Fujitsu Siemens Computers PRIMERGY BX600 User manual

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User Guide
BX600 Digital KVM Switch
Keyboard/Video/Mouse Switch English
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equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses
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with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communica-
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BX600 Digital KVM Switch
Edition March 2008

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Contents
1 Product Overview....................................................................................1
1.1 Features and Benefits ...............................................................................1
1.1.1 OSCAR Graphical User Interface..............................................................2
1.1.2 Network Connectivity.................................................................................2
1.1.3 Control of Virtual Media.............................................................................2
1.1.4 Security .....................................................................................................2
1.1.5 Scanning ...................................................................................................2
1.1.6 Identify Server Modules.............................................................................2
1.1.7 Tiering .......................................................................................................2
1.2 Notational Conventions .............................................................................2
2 Initial Browser Setup...............................................................................5
2.1 Installing the JRE for Windows Clients......................................................5
2.2 Installing the JRE for Linux Clients............................................................6
2.3 DKVM network configuration.....................................................................7
2.3.1 Default IP address.....................................................................................7
2.3.2 IP address configuration............................................................................8
2.3.3 Network port settings.................................................................................8
2.3.4 Internet Browser Security Settings............................................................8
2.3.5 MMB and DKVM certificate integration into the IE6 browser’s store of trust-
ed sites 10
2.4 Avoiding Security Alerts when Launching the Viewer .............................17
2.4.1 Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista Client...........................................17
2.4.2 Internet Explorer 6 on Windows Client....................................................18
2.4.3 Mozilla Firefox 1.5 on Red Hat 4.............................................................23
2.4.4 Mozilla 1.7.12 on Red Hat 4....................................................................30
2.4.5 Mozilla 1.7.5 on SUSE9 ..........................................................................36
2.5 Finding the dKVM IP-address when using DHCP...................................44
2.5.1 Integrating the DKVM IP address with https setting................................45
2.5.2 Resolutions supported by the DKVM Console Viewer ............................45
3 Installation .............................................................................................47
3.1 Configuring the BX600 Digital KVM Switch.............................................47
3.2 Setting Up a BX600 Digital KVM Switch in Tiers.....................................48
3.2.1 Tiering a BX600 Digital KVM Switch from a Console Switch ..................50
4 Analog Operation ..................................................................................53
4.1 Controlling Your System..........................................................................53
4.2 Viewing and Selecting Slots and Server Modules...................................53
4.2.0.1 Selecting Server Modules .......................................................................54
4.2.0.2 Soft Switching..........................................................................................54

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4.3 OSCAR Interface Navigation Basics.......................................................55
4.4 Configuring the OSCAR Interface...........................................................56
4.4.1 Assigning Server Module Names............................................................57
4.4.2 Changing the Display Behavior...............................................................58
4.4.3 Controlling the Status Flag......................................................................59
4.4.4 Setting Console Security.........................................................................60
4.5 Displaying Version Information................................................................63
4.6 Scanning Your System............................................................................63
5 Digital Operation ...................................................................................67
5.1 Accessing BX600 Digital KVM Switch through Fujitsu Siemens (MMB) .67
5.2 Using the Video Viewer...........................................................................68
5.2.1 Interacting With the Server Being Viewed...............................................68
5.2.1.1 Server Name Modifications .....................................................................68
5.2.1.2 Video Viewer command panel.................................................................70
5.2.1.3 KVM Session Premption .........................................................................70
5.2.1.4 Current user response to preemption request.........................................71
5.2.2 Viewer Window Features.........................................................................73
5.2.3 Expanding and Refreshing Your Viewer..................................................73
5.2.4 Adjusting the Viewer Window.................................................................74
5.2.5 Adjusting Keyboard Macros ....................................................................74
5.2.6 Setting a Keystroke Prefix.......................................................................74
5.2.7 Adjusting Mouse Acceleration.................................................................74
5.2.8 Adjusting the Video Quality .....................................................................74
5.2.9 Manual Video Adjust Dialog Box Options................................................75
5.2.10 Minimizing Remote Video Session Discoloration....................................75
5.2.11 Improving Screen Background Color Display..........................................76
5.2.12 Improving Mouse Performance ...............................................................76
5.2.13 Create Screenshot Images......................................................................77
5.3 Virtual Media ...........................................................................................77
5.3.1 Virtual Media Dialog Box.........................................................................77
5.3.1.1 Mapping a Floppy Device........................................................................78
5.3.1.2 Mapping a CD/DVD Device.....................................................................79
5.3.1.3 Viewing the Mapped Device Status.........................................................79
6 BX600 Graphical User Interface...........................................................81
6.1 DKVM Blade Folder Contents .................................................................81
6.2 Blade Info ................................................................................................81
6.3 Network Configuration.............................................................................82
6.4 Console Redirection................................................................................83
6.5 Virtual Media ...........................................................................................84
6.6 FW Update ..............................................................................................84

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7 Appendices............................................................................................85
7.1 FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions).......................................................85
7.2 Technical Specifications..........................................................................89
7.3 Minimum Requirements for Video Viewer and Virtual Media Interface...89
7.4 OSCAR Interface Refresh Rates.............................................................90
7.5 Technical Support ...................................................................................91
7.5.1 Before you call.........................................................................................91

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1 Product Overview
1.1 Features and Benefits
The Fujitsu Siemens BX600 Digital KVM Switch is integrated in your Fujitsu Siemens
BX600 blade chassis. It allows you to manage many server modules through a single
keyboard, monitor, and mouse. In addition, through virtual media, you can control your
remote servers as if you were physically present.
You can also connect cables from the BX600 Digital KVM Switch to a KVM appliance
such as the Fujitsu Siemens s3-1621 Console Switch. This capability allows you to
create large combinations of servers and switches that you can manage from a common
access point or over your IP network.
Figure 1: BX600 Digital KVM Switch
BX600 Blade Chassis
Ethernet Port
Local KVM Port
Local KVM Cable
BX600 Digital
KVM Switch

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1.1.1 OSCAR Graphical User Interface
Select the server you would like and then manage it using the OSCAR®graphical user
interface (On Screen Configuration and Activity Reporting). The OSCAR interface
intuitive menus make managing your BX600 Digital KVM Switch system easy.
1.1.2 Network Connectivity
Using an ethernet connection, you can attach your BX600 Digital KVM Switch to your
network, allowing you to control the blade servers and any attached virtual media
appliances remotely.
1.1.3 Control of Virtual Media
The BX600 Digital KVM Switch allows you to view, move, or copy data from your client
machine to any blade server. This feature enables you to manage remote systems by
allowing you to install operating systems, recover hard drives, and back up servers, to
name a few examples.
1.1.4 Security
The OSCAR interface allows you to protect your system with a screen saver password.
After an amount of time that you define, the screen saver mode engages and access is
prohibited until you enter the appropriate password to reactivate your system.
1.1.5 Scanning
When in Scan Mode, the OSCAR interface allows you to visually monitor server
modules by displaying them one at a time, for the amount of time you specify.
1.1.6 Identify Server Modules
Through the OSCAR interface, you can easily assign names to server modules for your
convenience. (By default all server modules are given the name Slot followed by the slot
number.)
1.1.7 Tiering
The BX600 Digital KVM Switch can be set up in tiers from an existing Fujitsu Siemens
KVM switch. The server modules can then be accessed through the software of the
Fujitsu Siemens KVM switch.
1.2 Notational Conventions
The following notational conventions are used in this manual:
Bold This indicates emphasis in the text.
Key This indicates keys or key combinations in continuous text.
Italics This indicates commands, file names, menu names and inputs in
continuous text.

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This indicates additional information and tips.
This indicates information, which if not heeded, may jeopardize your
health, the functioning of your system or the security of your data.
This indicates a step that you have to perform.
- and • These characters symbolize itemized lists.
Bold
monospace
font
This indicates user inputs in examples.
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2 Initial Browser Setup
The following browsers are supported for client machines managing the BX600 Server
Blade Chassis:
• Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows Vista Business
• Internet Explorer 6.0 (w/SP1, w/SP2) for Windows XP and Windows 2003
• Mozilla Firefox 1.5 for Red Hat 4 Linux
• Mozilla 1.7.12 for Red Hat 4 Linux
• Mozilla 1.7.5 for SuSE 9 Linux
The Management Module Board’s (MMB) embedded web server has a web page for
downloading two Java-based clients, the Java Viewer Client and the Java Virtual Media
client. After the MMB authenticates the connection to the dKVM, the dKVM’s embedded
web server sends the appropriate Java client to the client’s browser. Both Java
application clients require a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 or greater.
The JRE is a software bundle from Sun Microsystems that allows the client OS to run a
Java application.
A released Java Runtime Environment version is available on the Fujitsu Siemens
Computers ServerStart CD/DVD and the DKVM Support CD
2.1 Installing the JRE for Windows Clients
If the client OS is Windows, the JRE installation requires:
• the Windows Installer to be on your client machine
-or-
• an active Internet connection is available in order for the JRE to be downloaded
automatically.
When installing the JRE, the program InstallShield requires the Microsoft Windows Installer
(version 2.0 or greater1) to be on your machine; if it is not found (or an older version is found),
then InstallShield automatically tries to download Microsoft Windows Installer.
If your client machine is not on the Internet or is behind an authenticated proxy, the
installation will fail at that point. To proceed, simply use the Windows Offline Installer
from the Java download page at http://www.java.com/en/download simply follow the
instructions presented by the Java download page.
A Microsoft Windows Installer (version 2.0 or greater) is included in this download.
Alternatively, you can manually download Microsoft Windows Installer by going to
microsoft.com and searching for “Windows Installer”.
To see which version of Microsoft Windows Installer is installed on your client:
Locate the file MSI.DLL (usually located in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32).
Select the file and right-click on it.
1. Version 2.0 of Microsoft Windows Installer is included in Windows XP and Windows 2000
Service Pack 3. Version 3.1 of the Windows Installer is included in Windows 2003 SP1.

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Choose Properties and click on the Version tab.
Figure 2: Locating MSI.DLL
Figure 3: Viewing the MSI.DSL Version
2.2 Installing the JRE for Linux Clients
Go to http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp
There are two types of installation packages:
• Linux RPM package
• Linux self extracting binary file.
Download the package that best suits your needs. Follow the instructions outlined
on the web site.
To test that the JRE is installed, enabled and working properly on your computer,
run the test applet from the following web site:
http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp

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2.3 DKVM network configuration
2.3.1 Default IP address
The Ethernet port on FSC-DRM is manually configurable from the (MMB) web pages.
Configuration data is passed via the FSC BX600 chassis I2C bus.
The default IP address configuration is static. (DHCP is turned off by default)
• The default settings are:
•Hostname: FSCDigitalKVM
•IP address: 192.168.0.121
•Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
•Gateway IP address: 192.168.0.1
The MMB default IP address is 192.168.0.120, but it is configurable by the user1.
To launch the KVM configuration web page:
To get to the MMB web page, point your browser to the IP address of the MMB.
Once you have access to the MMB web page, mouse click on the DKVM Blade
folder on the left of the page. The DKVM Blade folder expands
Click on the Network Configuration link to launch the KVM Configuration page.
Figure 4: KVM Configuration Page
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2.3.2 IP address configuration
Once you have access to the KVM Configuration page, if you want to use a static IP
address, you can set the IP address of the KVM to any valid IP address you choose as
long as that address is in the same subnet as that of the MMB.
If you want to use DHCP, then mouse click the box labeled Use DHCP (For KVM
IP Address)
The given IP-Address will be shown after a few seconds by an update of the network
configuration page.
2.3.3 Network port settings
The following ports can be configured from the KVM Configuration page:
• Keyboard/Mouse Port
• Virtual Media Port
• Video Port
Their respective defaults are 2068, 3169, 1078, and 80 but you can manually type in
appropriate values in the fields for each port.
For example:
Keyboard/Mouse Port : 2068 (2 ports are required)
Virtual Media Port : 3169
Video Port : 1078
Web Server HTTP port : 80
2.3.4 Internet Browser Security Settings
To configure the IE7 browser with recommended security settings:
Click on the Tools menu of the IE7 menu list.
Click on Internet Options of the Tools drop-down menu.

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Figure 5: Internet Explorer 7 Internet Options Advanced Dialog
Click on the Advanced tab of the Internet Options dialog.
Click on the button, Reset...to assure the Security settings are appropriate for
accessing the FSC BX600 Server Blade Chassis.
Make sure the box labeled, Do not save encrypted pages to disk is not checked.
Click OK.
To configure the IE6 browser with recommended security settings:
Click on the Tools menu of the IE6 menu list.
Click on Internet Options of the Tools drop-down menu.

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Figure 6: Internet Explorer 6 Internet Options Advanced Dialog
Click on the Advanced tab of the Internet Options dialog.
Click on the Restore Defaults button to assure the Security settings are appropri-
ate for accessing the FSC BX600 Server Blade Chassis.
Make sure the box labeled, Do not save encrypted pages to disk is not checked.
Click OK.
2.3.5 MMB and DKVM certificate integration into the IE6
browser’s store of trusted sites
The MMB embedded web server is an SSL enabled web server. When a web browser
connects to an SSL enabled web server, the server sends the browser its SSL
certificate. The web browser uses it to verify that the web server is actually the MMB
server to whom the browser intended to communicate.
Each SSL certificate has paired with it a private key. That private key is kept secret by
the legitimate web server, and it is never shared with anyone. No web server can use
the SSL certificate to identify itself unless it is in possession of the corresponding private
key.
For a web browser to believe the SSL certificate is legitimate, that certificate must be
signed by a trusted certificate authority known in advance to the browser. Otherwise,
you will see a “Security Alert” dialog box every time you access the MMB IP address or
the MMB FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name).
To import MMB or DKVM certificates into IE6 browser store of trusted sites -
simple way:
Using the Window Explorer, find the file, RemoteView CA Cert.der.

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Double click on the RemoteView CA Cert.der certificate file.
The following dialog should be displayed
Figure 7: Certificate Information Dialog Box
Click Install Certificate and follow the instructions of the Certificate Import Wizard.
Figure 8: Internet Explorer 6 Certificate Import Wizard
Click Next.

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Figure 9: Internet Explorer 6 Certificate Import Wizard Store Dialog.
Be sure to select the Automatically select the certificate store based on the
type of certificate radio button.
Click Next.
Figure 10: Internet Explorer 6 Completing the Certificate Import Wizard Dialog
Click the Finish button to complete the importation of the trusted certificate.
A warning similar to the following will appear: