This section describes the different ways that OnSite administrators and authorized users access servers connected to KVM ports through the Web Manager. The two options listed below depend on whether or not direct access to KVM ports is enabled as described in Direct Access to KVM Ports and KVM Port Authentication:
• If direct access to KVM ports is not enabled, users can access servers connected to KVM ports after first logging into the Web Manager, and then connecting to the KVM port from the Connect to Server screen.
• If direct access to KVM ports is enabled, administrative users and authorized users can access KVM ports through the Web Manager login screen.
• Connecting to KVM Ports Via Web Manager When Direct Access is not Enabled gives the sequence for how you can log into a server connected to a KVM port through the Web Manager when direct access to KVM ports is not enabled.
1. You enter the OnSite’s IP address or DNS name in a browser to bring up the Web Manager login screen, and you log into the Web Manager. 3. You connect to the KVM port from the Connect to Server screen. When direct access to KVM ports is enabled, a “port name” field appears on the Web Manager login screen, as shown in Web Manager Login Fields With KVM Port Direct Access Enabled, Only IP Address Entered.Web Manager Login Fields With KVM Port Direct Access Enabled, Only IP Address EnteredIf you enter the port’s alias or default portname along with the IP address you can connect directly to a KVM port without logging into the Web Manager first. The required format for specifying the port name along with the IP address is:
where IP_address is the IP address of the OnSite and port_alias is the default name or alias assigned to the KVM port.After you enter the URL for the first time, you can save the URL as a bookmark or in your browser’s favorites list and go directly to the port login later without typing in the entire URL. The “port” field is filled in with the port number when the Web Manager login window appears.The example in the following figure shows http://192.168.51.97/login.asp?portname=Port_1 entered in the Address field of a Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. The login screen displays empty “username” and “password” fields and a port field filled with the name of the port from the URL, in this case “Port_1.”Web Manager Login Fields With KVM Port Direct Access Enabled and a Port Number in the URLConnecting to KVM Ports Via Web Manager When Direct Access is Enabled gives the sequence for logging into servers connected to KVM ports when direct access to KVM ports is enabled.
The Web Manager login screen comes up with “port name” field.3. You enter the KVM port name or port alias in the “port name field.1. You enter the KVM port name in the URL along with the OnSite’s IP address.The Web Manager login screen comes up with the “port name” field populated. To Connect to a KVM Port Through the Web Manager Login ScreenThis procedure assumes that the OnSite administrator has enabled direct access to KVM ports. See Direct Access to KVM Ports and KVM Port Authentication for more details, if needed.
1. Enter the IP address or DNS name of the OnSite alone or the IP address of the OnSite followed by the KVM port number (in the required format) in the address field of a browser.
IP_address /login.asp?portname=port_aliaswhere IP_address is the IP address of the OnSite and port_alias is the default port name or alias assigned to the KVM port.
• If DHCP is not enabled, use a static IP address assigned by the network administrator to the OnSite.The Web Manager login screen appears with the “port name” field. If you entered a KVM port alias in the URL, the “port name” field is filled in with the port alias you entered.
2. If you entered a KVM port alias in the URL, save the URL as a bookmark or in your favorites list in the browser.
3. Enter your account name in “username” field and the account’s password in the “password” field.
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