Lenovo ThinkServer TD230 User manual

ThinkServerTD230
RemoteManagementUserGuide

ThinkServerTD230
RemoteManagementUserGuide

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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/AcronymDenition
BMCBaseboardManagementController
DHCPDynamicHostCongurationProtocol
IPMIIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface
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gurationUsethisoptiontocon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.
HELPClickthisbuttontoviewabriefdescriptionofthecurrent
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.
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RemoteConsolecontrolbar
TheupperpartoftheRemoteConsolewindowcontainsacontrolbar.Usingitselementsyoucanseethe
statusoftheRemoteConsoleandinuencethelocalRemoteConsolesettings.
Thefollowingsubsectionsdescribethetasksyoucanperformwithineachcontrol.
RemoteConsolevideomenu
ClickVideointheRemoteConsolecontrolbartoopentheRemoteConsoleVideoMenu.
Usingthismenu,youcandothefollowing:
•PauseRedirection:Temporarilypausesredirectionofkeyboard,video,andmouse.TheRemoteConsole
windowstopsbeingupdated.KeyboardshortcutisAL T+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.
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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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