Launching the Dominion KSX Remote Console

Important: Regardless of the browser used, you must allow pop-ups from the Dominion device's IP address to launch the Dominion KSX Remote Console.

Depending on your browser and security settings, you may see various security and certificate warnings. It is necessary to accept these warnings to launch the Dominion KSX Remote Console.

You can reduce the number of warning messages during subsequent log ins by checking the following options on the security and certificate warning messages:

• In the future, do not show this warning.
• Always trust content from this publisher.

To launch the Dominion KSX Remote Console:

1. Log in to any workstation with network connectivity to your Dominion KSX and Java Runtime Environment installed (JRE is available on the Java website).
2. Launch a supported web browser such as Internet Explorer (IE) or Firefox.
3. Type the following URL: http://IP-ADDRESS, where IP-ADDRESS is the IP address that you assigned to your Dominion KSX. You can also use https, the DNS name of the Dominion KSX assigned by the administrator (provided that a DNS server has been configured), or just simply type the IP address in the browser (Dominion KSX always redirects the IP address from HTTP to HTTPS.) The Login page opens.

   

4. Type your user name and password. If this is the first time logging in, log in with the factory default user name (admin) and password (raritan, all lower case). You will be prompted to change the default password. See Changing the Default Password for more information.
5. Click Login.
6. See Virtual KVM Client for information on the Dominion KSX functions available via the Remote Console.

Dominion KSX Console Layout

Both the Dominion KSX Remote Console and the Dominion KSX Local Console interfaces provide an HTML (web-based) interface for configuration and administration, as well as target server list and selection. The options are organized into various tabs.

After successful login, the Port Access page opens listing all ports along with their status and availability. Two tabs are provided on the page allowing you to view by port or view by group. You can sort by Port Number, Port Name, Status (Up and Down), and Availability (Idle, Connected, Busy, Unavailable, and Connecting) by clicking on the column heading. See Port Access Page for more information.

The Favorites menu and the Help - User Guide link are located in the left panel of the page.

Note: Both of these items are available in the Remote Console only.

The Manage Favorite menu provides the following items:

• Favorites List
• Discover Devices - Local Subnet
• Discover Devices - KSX Subnet
• Add New Device to Favorites

  

See Managing Favorites for more information on managing favorites.

Following is a list of the menu options available and, where applicable, the where they differ between the Dominion KSX Local Console and the Dominion KSX Remote Console: