Minicom Advanced Systems 5 User Manual
KVM.NET
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Table of Contents
1.
Introduction ................................................................................................ 4
1.1
Key features .................................................................................................. 4
1.2
Terminology .................................................................................................. 5
1.3
System components ..................................................................................... 5
1.4
Pre-installation guidelines ............................................................................ 5
2.
Connecting and setting up the system...................................................... 7
2.1
Connecting the hardware.............................................................................. 7
2.2
Initial Settings ............................................................................................... 7
2.2.1 Changing the Root user’s password.................................................................. 8
2.2.2 Setting the system’s date and time ................................................................... 8
2.2.3 Accessing the KVM.net Manager from outside a Firewall................................... 8
2.2.4 Accessing the KVM.net Manager from a remote location ................................... 8
3.
Displaying the Web interface ..................................................................... 9
3.1
IP Access status ........................................................................................... 9
4.
Configuring the system components ...................................................... 10
4.1
Defining the KVM switches......................................................................... 10
4.1.1 Importing a new KVM Switch.......................................................................... 11
4.2
Creating Target servers .............................................................................. 11
4.2.1 Mouse parameters ......................................................................................... 13
4.2.2 Deleting Targets............................................................................................. 14
4.3
Configuring the IP Access units................................................................. 14
4.3.1 Assigning a name to an IP Access unit ........................................................... 15
4.4
Deleting an IP Access unit.......................................................................... 20
5.
Using the system – an overview .............................................................. 21
5.1
Creating a user............................................................................................ 22
5.1.1 The General tab elements .............................................................................. 22
5.1.2 The Targets tab elements............................................................................... 23
5.1.3 User summary ............................................................................................... 24
5.1.4 Deleting a User .............................................................................................. 25
5.2
Creating a User Group ................................................................................ 25
5.2.1 The Members tab elements ............................................................................ 26
5.2.2 The Targets tab elements............................................................................... 27
5.3
Adding Users to a Group ............................................................................ 27
5.3.1 Deleting Users from a Group .......................................................................... 28
5.4
Associating User/Groups with Targets....................................................... 28
5.4.1 Disassociating a User/Group from a Target..................................................... 29
5.4.2 Deleting a User Group.................................................................................... 29