HP 1x1Ex8 HP IP and Server Console Switches G2 User Guide - Page 30

Connecting to the remote OBWI through a firewall, XXX.XX.XX.XX]

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Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise or Web Edition Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or Professional Microsoft Windows 7 and 8 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows 2008 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Canonical Ubuntu 12.04 Sun Solaris 10 and 11 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 and 11 Apple Mac OS X Tiger (10.4+) Microsoft Internet Explorer version 9.0 Yes Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome version 10 or later version 19 or later Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No To log in to the remote OBWI: 1. Launch a web browser. If you are working in IPv6 mode, you must include square brackets around the IP address. Example: https://[XXX.XX.XX.XX] 2. In the address bar of the browser, enter the IP address or host name assigned to the switch you want to access. Examples: https://XXX.XX.XX.XX or https://hostname The default username is Admin with no password. 3. When the browser connects to the switch, enter your user name and password. 4. Select Login. The remote OBWI appears. Connecting to the remote OBWI through a firewall Any console switch installation that uses the remote OBWI for outside access must have four ports opened in a firewall. TCP port number 22 80 443 2068 Function Used by SSH during serial sessions to an MPUIQ-SRL module Used for the initial downloading of the Video Viewer (for downloading the Java™ applet) Used by the web browser interface for managing the switch and launching KVM sessions Transmission of KVM session data or transmission of video on switches In some configurations, the workstation is located outside of the firewall and the console switch is inside the firewall. To configure the firewall, forward ports 22, 80, 443, and 2068 from the external interface to the KVM switch through the firewall internal interface. For specific port forwarding instructions, see your firewall documentation. Configuring the console switch 30

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Configuring the console switch
30
Operating System
Microsoft Internet
Explorer version
9.0
Mozilla Firefox
version 10 or later
Google Chrome
version 19 or later
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Standard, Enterprise or Web Edition
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or
Professional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows 7 and 8
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows 2008
Yes
Yes
Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
No
Yes
No
Canonical Ubuntu 12.04
No
Yes
No
Sun Solaris 10 and 11
No
Yes
No
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 and 11
No
Yes
No
Apple Mac OS X Tiger (10.4+)
No
Yes
No
To log in to the remote OBWI:
1.
Launch a web browser.
If you are working in IPv6 mode, you must include square brackets around the IP address.
Example: https://
[XXX.XX.XX.XX]
2.
In the address bar of the browser, enter the IP address or host name assigned to the switch you want to
access.
Examples: https://
XXX.XX.XX.XX
or https://hostname
The default username is
Admin
with no password.
3.
When the browser connects to the switch, enter your user name and password.
4.
Select
Login
.
The remote OBWI appears.
Connecting to the remote OBWI through a firewall
Any console switch installation that uses the remote OBWI for outside access must have four ports opened in
a firewall.
TCP port number
Function
22
Used by SSH during serial sessions to an MPUIQ-SRL
module
80
Used for the initial downloading of the Video Viewer (for
downloading the Java™ applet)
443
Used by the web browser interface for managing the
switch and launching KVM sessions
2068
Transmission of KVM session data or transmission of
video on switches
In some configurations, the workstation is located outside of the firewall and the console switch is inside the
firewall. To configure the firewall, forward ports 22, 80, 443, and 2068 from the external interface to the
KVM switch through the firewall internal interface. For specific port forwarding instructions, see your firewall
documentation.