compliance

•KVM-automaticallysensesvideoresolutionforbestpossiblescreencapture,high-performancemouse

trackingandsynchronization.Itallowsremoteviewingandcongurationinpre-bootPOSTandBIOSsetup

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Chapter3.Conguringtheremotemanagementmodule

ThischapterdescribeshowtousetheSetupUtilityprogramtoconguretheremotemanagementmodule

fromtheun-conguredstatustotherunningstatus.ItisrecommendedthatyoumanuallysetastaticIP

addressintheSetupUtilityprogram.

TosetanIPaddress,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoaworkingelectricaloutletandturnontheserverbypressingthepowerbutton.

2.PressF2assoonasyouseethelogoscreen.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetan

administratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoaccessthefullSetupUtility

programmenu.WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeys

usedtoperformvarioustasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.

3.Fromthemainmenu,selectServerManagement➙BMCLANConguration.RefertoTable1“BMC

LANConguration”onpage5forinformationaboutthesubitems.

4.UnderIntel(R)RMM3LANconguration,makesurethestatusoftheIntelRMM3isPresent.Then

youcanchooseStaticorDHCPtosettheIPaddressfromtheIPsourceoption.Itisrecommended

thatyoumanuallysetastaticIPaddress.

Note:TheRMM3IPaddressmustbeonadifferentsubnetfromthebaseboardIPaddressusedfor

managementtrafc.

5.UnderUserconguration,youcansettheuserIDanduserpassword.Forexample:

UserID:root

Userpassword:superuser

6.Whenyounishtheconguration,pressF10tosaveandexit.

Table1.BMCLANConguration

BaseboardLANcongurationUsethisoptiontocongurethe

BaseboardLAN.

Intel(R)RMM3LANconguration

Usethisoptiontocongurethe

RMM3LAN.

BMCLANConguration

UsercongurationUsethisoptiontoconguretheuser

IDandpassword.

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Chapter4.GettingstartedwithRemoteManagementModule

TheRemoteManagementModulefeaturesanembeddedwebserverandapplicationsofferingavarietyof

standardizedinterfaces.Thissectiondescribesboththeinterfacesandhowtousethem.Theinterfacesare

accessedusingTCP/IPprotocol.

Beforeyoubegin

Forinitialsetupinformation,referChapter4“GettingstartedwithRemoteManagementModule”onpage7.

Beforeyoulogin,youmustenabletheintendeduser.Theexamplesinthischapterwilluseuser“root”,but

otherusernamesandpasswordscouldbeused.

TheRemoteManagementModuleadd-oncardmaybeaccessedusingastandardJavaenabledweb

browser.Y oumayusetheHTTPprotocolorasecureencryptedconnectionviaHTTPS.

Clientbrowsers

Inordertoaccessthewebconsoleusingasecurelyencryptedconnection,youwillneedabrowserthat

supportstheHTTPSprotocol.StrongsecurityisonlyassuredbyusingaCipherStrength(encryption)of128

-Bit.Someolderbrowsersmaynothaveastrong128Bitencryptionalgorithm.

IfyouareusingWindows*InternetExplorer6.0orhigher,youcanverifystrongencryptionbyopeningthe

“Help/About”menutoreadaboutthekeylengththatiscurrentlyactivated.

InordertousetheRemoteConsole(KVM)windowofyourmanagedserver,youmustinstalltheJava

RuntimeEnvironment*(JRE*)version1.6orhigher.

Note:TheWebConsoleisdesignedforascreensizeof1280pixelsby1024pixelsorlarger.Insmaller

screens,thebrowserwilldisplayslidercontrolstoenabletheusertoseethefullcontentofeachwebpage.

Loggingin

Step1.EntertheconguredIPaddressoftheRemoteManagementModuleadd-oncardintoyourweb

browser.

Forexample:

http://10.223.131.36/

Touseasecureconnection,typeinasthefollowingexample:

https://10.223.131.36/

ThiswilltakeyoutotheRemoteManagementModulemoduleloginpage.

Step2.Loginbyenteringtheusernameandpassword.

Forexample:

•Username=root

•Password=superuser

Note:TheUsernameandPasswordarecasesensitive.Anyusernameandpasswordcouldbe

used(exceptanonymous).

Step3.ClickLogintoviewtheRemoteManagementModulehomepage.

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Aftertheinitiallogin,SystemAdministratorsmaychangepasswords,createnewusers,andhavefullcontrol

overaccesstotheRemoteManagementModule.

Navigation

AftersuccessfullogintotheRemoteManagementModulemodule,theRemoteManagementModule

homepageisdisplayed.

ThetophorizontaltoolbarwithintheRemoteManagementModulehomepagehasfourtabs.Clickthese

tabstogetspecicsysteminformationandperformtasksasshowninthefollowingtable:

TabFeatures

SystemInformationClickthistabtoaccessgeneralinformationabout

theserver.ThetabautomaticallyopenstheSystem

Informationpage:

•SystemInformation

•FRUInformation

ServerHealthClickthistabforaccesstothesensorsandeventlog.

ThetabautomaticallyopenstheSensorReadingspage

•SensorReadings

•EventLog

CongurationClickthistabtocongurevarioussettingsfortheserver.

Thetabautomaticallyopensthenetworkconguration

page.

•Network

•Users

•LDAP

•SSL

•RemoteSession

•MouseMode

RemoteControlClickthistabforaccesstotheremoteconsoleandto

controlthepowerstateoftheserver.

•ConsoleRedirection

•ServerPowerControl

ThefourtabsonthehorizontalmenuallowyoutonavigatewithintheRemoteManagementModuleWeb

Console.Eachofthesetabscontainsasecondarymenuontheleftedgeofthebrowserwindow.For

detailedinformationonthespecicfunctionsofsecondarymenuitem,seeChapter6“RemoteManagement

ModuleWebConsoleoptions”onpage15

ThetophorizontaltoolbaralsohastheLOGOUT,REFRESHandHELPbuttonstoperformtasksasshown

inthefollowingtable:

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ButtonFeatures

LOGOUTClickthisbuttontoendthecurrentWebConsolesession.

Notethataremoteconsole(KVM)window,ifactive,will

beclosedwhenyoulogout.Afterloggingout,theWeb

ConsolewillreturntotheLoginscreen.

REFRESHClickthisbuttontorefreshthecurrentwebpage,including

anydatashownonthepage.

HELP

Clickthisbuttontoviewabriefdescriptionofthecurrent

pageinaframeattheright-handsideofthebrowser

window.ClosetheHelpframebyclickingthe“X”inthe

upperrightcorneroftheframeorbyclickingtheHELP

buttonagain.

Onlinehelp

TheWebConsoleuserinterfacegivesspeciconlinehelpforeachpage.Foradditionalinformationona

certaintopicorgroupofoptions,clickHELPonthetophorizontaltoolbartoviewtheonlinehelp.Theright

HelpframeisvisibleonlywhentheonlineHelpisbeingaccessed.

Loggingout

ClickLOGOUTtologoutthecurrentuserandreverttoanewloginscreen.

Note:AutomaticTimeout:IftheWebconsoledetectsnouseractivitywithin15minutes,thecurrent

sessionwillbeautomaticallyterminated.IftheuserhasopenedtheKVMremoteconsolewindow,thenthe

Websessionwillnotautomaticallytimeout.Aftertheautomatictimeouthappens,iftheusertriestotakethe

nextoperation,thesystemwillinformtheuserthatlogonagainisneededifhewantstocontinuetoaccess

theWebconsole.IfthereisnouseractivitydetectedbytheWebConsolefor30minutes,thecurrentsession

willbeautomaticallyterminated.IftheuserhasanopenKVMremoteconsolewindow,thewebsessionwill

notautomaticallytimeout.Thenextactionattemptedbytheuseraftertheautomatictimeoutwillinformthe

useroftheneedtologinagainforcontinuedaccesstotheWebConsole.

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Chapter5.RemoteConsole(KVM)operation

TheRemoteConsoleistheredirectedscreen,keyboardandmouseoftheremotehostsystemwherethe

RemoteManagementModuleisinstalled.TousetheRemoteConsolewindowofyourmanagedhost

system,thebrowsermustincludeaJava*RuntimeEnvironmentplug-in.IfthebrowserhasnoJavasupport,

suchaswithasmallhandhelddevice,theusercanmaintaintheremotehostsystemusingtheadministration

formsdisplayedbythebrowser.

StartingtheRemoteConsoleopensanewwindowtodisplaythescreencontentofthehostsystem.The

RemoteConsoleactsasiftheadministratorweresittingdirectlyinfrontofthescreenofhis/herremote

system.Thismeansthekeyboardandmousecanbeusedintheusualway.

Launchtheredirectionconsole

TheRemoteConsoleistheredirectedkeyboard,videoandmouseoftheremotehostsystemwherethe

RemoteManagementModuleisinstalled.LaunchtheremoteconsoleKVMredirectionwindowfromthis

page.

Step1.ClickLaunchConsoletolaunchtheredirectionconsoleandremotelymanagetheserver.

Step2.Apop-upwindowisdisplayedandbeginstodownloadtheJavaNetworkLaunchProtocol—

jviewer.jnlple.ThisinturndownloadsthestandaloneJavaapplicationimplementingtheRemote

Console.

BothMicrosoftInternetExplorerandMozillaFirefoxbrowsersaresupported.

Notes:

•YoumustinstalltheJavaRun-TimeEnvironment(JRE,version6update10orlater)ontheclient

priortothelaunchofaJNLPle.

•Theclientbrowsermustallowpop-upwindowsfromtheRemoteManagementModuleIP

address.

TheRemoteConsolewindowisaJavaAppletthatestablishesTCPconnectionstotheRemote

ManagementModulemodule.TheprotocolthatisrunovertheseconnectionsisauniqueKVM

protocolandnotHTTPorHTTPS.Thisprotocolusesports#7578forKVM,#5120forCDROM

mediaredirection,and#5123forFloppy/USBmediaredirection.Y ourlocalnetworkenvironment

mustpermittheseconnectionstobemade,i.e.yourrewalland,incaseyouhaveaprivateinternal

network,yourNAT(NetworkAddressTranslation)settingshavetobeconguredaccordingly.

Mainwindow

StartingtheRemoteConsoleopensanadditionalwindow.

Thewindowdisplaysthescreencontentofyourremoteserver.TheRemoteConsolewillbehaveasif

youwerelocatedattheremoteserver.Theresponsivenessmaybeslightlydelayeddependingonthe

bandwidthandlatencyofthenetworkbetweentheRemoteManagementModuleandRemoteConsole.

EnablingKVMand/ormediaencryptionontheConguration➙RemoteSessionwebpagewilldegrade

performanceaswell.

TheRemoteConsolewindowalwaysshowstheremotescreeninitsoptimalsize.Thismeansitwilladaptits

sizetothesizeoftheremotescreeninitiallyandafterthescreenresolutionoftheremotescreenhasbeen

changed.However,youcanalwaysresizetheRemoteConsolewindowinyourlocalwindowasusual.

RemoteConsolecontrolbar

TheupperpartoftheRemoteConsolewindowcontainsacontrolbar.Usingitselementsyoucanseethe

statusoftheRemoteConsoleandinuencethelocalRemoteConsolesettings.

Thefollowingsubsectionsdescribethetasksyoucanperformwithineachcontrol.

RemoteConsolevideomenu

ClickVideointheRemoteConsolecontrolbartoopentheRemoteConsoleVideoMenu.

Usingthismenu,youcandothefollowing:

•PauseRedirection:Temporarilypausesredirectionofkeyboard,video,andmouse.TheRemoteConsole

windowstopsbeingupdated.KeyboardshortcutisALT+P .

•ResumeRedirection:Resumeredirectionafterapause.ShortcutisALT+R.

•RefreshVideo:RefreshestheRemoteConsolewindow.ShortcutisALT+E.

•Compression:EnablingcompressionimprovestheresponsivenessoftheRemoteConsole.Disabling

compressionmaximizesthequalityoftheredirectedvideo.

•FullScreen:Toggleswindowed/fullscreenmodeoftheRemoteConsole.ShortcutisALT+F.

•Exit:CloseRemoteConsole.

RemoteConsolekeyboardmenu

ClickKeyboardtoopenthekeyboardmenuwithoptionstoperformtasks.

Usingthismenu,youcandothefollowing:

•HoldCtrl/Alt/Windowskeys:Allowssimulatingholdingdownthesespecialkeysontheremote

keyboard.Onthelocalkeyboardthesespecialkeysareprocessedbythelocaloperatingsystemand

notpassedontotheremoteoperatingsystem.

•Ctrl+Alt+Del:IssueaCtrl+Alt+Deltotheremoteoperatingsystem.

RemoteConsolemousemenu

ClickMousetoopenthemousemenuwithoptionstoperformtasks

TheMousesubmenuofferstwooptions:

•ShowCursor:ThisoptiontogglesthecursordisplayintheRemoteConsolewindow.Itdoesnotaffect

theremotesystemcursor.ShortcutisALT+C.

•CalibrateMouseAcceleration:Thisoptionisusedtodetecttheaccelerationsettingsontheremote

systemandsetthelocalclient’saccelerationsettingaccordingly.ItonlyapplieswheninRelativeMouse

Mode,selectedinthewebpageConguration➙MouseMode.AbsoluteMouseModedoesnot

requirecalibration.ShortcutisALT+A.

ForRelativeMouseModeoperation,followingisthemechanismtosynchronizethemousesettings.

MouseAccelerationCalibration

1.Iftheremotemouseandlocalmousecursorarenotinsync,startmouseaccelerationcalibrationby

selectingCalibrateMouseAccelerationmenuitemorpressingALT+A.

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2.Oncestarted,youwillseetwomousecursorsmovingdiagonallyacrossthescreen(startingat0,0

location).ThelocalmousecursorisdisplayedinREDcolortodifferentiatebetweenthetwomouse

cursors.

3.Dependinguponthedifferenceinaccelerationsettingsonbothends,mousecursorsmayeventually

gooutofsync.

4.Pressthe+or-keytochangetheaccelerationsettings.

5.Ifthelocalmousecursorislaggingbehindthehostcursor,pressthe+keytotrytobeinsync.Ifthe

localcursorismovingaheadofthehostcursor,pressthe-keytosyncitup.

6.Adjustthesyncusingthe+or-key,untilyouachievethemaximumsyncpossible.Agoodindicator

ofthatsettingisthatthemousemovementswitchesfromlaggingtoleadingorvice-versawhenthe

mostoptimalvalueiscrossed.

7.Toensurethatbothcursorsareinsync,waituntiltheyreachthebottomofthescreenandarestillinsync.

8.Onceinsync,pressALT+Atostopaccelerationcalibrationandsavethecurrentaccelerationsettings.

9.Nowwhenaccelerationsyncisdone,startmousethresholdcalibrationbyselectingCalibrateMouse

ThresholdmenuitemorpressingALT+T.

10.Thebehaviorissameasinmouseaccelerationcase.Oncestarted,youwillseetwomousecursors

movingdiagonallyacrossthescreen(startingat0,0location).Thelocalmousecursorisdisplayedin

REDcolortodifferentiatebetweenthetwomousecursors.

11.Dependinguponthedifferenceinthresholdsettingsonbothends,mousecursorsmayeventually

gooutofsync.

12.Pressthe+or-keytochangethethresholdsettings.

13.Ifthelocalmousecursorislaggingbehindthehostcursor,pressthe+keytotrytobeinsync.Ifthe

localcursorismovingaheadofthehostcursor,pressthe-keytosynchitup.

14.Adjustthesyncusingthe+or-key,untilyouachievethemaximumsyncpossible.Agoodindicator

ofthatsettingisthatthemousemovementswitchesfromlaggingtoleadingorvice-versawhenthe

mostoptimalvalueiscrossed.

15.Toensurethatbothcursorsareinsync,waituntiltheyreachthebottomofthescreenandarestillinsync.

16.Onceinsync,pressALT+Ttostopthresholdcalibrationandsavethecurrentthresholdsettings.Atthis

point,bothlocalandtheremotemousecursorsshouldbeinsynchronization.

Note:Oncetheaccelerationcalibrationispreformed,youmustcalibratethresholdsettingsforthemouseto

beinsync.

RemoteConsoleoptionsmenu

UsingtheOptionsmenu,youcandothefollowing:

•Bandwidth:Changingthebandwidthsettingaffectslow-levelconnectionprotocolparameterslike

fragmentsizeandtimeouts.Ifyouexperienceperformanceproblemswhenoperatingoveraslow

connectionsuchasamodem,thebandwidthsettingmayneedtobeadjusted.UsetheAutoDetect

optiontondthecorrectsettingforyourconnection.

•Keyboard/MouseEncryption:KeyboardandMousedataarenormallyencryptedbeforebeingsentover

theconnection,butthiscanbedisabledforasmallperformanceincrease.

RemoteConsoledevicemenu

Thismenuoptionallowsstarting/stoppingremotemediaredirection.Thersttwooptionsallowyouto

redirecteitheralocalCDROM/DVDdriveorelseanISOimageonyourlocalclientlesystemasavirtual

CDROMdeviceontheremotesystem.Thelasttwooptionsallowyoutoredirecteitheralocaloppydrive,

alocalUSBkeydrive,oraoppy.imgleasavirtualoppydeviceontheremotesystem.

Chapter5.RemoteConsole(KVM)operation13

ThevirtualdevicesactjustlikeanyotherCDROMoroppyontheremotesystem.Theycanberead,written

(assumingtheyarenotread-only),andbooted.Thepairofvirtualdevicesonlyappearontheremote

operatingsystemorBIOSsetupmenuswhensomemediaredirectionisactive.Thevirtualdevicespersist

acrossremotesystemresetsandpowerup/downs.Theydonotdisappearfromtheremotesystemuntilthe

checkboxesareuncheckedintheRemoteConsolewindow.

Notethatthevirtualdevicesarenotlimitedtonormaloppy/CDROMsizesandwillbeaslargeasthe

deviceorlebeingredirected.AUSBKeydriveisredirectedasavirtualoppydeviceratherthanaUSB

devicetoallowtheloadingofcustomdevicedriversduringremoteoperatingsysteminstallationwhichmay

requireaoppydrive.

ThereisonlyonevirtualCDROMandonevirtualoppydeviceontheremotesystemallowedsoonlyone

localitemofeachtypecanberedirectedatatime.OnlyoneRemoteConsolewindowcanbedoingmedia

redirectionatanygiventime.

RemoteConsolestatusline

ThestatuslineatthebottomoftheRemoteConsolescreenshowstheconsolestate.Asyounavigatethe

menuoptions,thestatuslinegivesamoredetaileddenitionofeachoption.

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