IWL KMAX Series User manual

KMAX Quick Start
Thank you for purchasing KMAX from InterWorking Labs (IWL.) This quick start gui e is
inten e to help you set up an begin using your KMAX-MM or KMAX-P.
If you have trouble or questions please contact InterWorking Labs by email at
[email protected]
Table of Contents
1 Package Contents...........................................................................3
2 Passwords.......................................................................................3
3 Operating Environment..................................................................3
3.1 Location...................................................................................3
3.1.1 Electrical Power.................................................................3
3.2 Temperature, Humidit , and Airflow.........................................4
3.3 Vibration and Orientation.........................................................4
4 Startup/Boot Process......................................................................4
5 Management Interface IP Address..................................................5
6 Ethernet Interfaces.........................................................................5
6.1 Configuration Of The Management Interface...........................6
6.2 Reviewing IP Configuration With The kinfo Account.................7
6.3 KMAX Network Services...........................................................7
7 KMAX Browser Web Interface:........................................................7
7.1 Login Screen............................................................................8
7.2 Dashboard................................................................................8
7.3 Management I/F Page..............................................................9
8 Help And Documentation................................................................9
9 Connecting To the Devices Under Test............................................9
9.1 Beware Of Forwarding Loops.................................................10
9.2 Link State and Interface Speed..............................................10
10 Upgrading The KMAX Software...................................................10
Appendix A:
Using a USB Flash Drive To Configure The Management Interface Of
KMAX-MM..........................................................................................11
Appendix B:
Using The Offline Method To Configure The Management Interface. 14
Appendix C:
Using The Serial Port To Configure The Management Interface Of
KMAX-MM..........................................................................................15
Appendix D:
Using DHCP To Configure The Management Interface......................18
Appendix E:
Using a Ke board and Video Monitor To Configure The Management
Interface Of KMAX-P..........................................................................20
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1 Package Contents
KMAX-MM customers: Please check that you have the
following items that are shippe in the KMAX-MM
package:
•The KMAX-MM evice. The serial number an
MAC a resses may be foun on a label on the
bottom.
•The power a apter. Use only the a apter supplie by IWL.
KMAX-P customers: Please check that you have the
following items that are shippe in the KMAX-P package:
•The KMAX-P evice. The serial number an MAC a resses
may be foun on a label on the bottom.
•A box of accessories, inclu ing a base an power cable.
2 Passwords
Please save these passwor s, which are require to perform
a ministrative operations on KMAX-MM:
Username Password Function
kinfo The password can be found on the QR
code label on the bottom/side of your unit. Get configuration
ksetup The password can be found on the QR
code label on the bottom/side of your unit. Set configuration
3 perating Environment
3.1 Location
Consi er where you will be installing KMAX. This will ictate the IP a ress that you will
nee to assign to the management interface. The management interface is logically istinct
from the two ata ports – the traffic that you will be impairing shoul be on an entirely
separate subnet..
3.1.1 Electrical Power
KMAX-MM: The power connector has the following specifications
Voltage 12V, DC
Current 2A (or more)
Sleeve: Ground
Center post: 2.5mm, Positive
Use only the power supply provi e by IWL.
Assure that the power supply is not angling from a power outlet an that the cor
from the power supply to the KMAX-MM itself is not entangle .
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Note: Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) is not provided by any Ethernet port on
KMAX-MM.
KMAX-P: Electrical Power
Socket: IEC 60320 C13, Voltage: 100VAC – 240VAC, Frequenc : 47Hz - 63Hz
3.2 Temperature, Humidity, and Airflow
KMAX will become warm to the touch as it operates. It will become warmer when it is
carrying heavy packet loa s.
KMAX-MM uses passive cooling; it shoul not be place in a tightly confine space with no
airflow. KMAX-P uses several fans for cooling. These shoul not be blocke .
KMAX shoul be in a location with normal office or computer room temperature an humi ity
levels.
3.3 Vibration and rientation
KMAX contains no rotating or moving parts, but shoul not be subjecte to more vibration
than is typical for a computer rack that contains operating isk rives.
KMAX-MM may be mounte in any orientation.
KMAX-P shoul be operate either on its si e (using the provi e support bracket) with the
fans facing upwards or on its rubber feet.
4 Startup/Boot Process
KMAX-MM:
The boot-up process usually takes between 90 an 120 secon s. To reboot
KMAX-MM, unplug the power a apter, then plug it back in. The LEDs on the front of
KMAX-MM in icate status:
Initial power up
Impairment engine starte
Web server starte
KMAX-P:
The KMAX-P front panel has a power button. The power button must be pushe to
power-up the evice. The boot-up process usually takes between 90 an 120
secon s. Boot-up completion is usually in icate by a short “beep” tone (the tone is
not lou , so it can be easily misse .)
To reboot KMAX-P, either to hol the power switch for several secon s, then release
it, or momentarily push the reset button if there is one. Don't abruptly unplug the
power a apter an then plug it back in.
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5 Management Interface IP Address
If KMAX has not been configure with a static IP a ress and your network oes not have a
DHCP server then KMAX-MM will use a efault IP a ress 192.168.0.5 an a netmask of
255.255.255.0.
6 Ethernet Interfaces
KMAX-MM:
The KMAX-MM has three Ethernet interfaces. One is use for control – this is calle
the “management interface”. You will connect the management interface to an IPv4
network that is accessible from the web browser(s) through which you will operate
KMAX-MM.
The other two Ethernet interfaces are use to carry the packets that will be passing
between the evices you are testing.
The management interface is highlighte in this image:
The LEDs on the KMAX-MM Ethernet ports in icate negotiate connection spee
an activity:
The green LED on the left blinks if there is sen or
receive activity, no matter the negotiate spee .
The meaning of the yellow LED on the right epen s on
the type of boar :
•APU2 (indicated by blue USB connectors): Lit
for 1 Gbits/sec, not lit otherwise.
•APU (indicated by black USB connectors): Lit
an stea y if the interface is running at 100
Mbits/sec. The LED is off if the interface is
running at 10 Mbits/sec or 1 Gbits/sec.
KMAX-P:
The KMAX-G has several Ethernet interfaces. One is use for control – this is calle
the “management interface”.
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The management port (“em0”) is normally the RJ45 hole that is closest to the
video/HDMI connectors. In some units, it may be the other RJ45 hole just next to it.
You will connect the management interface to an IPv4 network that is accessible
from the web browser(s) through which you will operate KMAX-G. Once operational
you may configure the management interface to also use IPv6.
The other Ethernet interfaces are use to carry the packets that will be passing
between the evices you are testing.
6.1 Configuration f The Management Interface
Before using KMAX you will nee to establish a known IPv4 a ress for the management
interface.
Use a stan ar RJ45 base Ethernet cable to connect the management port on KMAX to
your network. The Ethernet jacks on KMAX have auto MDI/MDI-X logic, so it shoul not
matter whether you use a stan ar straight-through Ethernet cable or a crossover cable.
You coul allow that interface to obtain its a ress ynamically, but that can be inconvenient
if you can't pre ict what a ress your DHCP server will assign.
If the KMAX tries to use DHCP an fails to obtain an a ress it will fall back to the IP
a ress 192.168.0.5/24.
Usually it will be more convenient to assign a known, fixe network number.
Once you have assigne the network numbers to the management interface you can use the
KMAX web GUI to set the network numbers. But that creates a chicken-an -egg problem:
How o you set the network numbers so that you can get to the web page to set the network
numbers? The following sections escribe how to resolve this.
•Recommended and easiest:
KMAX-MM: Use the USB Flash rive configuration utility. See Appen ix A.
KMAX-P: Attach a keyboar an vi eo monitor to set it up. See Appen ix E.
•Use the offline metho . See Appen ix B.
•Use the serial cable configuration (“ksetup” utility login, applicable to KMAX-MM only)
. See Appen ix C
•Use DHCP. See Appen ix D. This metho allows KMAX to ask a DHCP server on
your network for a ynamic IP a ress. The rawback of this metho is that it may
be ifficult for you to ascertain what a ress the DHCP server assigne . With DHCP
you may obtain a ifferent IP a ress every time you reboot KMAX.
If you have been successful you shoul be able to “ping” the KMAX from another computer
on your network. You shoul also be able to reach KMAX from a web browser on your
network using a URL of the form http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/ where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP
a ress that was assigne to KMAX.
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6.2 Reviewing IP Configuration With The kinfo Account
You may view the KMAX management interface settings via SSH or the serial port. If using
SSH, simply connect to the KMAX with the login name “kinfo”. This assumes that you
alrea y know the a ress that KMAX is using.
If you on't know the management IP a ress of your KMAX:
For KMAX-MM, you can log in KMAX via the serial console. You will nee to set up
the serial connection as escribe in Appen ix C then connect, using a terminal
emulator program, to the KMAX-MM serial interface.
For KMAX-P, attach a keyboar to any of the USB ports on the KMAX-P, an attach a
vi eo monitor to the HDMI or DVI port on the KMAX-P. Power on your KMAX-P.
Then login with.
•Username: kinfo
•Passwor : See the top of this ocument for the kinfo user passwor .
After you login, a script will isplay several win ows that show the current IP
configuration.
6.3 KMAX Network Services
Be aware that KMAX-MM’s management interface may attempt to use or provi e certain
services on your network:
•DHCP
•SSH (TCP port 22)
•DNS – Domain Name System (UDP port 53)
•HTTP (TCP port 80) an HTTPS (TCP port 443)
•NTP- Network Time Protocol (UDP port 123)
•SNMP – Simple Network Managent Protocol (UDP ports 161 an 162)
•SYSLOG – System logging (Syslog, UDP port 514)
7 KMAX Browser Web Interface:
The KMAX family or pro ucts is controlle by a web browser. Supporte browsers inclu e:
Operating s stem Browsers supported
Windows 7 and 10 Chrome and Firefox
Mac 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.10
(Yosemite), and 10.11 (El Capitan)
Chrome, Firefox, and Safari
Linux 64 bit Chrome and Firefox
Linux 32 bit Firefox onl (Chrome is ending
support for 32-bit Linux)
KMAX-MM makes heavy use of JavaScript an mo ern web browser technologies such as
HTML 5 an websockets. Please make sure that your browser is up-to- ate an that it is
running on a platform with a equate memory an processor resources.
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7.1 Login Screen
Bring up a web browser on a separate system an use the KMAX IP a ress as the URL.
You will see the KMAX web checkbox login screen:
Login to the KMAX web GUI by enabling the checkbox an clicking on the button to accept
the license.
7.2 Dashboard
After you login, you will see the ashboar page. At boot time, KMAX will launch the efault
scenario 5_ban s_of_impairments, an this scenario will appear in a ashboar slot:
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7.3 Management I/F Page
Once you have connecte to KMAX-MM using a browser, select the Manage System >
Management I/F menu item to bring up the interface management page:
8 Help And Documentation
The online web help is accessible via Help > Online Help. The PDF versions of ocuments
are available from the KMAX unit itself via the URL http://<kmax_ip_address>/refdocs
9 Connecting To the Devices Under Test
Because KMAX operates at layer 2 there are no a itional a ressing or routing parameters
to be configure in the evices being teste .
KMAX intro uces a small store-an -forwar elay – on the or er of a few hun re
microsecon s. This elay is insignificant for most IP an higher level protocol testing
purposes because it is typically an or er of magnitu e (or more) smaller than the kin s of
elays normally perceive at that level.
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Some issues may arise when you connect evices to the two ata interfaces; these are
enumerate below:
9.1 Beware f Forwarding Loops
A common error when wiring KMAX between evices is to irectly (or in irectly) plug both of
the ata ports into the same switch. This configuration creates a packet forwar ing loop. As
soon as the first packet is sent by any evice, the network will reach full capacity as the
packet goes aroun an aroun in an infinite loop.
When wiring KMAX into the network, exercise care to assure that the two network segments,
the one attache to LAN-A an the one attache to LAN-B, are isolate from one another
without any routers, switches, or hubs connecting them together. KMAX shoul be the sole
point of interconnection.
Note: KMAX may be use between two ports of the same switch if that switch is able to
separate those ports onto separate untagge VLANs. However, some switches that emit
Spanning Tree Protocol onto those untagge VLANs may o so incorrectly by using the
same source MAC a ress. This can cause a switch to incorrectly believe that a loop has
been create . KMAX can accommo ate this situation through the use of an Ethernet filter
that classifies those packets into a ban that has been set to rop 100% of the packets on
that ban .
9.2 Link State and Interface Speed
When you connect evices to the two ata interfaces of a KMAX, you shoul always check
that you are getting the link-state in icator at both KMAX as well as on the interfaces to the
evices. Note, however, that the LEDs on the KMAX-MM o not always properly isplay
link-state when connecte to 1G evices. Instea , look at the link state in icators on the
KMAX user interface.
The interfaces on KMAX-MM operate at 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps, full or half uplex. The
interfaces on KMAX-P operate at 10, 100, 1000 Mbps or 10Gbps, full or half uplex. Some
routers, switches, an test equipment have interfaces that are locke an will not negotiate
the spee or uplex setting.
If spee or uplex negotiation is not possible, the easiest cure is to insert an inexpensive,
consumer-gra e 10/100/1000 Mbps or 10Gbps switch into the path between the evice an
KMAX. These switches will usually solve negotiation issues.
10 Upgrading The KMAX Software
Obtain an up ate file from the IWL web site, at http:// support.iwl.com/
Once you have ownloa e that up ate file use the KMAX “Up ate KMAX” item un er the
“Manage System” tab on the user interface.
The up ate process will ownloa the up ate file from your computer onto the KMAX,
vali ate an apply the up ate, an then restart the KMAX.
NOTE: Before resuming use of KMAX you must clear your browser cache and cookies.
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Appendix A:
Using a USB Flash Drive To Configure The
Management Interface f KMAX-MM
This metho is only applicable to KMAX-MM.
This metho is fairly easy. You create a small text file on a USB flash rive, reboot the
KMAX-MM, insert the flash rive, an then push a button when the front panel LEDs blink in
a pattern in icating that your rive an file have been recognize .
When you turn on KMAX-MM by plugging in the power a apter, it will check to see if a USB
flash rive is connecte . If so, it will attempt to retrieve an IP a ress / mask / efault
gateway from a file on the rive.
Before you begin, obtain the following information from your system a ministrator:
•IPv4 a ress for the evice to use.
•Subnet mask in IPv4 a ress format (e.g. 255.255.255.0).
•IPv4 a ress to use as a efault route.
This proce ure uses a small button on the KMAX-MM. That button is behin a small hole
that will be foun slightly to the right of center on the front of the KMAX-MM. A small thin
object – such as a thin paperclip or a thumb tack – is use to reach through the hole to push
the button. A slight click can be felt when the button is pushe .
To configure KMAX-MM using this metho , follow these steps:
1. Format a flash rive using the FAT or FAT32 file system.
2. Create a text file at the root level of the rive with the file name kmaxinit.ini or
kmaxinit.txt. (kmaxinit.cfg is also accepte for now, but that may change in the
future.) The file name is case insensitive.
The file contents follow the familiar .ini form that is use on many Microsoft Win ows
systems.
Note that certain text e itors, particularly on Microsoft Win ows systems, may
impose their own file name suffix convention. So check that the actual file name you
create has one of the names, inclu ing the suffix, as shown above.
3. A lines to the file in the following form. Use the values you obtaine from your
system a ministrator.
[network]
name=kmax-mm.example.tld
ip=192.168.1.5
plen=24
#mask=255.255.255.0
dflt=192.168.1.1
Where:
•name is the fully qualifie omain name you wish to assign to the
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KMAX-MM. (This line is optional.)
•ip is the esire IP a ress of KMAX-MM.
•plen is subnet prefix length. This is an alternative to mask. If you use this
option then o not use the mask specification.)
•mask is the subnet netmask. This is an alternative to plen. If you use this
option then o not use the plen specification.
•d lt is the efault gateway.
The lines shown above shoul be the only non-comment contents of the file.
Follow the upper/lower case forms shown above. A ‘#’ character at the beginning of
a line enotes a comment. The file can have either Unix line en ings (LF) or
MSDOS line en ings (CRLF). Blank lines are ignore . Some e itors (such as
emacs) o not necessarily put a LF or CRLF after the last line, so to be safe you may
a an a itional blank line at the en .
4. Reboot KMAX-MM by unplugging, then plugging in the power a apter.
5. After plugging in the power a apter, wait about 10 secon s, then insert the USB flash
rive into one of the USB ports on the back of c. KMAX-MM will turn on all three
front LEDs after it completes the regular boot process, then a configuration process
will launch to etect the flash rive. If no flash rive is etecte after 2 minutes, the
configuration process will terminate.
6. The configuration process will etect the USB flash rive. Once the USB flash rive
is etecte an vali ate the KMAX-MM will blink all three LEDs on the front panel in
an all-on/all-off/all-on pattern:
It may take up to about 1 minute for the blinking to begin. If KMAX-MM is able to
locate the file on the USB flash rive, but the file is invali , the LEDs will blink in a
left-right pattern:
If there is an error, the KMAX-MM will also soun a escen ing series of tones
followe by a pause an a sequence of beeps. The number of beeps escribes the
reason why the file was rejecte .
7. Then remove the USB flash rive.
8. Use a thin paper clip to push the button behin the small hole in the front of the case.
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9. KMAX-MM will confirm the button-push by blinking the LEDs in an alternating
pattern:
The KMAX-MM will also in icate success by soun ing a rising series of tones.
KMAX-MM will then apply the new settings an reboot.
10. After about 1 minute, KMAX-MM will finish the boot process. Use a web browser to
connect to KMAX-MM using the new a ress, an use the KMAX-MM web GUI to
configure all management interface parameters using the menu item Manage
System > Management I/F.
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Appendix B:
Using The ffline Method To Configure
The Management Interface
This metho requires that you set up a computer (such as a laptop) with an IPv4 a ress
that is consistent with the a ress that KMAX self-assigns if it can not obtain a DHCP
a ress. Depen ing on the operating system an har ware of your computer this coul be
an easy proce ure or a har one.
KMAX is configure at the factory to request an a ress via DHCP at boot. If the DHCP
request fails, KMAX will use a efault IP a ress of 192.168.0.5. You can access KMAX
using this IP a ress if you create a temporary isolate LAN subnet 192.168.0.xxx, an then
configure your PC to use the subnet.
Before you begin, obtain the following information from your system a ministrator:
•IPv4 a ress for the evice to use.
•Subnet mask in the form of prefix length.
•Hostname an omain name - These o not have to be in DNS.
•IPv4 a ress to use as a efault route.
•IPv4 a ress of at least one DNS server.
•IPv4 a ress or omain name of NTP time servers (optional).
It is important that before you make any changes that you write down your existing
laptop device configuration in case you make an error and need to restore the status quo
ante.
Attach the management interface to your network or, if your network a ministrator prefers, to
an isolate network compose of nothing more than a simple Ethernet hub or switch. It is
also possible to connect a stan ar Ethernet cable between your computer an the KMAX
management port, which is the rightmost Ethernet interface. You o not nee a crossover
cable: the Ethernet interfaces on KMAX have MDI/MDIX crossover etection.
Configure the network interface on your PC to use the following IP a ress an subnet:
IP address 192.168.0.6
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gatewa (if required): 192.168.0.1
Then connect to KMAX by accessing this URL on your computer: http://192.168.0.5. It might
be very sluggish as a result of it not being able to perform DNS queries or reaching home
pages.
Use the KMAX web GUI to configure all management interface parameters using the menu
item Manage System > Management I/F. After setting net parameters, click the button Apply
& Reboot.
You may now unplug the evice an install it in its proper location on your network.
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Appendix C:
Using The Serial Port To Configure The
Management Interface f KMAX-MM
This metho is only applicable to KMAX-MM an for those who are familiar with serial port
communications.
Connecting Via The Serial Port
The serial console is typically use only for initial configuration. Use a laptop or esktop
computer to connect to the RS-232 interface on the back of KMAX-MM. You will nee a
female DB-9 to female DB-9 null-mo em serial cable.
If your aptop/desktop acks a seria DB-9 connector, use a USB seria adapter
with drivers as appropriate for the operating system.
In RS-232 terminology, KMAX-MM is a DTE - Data Terminal Equipment. PC's an laptops
are also RS-232 DTE's. This means that they must be connecte using what is calle a
"Null Mo em" cable. The cable to connect a PC to the evice must have the following
characteristics:
•Female DB-9 to Female DB-9
•Null Mo em (crossover) wiring
Such cables are available through many electronics suppliers. Take care to fin ones with
DB-9 female connectors at both en s.
Note: Some suppliers now sell only null mo em cables with a male DB-9 at one en an a
female DB-9 connector at the other en . In these cases a female-female DB-9 "gen er
changer" will also be require .
Note: Un ess cab es are we marked, there is no visua way to differentiate
whether a given cab e is a nu modem or not. It is good practice to appropriate y
mark seria cab es as soon as they are unwrapped from the vendor's packaging.
Once the wiring is installe it is necessary to use a terminal emulator program on your
esktop/laptop. Here are the settings that shoul be use . Because there are many
terminal emulator programs an each is configure in its own way, the etails of how these
settings are name , expresse , an applie will vary:
•Asynchronous
•115,200 bits/secon
•8 bits per character, no parity: A common esignation is 8N1
•1 stop bit
•Full uplex (i.e. remote echo)
•No mo em controls
•No flow control (i.e. no RTS/CTS, no xon/xoff)
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In or er to use the terminal emulation program, you must i entify the serial evice to be
use . Here is a list of common evices on ifferent systems:
Windows com1, com2, etc.
Linux: built-in serial interface /dev/tt S0
Linux: serial-to-USB adapter /dev/tt USB0
FreeBSD: serial-to-USB adapter /dev/tt U0
Here is an example configuration file use by the Kermit terminal emulator:
; The following is typical for USB based serial ports on Linux machines
set line /dev/ttyUSB0
; The following is typical for built-in serial ports on Linux machines:
; set line /dev/ttyS0
; The following is typical for USB-based serial ports on FreeBSD:
; set line ttyU0
; The following is typical for serial ports on Windows:
; set line com1
set carrier-watch off
set speed 115200
set serial 8N1
set flow-control none
NOTE: The evice oes not use mo em control signals; use the “Enter” key on the terminal
emulator program to cause the evice to issue a login prompt. If you receive gibberish then
the communications settings, probably the bits-per-secon -rate, are incorrect. If you o not
get any response at all, then it is likely that either the communications settings of the terminal
emulator are incorrect or the cable is not a null-modem cable.
The serial console is inten e to be use only uring initial system installation an
configuration an for management purposes. Only the basic IP a ress information can be
viewe /set through the serial console.
Once connecte , follow the proce ure escribe below.
Setting IP Configuration With The ksetup Account
Login to KMAX-MM using the ksetup user name; a script runs automatically that gui es you
through the IP setup process. Once the basic information is set, the web interface shoul be
use to set all of the IP a ressing information. Before starting, you shoul ascertain the
a ressing information you will nee :
•Hostname (e.g. kmax72) an omain name (e.g. example.com)
•IPv4 a ress
•Subnet mask (in either a ress notation, e.g. 255.255.255.0, or prefix notion,
e.g. /24)
•IPv4 a ress of a efault gateway
•IPv4 a ress of a DNS server
•IPv4 a ress of an NTP server (optional)
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Perform the following steps:
1. Connect a personal computer running a terminal emulator program to the
KMAX-MM RS-232 interface
2. Login:
Username: ksetup
Passwor : see the top of this ocument for the ksetup user passwor .
3. Follow the instructions. The script may ask you whether you want to reboot. If
it is a goo time to o so, then perform a reboot an bypass the next step
below.
4. Logoff using Ctrl-D or the “exit” comman , or reboot the evice using the
“reboot” comman .
N TE: The address changes wi take effect after the device is rebooted.
After you set the basic IP a ress information you can use the web interface to exten or
change that information.
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Appendix D:
Using DHCP To Configure The
Management Interface
This proce ure appears easy to use – but it may leave you won ering what a ress was
assigne to the KMAX. For that reason this metho is useful only if you are familiar with
DHCP servers.
KMAX can obtain its network configuration using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol,
DHCP. This is an easy way to operate but it comes with a rawback: It can be ifficult to
ascertain the IP a ress that the DHCP server assigne to KMAX. For that reason it is often
useful to create an explicit DHCP assignment entry into the DHCP server configuration so
that KMAX will obtain a known IP a ress from the DHCP server.
The attempt to use DHCP happens only when KMAX is powere on or restarte . If there is
no DHCP server available at that time the evice will self-assign the following IP a ress an
subnet mask:
•192.168.0.5
•255.255.255.0 (i.e. /24)
Only the management interface has an IP a ress: the ata interfaces o not have IP
a resses.
Ascertaining the IP Address Assigned b DHCP
You may ask the KMAX irectly using the kinfo user account to log in.
For KMAX-MM, you can log in KMAX via the serial console. You will nee to set up the serial
connection as escribe in Appen ix C then connect, using a terminal emulator program, to
the KMAX-MM serial interface.
For KMAX-P, attach a keyboar to any of the USB ports on the KMAX-P, an attach a vi eo
monitor to the HDMI or DVI port on the KMAX-P. Power on your KMAX-P.
Then login with.
•Username: kinfo
•Passwor : See the top of this ocument for the kinfo user passwor .
After you login, a script will isplay several win ows that show the current IP configuration.
Another approach is to ask the DHCP server for the IP a ress assigne to KMAX.
In or er to ask the DCHP server you nee to ascertain which evice on your network is
provi ing the DHCP service.
Different DHCP servers note their assignments in ifferent ways.
The ISC DHCP server, popular on Linux an Unix systems, sen s reports of DHCP activity
into the system's syslog. These messages are usually recor e into the file name
/var/log/messages. This file is often protecte an rea able only by the system
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a ministrator.
The ISC DHCP server also recor s its assignments in its own file system in the file
/var/lib/ hcp/ hcp .leases
If you inspect these files you may fin that you have several possible IP a resses. The
easiest way to fin which one is correct is to try to connect to each via a web browser until
you get the evice web pages.
If your DHCP server is within your router, then it may have a web page that isplays its
DHCP assignments.
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Appendix E:
Using a Keyboard and Video Monitor To
Configure The Management Interface f
KMAX-P
This metho is only applicable to KMAX-P.
This is the easiest an most straightforwar way of oing the initial setup of the management
network interface on KMAX-P. Once the basic information is set, the web interface shoul be
use to set all of the IP a ressing information.
Before starting, you shoul ascertain the a ressing information you will nee :
•Hostname (e.g. kmax72) an omain name (e.g. example.com)
•IPv4 a ress to assign
•Subnet mask (in either a ress notation, e.g. 255.255.255.0, or prefix notion,
e.g. /24)
•IPv4 a ress of a efault gateway
•IPv4 a ress of a DNS server
•IPv4 a ress of an NTP server (optional)
This metho requires a stan ar USB keyboar an monitor.
1. Attach a keyboar to any of the USB ports on the KMAX-P. (A PS-2 keyboar may
be attache to those KMAX-P mo els that have a PS-2 socket.)
2. Attach a vi eo monitor to the HDMI or DVI port on the KMAX-P. (The monitor may
be attache to the VGA or Display Port sockets on those KMAX-P mo els that have
those sockets.)
3. Power up the monitor.
4. Power-on (an thus boot-up) the KMAX-P.
5. You shoul see various boot-up messages isplaye on the vi eo screen. Wait until
you see a login prompt.
6. Login with the username “ksetup” an the passwor found on the QR code label on
the bottom/side of your unit.
7. You shoul begin to see a comman -line ialog that will ask you various questions to
which you shoul respon on the keyboar .
8. Reboot.
9. You shoul see the boot-up messages again, an eventually see a login prompt.
10. Login with the username “kin o” an the password found on the QR code label on
the bottom/side of your unit. You may be aske for a terminal type. If so, use “xterm”
or just hit enter key. You will be presente with screen that isplays the network
configuration information – it shoul be consistent with what you entere . If so, you
are finishe setting up the management port.
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