Cyclades User's Guide Manual Do Utilizador

Making a Direct Connection for Network Configuration

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5. Connect the RJ-45 connector on other end of the cable to a KVM port on 

the KVM/net.

6. Repeat Step 1. through Step 5. for all computers to be connected to the 

KVM ports. 

7. If any user is using a PC with Windows XP server pack 2 installed and 

Internet Explorer 5 or 6 to remotely administer a connected server, make 
sure the procedure under “Required Security Settings For Internet 
Explorer” on page 109 has been done on the PC.

8.  If this is a first-time installation, go to “Making a Direct Connection for 

The system administrator must specify basic network settings on the KVM/
net before administrators can connect to and manage the unit and the 
connected devices through a browser. To prepare to perform necessary basic 
network configuration, make a direct connection to the KVM/net by doing 
one of the following:

•

Connect a terminal or computer to the 

CONSOLE

 port.

See “To Connect to the Console Port” on page 82.

•

Connect a keyboard, monitor, and mouse to the keyboard, monitor, and 
mouse connectors on the KVM/net.

See “Enabling Access to the Web Manager without Making a Direct 
Connection” on page 101, if desired, for other procedures that require 
advanced system administration expertise.

T

Perform the following steps to connect a computer to the console port of the 
KVM/net. This procedure assumes that you know how to use a terminal 
emulation program.