Raritan Dominion KSX DKSX440 User Manual - Chapter 2: Installation
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Chapter 2: Installation
Configuring Target KVM Servers
Before installing Dominion KSX, you must first configure any target KVM servers that you wish to access via
Dominion KSX in order to ensure optimum performance, as outlined below. Note that the following configuration
requirements apply only to Target KVM Servers, not to the computers that you will be using to access Dominion
KSX remotely (see Chapter 1: Introduction, Terminology).
Server Video Resolution
Ensure that each Target KVM Server’s video resolution and refresh rate is supported by Dominion KSX, and the
signal is non-interlaced. Dominion KSX supports the following video resolutions:
Text Modes
640x480 @ 60Hz
640x480 @ 72Hz
640x480 @ 75Hz
640x480 @ 85Hz
800x600 @ 56Hz
800x600 @ 60Hz
800x600 @ 72Hz
800x600 @ 75Hz
800x600 @ 85Hz
1024x768 @ 60Hz
1024x768 @ 70Hz
1024x768 @ 75Hz
1024x768 @ 85Hz
1152x864 @ 60Hz
1152x864 @ 75Hz
1280x1024 @ 60Hz
Desktop Background
For optimal bandwidth efficiency and video performance, target servers running graphical user interfaces such as
Windows, Linux, X-Windows, Solaris, and KDE should be configured with desktop backgrounds set to a
predominantly solid, plain, light-colored graphic. The desktop background need not be completely solid; but desktop
backgrounds featuring photos or complex gradients should be avoided.
Windows XP / Windows 2003 Settings
On target servers running Microsoft Windows XP, disable the “Enhanced Pointer Precision” option, and set the
mouse motion speed exactly to the middle speed setting. These parameters are found in Control Panel
→
Mouse
→
Mouse Pointers.
Note: For Target Servers running Windows NT, 2000, or XP, you may wish to create a username
that is to be used only for remote connections through Dominion KSX. This will enable you to
keep the Target Server’s slow mouse pointer motion/acceleration settings exclusive to the
Dominion KSX connection only, as other users may desire faster mouse speeds.
Note: Windows XP and 2000 login screens revert to pre-set mouse parameters that differ from
those suggested for optimal Dominion KSX performance. As a result, mouse sync will not be
optimal at these screens. If you are comfortable adjusting the registry on Windows target servers,
you can obtain better Dominion KSX mouse synchronization at login screens by using the
Windows registry editor to change the following settings: Default user mouse motion speed = 0;
mouse threshold 1= 0; mouse threshold 2 = 0.
Disable transition effects in Control Panel
→
Display
→
Appearance
→
Settings.