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    C Y C L A D ES ® A C S 5 0 0 0 In s ta lla t io n/ A d m in is tr a tio n /U s e r G u id e ...

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    FCC W a rn i n g Sta t e men t The C ycla de s AC S 50 00 a dva n ced co nso le se rver ha s be en tested a nd fou nd to comp ly w ith the l imi t s for Cl ass A di g ital d evi ces, p ursu an t t o Part 1 5 of t h e F CC ru le s. T h ese l imi t s are de si gn ed to pro vid e re aso na bl e pro tectio n ag ai nst ha rmful i nterfere nce w he n the ...

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    Cycl ad es ® AC S500 0 I nsta ll atio n/ A d m in i s tr atio n/ Us e r Gu i de Avo c ent, the A vo ce n t l o g o, T he Powe r o f Be in g T h er e , D SVi ew and Cy cla d e s ar e r egister ed tr ademar k s o f A v o c ent Corpo r ati o n or its a f fil iate s in the U .S. a n d oth er cou ntrie s. A ll oth er m ar ks ar e the prop e rty of t ...

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    Symbols U se d NOT E: Th e fol l ow i ng sy mbols may appear w i thin the doc umen tati on or on th e appl ianc e. In str u c ti o ns Thi s s ymbol i s int ende d to al ert t he user to the presenc e of im porta nt ope rat i ng and ma i nte na nce (servi c ing) instruc t ions in the l i te ra ture a c com pa nying the a ppl ia nc e. D ang er o us V ...

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    T A B L E  O F  C O N T E N T S Intr odu ct ion 1 O verview 1 Co nn ect ors on th e C on sole S erver 1 Accessin g t he Co n s o le S erver a nd C on nec ted D evi ces 2 Web Man ag er 3 Prer eq ui sit es fo r Usi ng t he Web Ma na ge r 3 T yp es of U s ers 4 Se curi ty 4 Aut he nt ica ti on 4 I Pv6 6 Se r vi ces n ot su pp orti n g IPv6 6 VPN ...

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    Perfo r m in g b asic n etw ork co n fi gu r a ti on u sin g th e w iz co mm a nd 18 Add in g u s ers a nd co n fi gu r i ng p o r t s usin g t he w eb m a na ge r 22 O th er Meth od s o f Acce s sin g t he Web Man ag er 22 Co nn ect in g PDU s 23 W e b Ma na ge r f or Re gular Use r s 2 5 U s i ng t he Web Ma na g er 25 Feat u r es o f Reg ul a r ...

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    Co nf ig uri ng t he Co nso le S erver in Exp ert Mo de 51 O verview o f m en us a nd f orms 51 App li ca ti on s Menu a n d Fo rms 53 Co nn ect 5 3 I PDU Pow er Man ag em ent 54 App li ca ti on s - IP D U Po wer Mgm t . - Ou tl et s G r o up C trl 57 App li ca ti on s - IP D U Po wer Mgm t . - View I PDU s Inf o 57 App li ca ti on s - IP D U Po we ...

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    Co nf ig uri ng a ut h ent ica t io n f or c on sole server l og in s 93 Se curi ty Prof il es 98 Se curi ty cert if ica te s 10 1 Port s Me n u an d Forms 1 0 3 Physi cal Po r t s 10 3 Virtu a l P o rts 1 24 Ports S t at us 12 6 Ports S t at isti cs 12 6 Expe r t - Po r t s - H ostn am e D i s co very 12 7 A d mi nist r a tion Me nu a n d Forms 1 ...

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    I n t r o d uc t i o n 1 1 O ve rvi ew Each mod el i n t he C ycl ad es ® ACS 5 00 0 ad va nce d co n s o le server fam il y i s a 1 U ap pl ia nce ser vi ng a s a sin gl e access po in t f or accessin g an d admin ist er in g ser ve r s a nd o th er d ev ices, sup po r ti n g bo th IP v4 an d I P v 6 pr o to co ls. Th e f o ll ow in g f ig u r e ...

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    F ig u r e 1 .2: AC S5000 C o n so le Server Co n n ect o rs NOT E: The number of s er i al por ts and pow er suppl i es depends on the model. Nu mber D escrip t io n 1 Powe r connecti on. T hi s may be s ingl e or dual po wer . Du al power r equ i re s two pow er cords. 2 Ser i al por t c onne c tor s . 3 Ether net por t connectors. 4 Co ns ole ...

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    • Co nn ect in g a ser v er run ni ng a t er min al emul ati on p r og r am enab le s a n ad m in i s t r ato r t o l og in t o t he co nso le server an d ei th er en ter c omm and s i n t he co nsol e server she ll o r use t he Co m m an d Lin e Inte r f ace (CLI ) to ol . NOT E: O nly o ne ro ot or admin us er can hav e an ac tiv e CLI or web m ...

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    • A w eb m an age r u s er acco un t m u s t b e d ef in ed . The ad m i n has an acco un t by d ef au lt , a nd can ad d r eg ul ar - u ser acco u nt s t o g r ant ac cess t o th e con ne cted servers o r d ev ices usin g th e w eb man ager. Ty pes of Use rs The co nso le server sup p orts t he fol lo wi ng u ser acco un t t yp es: • The ro ...

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    Au t h en t icat io n Typ e De fin it io n No ne No a uthentic ati on. DSView Authentic ation is per for med with a DSView ® 3 server . DSView/Local DSView mana gement softwar e auth enti cati on is tr ied fi r s t, then Lo c al . DSViewD ownLo c al Local authentic ation is per for med only i f th e D SVi ew 3 server is down. Ker ber os Authentic ...

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    I Pv6 The co nsol e s erver is co m pl ia nt w it h I P v 4, I P v6 a nd d ual st ack prot oco l s so t hat y ou c an en abl e I P v4 o nl y, I Pv6 o nl y or bo th p r ot oc ol s, w it h s u pp ort f or di al-up co nn ect io n s a nd primar y n etw ork c on nec ti on s. Yo u c an c on f ig ure t he ap pl ia nce t o o bt ai n i ts IP v6 n et wo r k ...

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    • The v iew t ab le o f th e F i r ewa ll Co n f ig urati on form con ta in in g a l ist o f chai n s . • The ch ain s w hi ch co nt ain t he rul es co nt r ol li ng f i lt er in g. C h ain A ch ai n i s a n am ed p r ofil e th at i nc lu des o ne o r m ore r u les d ef in in g ei th er a set o f ch ar act er ist ics to l o ok f o r i n a p ack ...

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    F l ag a ny o f th e ab o ve e lement s w it h Inverte d to p er f o r m target act io n o n p ack ets n ot mat chi ng an y c r it er ia spe cified i n th at l in e. For ex am p le, i f yo u sel ect D ROP as t he t ar get act io n, sp ecify I n verted for a sou r ce I P ad dress a nd d o no t speci f y an y ot her cr i teria in t he r ul e, any p a ...

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    SNM P The ad m in i s t r ato r can ac ti vat e t he S i m pl e N et wo r k Man ag em en t Pr ot oc ol (S NM P ) agen t t hat r esid es on t he c on s o le ser v er so t ha t th e S N MP a gen t sen ds no ti f ic ati on s abo ut si gn ifican t ev ent s o r traps t o a n SNMP man agemen t ap pl i cati on . The co nso le ser ve r S NM P agen t sup po ...

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    S ão Paul o con sol e s er v er i nt o th e lo cal1 facil i ty an d to ag g r egat e m ess ag es f r o m Fr em on t co nsol e server i nt o t h e l oc al2 faci li ty . O n sy s l og ger t he syst em admin ist r ato r has co n f ig ured t h e sy s t em lo gg in g u ti li ty t o w r it e m essage s fr om th e lo cal1 f aci li ty to t he / var/l og / ...

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    • S erver Tech no lo g y Sent r y™ f amil y o f S w it che d C abi net P o wer D i s t r ib ut io n U ni ts ( CD U s ) an d sw it che d C DU Ex pan sio n Mo du le (CW/ CX ) po we r dev ic es . • S erver Tech no lo g y Sent r y Pow er Tow er XL™ (P TXL) an d Pow er Tow er Exp an sion Mo du le (P T X M) p ow er de vi ces. • S erver Techn ol ...

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    • W it h t he IP DU ID assig ned to t he I PDU • W it h t he p ort nu mber to w h ich th e I P D U i s con ne cted The I PDU an d p ort n umber a r e al way s fol lo we d b y o ne o r mor e o u tl et n u m bers i n brack ets: [ o ut let s] . Co m m as b et ween o ut let n u m bers i nd icat e mul ti pl e o ut le ts. Hy ph en s in d icat e a r a ...

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    F o r I P MI p ow er m an ag em en t, t he d ef au lt h ot k ey i s C trl+Shi ft+I . For I P D U p ow er m an ag em en t, th e d efaul t h o tk ey i s C trl+p . O pti on s for mana gi ng p ower A ut ho r iz ed u ser s ca n p er f o r m po w er m an age m en t t hrou gh t he co n s o le server b y u s i ng for ms in th e w eb mana ger, f r om a p ow ...

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    NOT E: Probe str i ng confi gur ation r equir es k now l edge of C - s ty le esc ape sequences . Ans w er str i ngs r equire k now l edge o f POSIX extended r egular expr es si ons . H os tname s l onger than 31 chara c ter s ar e tr uncated w hen the hostname is as s igned to the ser i al por t al ias . 1 4  Cy cl ades ® A CS  5 00 0 I n st ...

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    I n s t a ll a t i on 2 1 5 I m p ort ant P re -in sta ll at i on R equi r em ent s Before inst all in g a nd c on f ig urin g t he co n s o le ser v er , e nsure yo u h ave t h e f ol lo wi ng : • Ro ot A ccess on y ou r l ocal U N I X m ach in e to u se th e s erial p orts. • A n ap p r op r iat e t er min al a pp li cat io n for y ou r op er ...

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    F ig u r e 2.1: Placem en t o f M ou n t in g B racket s To ra c k mount t he c on s ole s e rv e r: 1. I n s t all t he b r ack et s o n t o t he fr on t o r b ack e dg es of t he c on sole server usin g a scr ew driv er an d t he scr ew s prov id ed w it h t he mou nt i ng k it . 2. Mo un t th e c on s o le ser ve r in a secu r e p osit io n. Mak ...

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    Maki ng a d i rect c onn ecti on to co nfi gure the netw ork pa r ameter s. O n y ou r Mi cr o s o f t® W in do w s w orkstat i on , en s u r e th at a t er m i nal emul at io n p r o gram is in stal le d. O n servers r un ni ng a U NIX-based o pe r ati ng syste m such as Sol ar is o r L in u x, m ak e sure t ha t a co m pa ti bl e t er m i nal e ...

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    Tu r n i ng on the co nso l e server and the con nec t ed de vi ces P erf or m the fol lo w in g p r oce du r es in t he o r d er sho w n to av oi d p r ob le m s wi th co m po ne nt s on co nn ect ed dev i ces. To t ur n on t he co ns ole s e rv e r: 1. Mak e sure t he c on sole ser v er ’ s p o wer sw it ch i s off . 2. P l ug i n th e p ow er ...

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    ** *** ** ** *** ** ** *** ** *** ** ** *** ** *** ** ** *** ** *** ** ** *** ** ** * * * * * * * * *CONFIGURATIONWIZARD* * * * * * * * * ** *** ** ** *** ** ** *** ** *** ** ** *** ** *** ** ** *** ** *** ** ** *** ** ** IN STR UC TI ONS f or u si ng th e Wi zar d: Yo u can : 1) E nte r th e ap pro pr ia te in fo rma ti on f or yo ur s yst em an d ...

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    NOT E: If y ou choos e to use DH CP and have s elec ted IPv4 enabl ed ( option 0 ), t he IPv 4 Cu rr ent C onfigura ti on v er ifi c ation sc r een w i l l be dis pl ayed a s s how n be l ow. ** *** ** ** *** ** ** *** ** *** ** ** *** ** *** ** ** *** ** *** ** ** *** ** ** *** * ** *** ** ** ** C O N F I G U R A T I O N W I Z A R D ** ** ** *** * ...

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    • S t atel ess On ly : Th e r ou ter wi ll mul ti cast t he IP v6 p r efix al o ng w it h t he c on s o le ser ve r ’ s MA C ad dress , th en l isten f o r t he o th er dev i ces on th e l oc al n et wo r k t o a ll ow th e r o ut er t o assig n t he IP v6 a dd r ess . • S t ati c: Y ou must manu all y assig n a u ni qu e IP v6 a dd r ess f o ...

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    Sele c ting a se c ur i t y pr of il e S el ect a p r e-defin ed secu r it y p r ofil e or defin e a cust om pr o f il e f or s pe cific ser v ices. T h e pr o f il es  are: • S ecu r ed - D isab le s al l p r ot o col s ex cep t ss h v2 , H TT P S an d S SH t o serial p orts. • Mo derate - Enab l es ss h v1 , ss h v2 , HTTP , H T TP S , Tel ...

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    3. Turn o n th e c on s o le ser ve r and c on nec ted d ev ice s . 4. Ent er th e co nso le server’ s I P ad dress in t he brow ser ’ s ad dres s f i eld . 5. Log i n t o t he co n s o le ser v er an d fin ish co n f ig urin g u s ers an d o t her s et ti ng s usin g t he w eb  manag er . To us e t he de f a ult I P ad dre s s t o ac c e s ...

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    To da i s y - c ha in P DU s t o th e co ns ole se r ve r : Thi s p r oc edu r e assumes t ha t y ou ha ve o n e A vo cen t PM P D U o r Cy cla des IP DU c on nec ted t o a ser ia l po r t o n t he c on sol e s erver. NOT E: Dais y - c haini ng is not poss i bl e w i th SPC pow er c ontr ol de v i ces . Ser verT ech PDU s wil l al low only one l ev ...

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    W e b M a n a g e r f o r R e g u l a r U s e r s 3 2 5 Usi ng t he W e b M a nag er Co nso le server users perf or m m o s t t asks t hrou gh t he w eb manag er . The w eb man ager r u ns i n a brow ser an d p r ov i des a real-ti m e v ie w o f al l eq u ip m en t co nn ect ed t o t h e c on s o le ser ve r . A ut ho r iz ed u ser s can ac cess d ...

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    F ig u r e 3 .1: Re gu lar U ser F o rm NOT E: Th e for m are a c hanges ac cord i ng to wh i c h menu op ti on i s s el ected. Nu mber D escrip t io n 1 F or m ar ea. 2 Co ns ole s er v er i nfor mat i on ar ea and logout button. T his ar ea contains the foll ow i ng i nfor mation: l ogou t button - Pr es s l ogout to exi t the cur ren t s es si o ...

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    Con nec t W hen yo u sel ect t h e Con ne ct op ti on , th e f o r m d isp lay ed w il l all ow y o u to co nn ect t o th e co nsol e server o r it s ser i al p o r ts. P erm issio n t o acce s s a p ort o r pe r f orm po we r m an agemen t i s g r an ted b y t he a dmin istrato r w hen yo u r user acco u nt i s create d. C on nect t o the con sole ...

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    C on necti on p r otoco l s for s eri al ports Y ou ca n acce s s a s erver or a d ev ice co n nect ed t o a ser i al p ort by u s i ng t he c on nec ti on p r ot o col speci f i ed for t he p o r t. T h e f ol lo wi n g ta bl e s h ow s th e pr o to co ls avai la bl e f or th e s erial  po r ts. Co n n ect io n T yp e Prot o co l Co ns ole Ac c ...

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    I PDU Pow e r M a nage m e nt I P D U m an ag em en t a ll ow s y ou t o manag e t he p ow er o ut let s o n p ow er m an age m en t ap p li ance prod uc ts. I f y ou h av e pe r m issio n t o mana ge o u tl ets o n a p ow er manag ement ap p li ance , selec ti ng t he IPDU Po wer Mg mt . op ti o n w il l d ispl ay a form wi th t w o t abs, O ut le ...

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    • Edi t curr en t th r esho ld s - hi g h cr it ica l, hi gh w arnin g , l ow w arnin g an d lo w cr i ti cal ( av ail ab le for so m e mod els o f Av oc ent PM PDU s ). The fol lo wi ng ta bl e describ es th e corr espo nd in g b ut to n s t o p er f o r m t he p r ev io us op erati on s. Bu t t o n o r ico n Pu r p o se Edi t Lets y ou edit an ...

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    F o r m H ead in g De script io n Exam p le Model IPDU mod el number . Av ocent Cyc l ade s PM20i/30A PDU Nu mber of Outl ets IPDU num ber o f outl ets. 20 Nu mber of Banks IPDU num ber o f bank s/c i r c uits . 2 Si ngle-Phase/3- Phase IPDU num ber o f phas es. Si ngle-Phase Softw are Ver si on IPDU firmw ar e v er si on. 1.9.2 PDU C urr ent IPDU ...

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    F o r m H ead in g De script io n Exam p le T y pe ( Na me) T y pe of th e s ensor. T emper atur e- Inter nal Cu r r en t in f o r m at io n d ispl ay s t h e actu al a larm stat e of th e curr ent le vel b ased o n t he c on f ig ured th r esho l ds w hen a vai la bl e. The al ar m stat e ca n h av e on e o f th e fol lo wi ng v alu es: • Tr ip ...

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    W e b M a n a g e r f o r A d m i ni s t ra t o r s 4 3 3 Thi s cha pt er i s for s yst em a dmin istrato r s wh o u se th e web m an ag er t o co nfig ure th e con sol e ser ve r and i ts u ser s. F or i nform ati on o n h ow to co nfig ure t he co nso le ser ve r usin g v i o r Co m m an d Lin e I n terf ace (CLI ) , pl ease co n s u lt t he Cy c ...

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    Bu t t o n na m e Us e r el oad page Reloads the page. He l p Dis play s the onli ne help. next Onl y appear s in Wiz ar d mo de. Goes to the next for m. uns aved c hanges T he uns av ed c hanges button appear s on the lower r i ght hand corner of the web manager and a graphic al LED bl i nk s r ed w henev er the curr ent us er has made any c hange ...

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    Lo ggi ng I nt o t he W e b M an ager The fol lo wi ng proce du r e de s crib es th e lo gi n p r oc es s to t he w eb mana ger and w h at sho ul d b e ex pec ted t he firs t t ime yo u l og in to th e co nso le ser v er . To l og into t he w e b mana g e r: 1. Ent er t he IP ad dress o f t he c on s o le ser v er i n t he ad dress fiel d o f y ou ...

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    F ig u r e 4. 2: Exam p le o f Web M an age r F o rm in Wiz ard Mo d e E xpert mode Exp er t i s th e d ef au lt mod e w h en l o gg in g i n t o t h e co nso le server. The foll o wi ng i s a t yp i cal co nsol e s erver s creen in Ex pert m od e. The m ai n di f f er en ce in t he in terf ace wh en y ou swi tc h be tw een t he t wo mod es is th e ...

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    F ig u r e 4. 3: Exam p le o f Web M an age r F o rm in Exp ert M o de Ch apt er 4 : W eb M anag er for A dmin istrato r s 37 ...

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    3 8  Cy cl ades ® A CS  5 00 0 I n stal lat io n/ A dmin istrati on /U ser Gu i de ...

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    C o n f i g u ri n g t h e C o n s o l e S e rv e r i n W i z a r d M o d e 5 3 9 St ep 1: S ecu ri ty Prof i le A secu r it y p r ofile co nsi s t s o f a set o f param et er s t hat can b e co n f ig ured i n o r der t o h ave mor e co nt r ol o v er th e ser v ices ac ti ve at an y t ime. Pre - de f ined s ec u rity p rof il e s There ar e th r ...

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    The fol lo wi ng ta bl es il lu str at e th e prop er t ies f or each o f t he secu r it y p r o f il es. The e nab le d ser vi ces i n e ach p r ofil e are de s i gn ate d. Ac cess t o c on so le server Secu re Mo d erat e Open Def au lt T el net Yes s shv 1 Yes Yes Yes s shv 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Al l ow SSH r oot acc es s Y es Yes Yes HT T P Yes Yes ...

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    The f irst step t o co nfig ure yo ur co nsol e s erver is to sel ect a s ecu r i ty p r ofil e. O n e of th e f o ll ow in g sit uat io n s is ap pl ic abl e w h en y o u b o ot t he co nso le server. • The co nsol e s erver is starti ng for t he f i r s t t ime or af t er a r eset to facto r y d ef au lt . In thi s sit uat io n w h en y ou b o ...

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    CA UT ION: T ake the r equired pr ecautions to unde rstand the po tenti al i mpacts of each i ndiv i dual s er v i ce c onfigure d under th e Custom pr ofi le. NOT E: It is not poss i ble to continue w or k i ng in th e w eb manag er w i thout sel ecti ng a sec ur i ty pr ofil e. A r eminder dial og box wi ll a ppear if you attem pt to navi gate to ...

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    I n W i zar d mod e, the sy stem ass u m es tha t al l d evi ces wi ll b e co nn ect ed t o t he ser i al p orts wi th th e sam e p ar ameter val ue s . I f yo u n eed t o assig n d iff er en t p ar am et er s to t he serial p o r ts th at each ser ve r o r de vi ce i s co nn ect ed t o, u se th e Ex pe r t mod e, P o r ts - P hy sical P o r ts t o ...

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    Param et er O p t io ns De script io n Stop Bi ts 1 [Default] Opti ons ar e either 1 o r 2 Must m atc h the num ber o f stop bi ts used by the devi c es connected t o all por ts . Authentic ation Re qui r ed Check for enabled. Un c heck ed for dis abled. [Defa ul t] If the Authen ti c ation R equire d is enabled, user authen ti c ation i s enfor ce ...

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    The A ccess f o r m li sts t he cu r r en tl y d efin ed u ser s an d f eat ures Ad d , Ch an g e P a ss wo r d an d D elet e bu t to ns. I n t he Users l ist b y defaul t, th ere is a r oo t acco u nt t hat c ann ot b e del ete d. The r oo t h as a ccess priv il eg es to a ll t he w eb m an ag er ’ s f u nct io na li ty as w el l a s access to a ...

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    6. Ent er c omm ent s to i de nt ify th e user’ s rol e or con f ig urati on i n th e Co m m en ts f i eld ( o pt io nal ) . 7. Cl ick O K . 8. Cl ick t h e apply change s button. To de l e t e a us e r: 1. S el ect S tep 3 : Access . The A ccess form di s p lay s. 2. S el ect t he u ser n am e to de let e. 3. Cl ick D el ete . 4. Cl ick apply ch ...

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    The f ol l ow in g tab l e prov id es de s crip ti on for e ach f ie ld w het h er l oca l or rem o te dest in ati on i s  sele cted . F ield n am e De fin it io n De s ti nation Wher e the buffer f i l es should be s tor ed. Local , for example, Flash or R emote on a  ser v er . Mode F or Local Desti nation - Selec t Linear for ser i al dr i ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 56

    NOT E: You c an per for m advanced c onfigura ti on i n Expert m ode i ncl uding the option of s etting up data b uffer i ng s epa rate l y for indi v idual or gr oups of ser i al por ts. To co nf igure da t a bu f f er ing: 1. S el ect S tep 4 : D at a Bu ff erin g. 2. Cl ick t h e E n ab le D a ta Bu ff erin g ch eck bo x. Th e D esti n ati on p ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 57

    Before sett in g up sysl og gi ng , m ak e sur e a p r e- co nfig ur ed sy s l og ser v er i s avai la bl e o n th e sam e ne tw ork as th e co nsol e ser ver. Fr om th e s y s l og server admin istrato r , ob tai n t he IP ad dress o f t he syslo g server and t h e f acil it y n u m ber f or m ess ag es comin g fr om th e app li an ce. To ad d a s ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 58

    5 0  Cy cl ades ® A CS  5 00 0 I n stal lat io n/ A dmin istrati on /U ser Gu i de ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 59

    A p p li c a t i o n s 6 5 1 Con fi gur i ng t he Cons ol e Ser ver i n Expe rt M od e Mo st app li cat io ns r eq ui r e th at yo u set th e w eb m an ag er t o E x pert m od e. I f y ou are i n Wi zar d m o de an d n eed t o p er f o r m ad v ance d co nfig urati on , c li ck t he Ex pert bu t to n at t he b ot t om of th e le f t menu p an el t ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 60

    F ig u r e 6.1: Expert M od e Screen Elemen ts Nu mber D escrip t io n 1 T op menu. Selec ting any on e of the top menu items wi ll change the left nav igati on menu a nd for m ar eas t o v i ew s tatus or c onfigur e the related cons ole s er v er options or pa ram eter s . 2 Left navi gation menu. Selec ting any of t he l eft navi gation menu ite ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 61

    Nu mber D escrip t io n 6 Co mmand butt ons . T he c omm and buttons ar e c ommo n to al l w eb manag er sc r eens and ar e us ed to tr y changes , c anc el c hanges , appl y changes , reload pages or sel ec t the onl i ne hel p. NOT E: The unsav ed changes / no unsav ed changes i ndi c ator at the far r i ght is green ( no unsav ed c hanges) when ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 62

    1. G o to App li ca ti on s - C on nec t i n Exp er t m o de. 2. Cl ick t h e Con ne ct to ACS 5 00 0 r ad io b ut to n . 3. Cl ick t h e Con ne ct bu tt on . A Jav a ap pl et v iew er ap p ear s. NOT E: Th e logi n pr ompt is di spl ay ed w henever your sec ur i ty pr ofil e is s et to Mode rat e or O pen ; ot her wis e, an authen ti c ation f orm ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 63

    • Turn o u tl ets o n an d o f f • Cy cle p ow er • Lock o u tl ets to preve nt acc id ent al ch ang es i n po wer stat e ( Av oce nt P M P D Us an d Cy cla des IP DU s on l y) • U nl ock th e o u tl ets (Av oce nt PM PDU s and Cy cla des IP DU s on l y) • A s sig n an al ias to t h e ou tl et (to i de nt ify th e d evi ce f o r w hi ch i ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 64

    A v oc e nt PM PD U i nf o rmat ion di s pla ye d A vo cen t PM PDU s w il l di spl ay t he O u tl et N am e, Post O n D ela y, Post O f f De lay , Cu r r ent H ig h Criti cal Th r esho ld , Cu r r en t H ig h Wa r ni ng Th r esho ld , Cu r r en t Low W arni ng Thresho ld an d Cu r r en t L o w Cr i ti cal Thres h ol d. Third- p ar t y IP DU info r ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 65

    NOT E: Fo r Avoc ent SPC pow er devi c es or Ser ver T echnol ogy IPD Us, an a l er t w i ndow pr ompts you that th e s cree n is automat i c all y reloaded. C l ic k O K and wait for confi rmation that the page has been r el oaded. A pp l i cati ons - I P DU P ower M gmt. - O utl ets Gr ou p C tr l A n ad mini strato r can sel ect Expe r t - App l ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 66

    F o r m H ead in g De script io n Exam p le ID Ei ther a de faul t name o r ad mi nis tra tor -confi gur ed ID . i 1A Model IPDU mod el number . Av ocent Cyc l ade s PM20i/30A Nu mber of Outl ets IPDU num ber o f outl ets. 20 Nu mber of Banks IPDU num ber o f bank s/c i r c uits . 2 Si ngle-Phase/3- Phase IPDU num ber o f phas es. Si ngle-Phase Sof ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 67

    F o r m H ead in g De script io n Exam p le Powe r F actor Phase power factor . N/ A Environ me n ta l Sensors In form atio n T y pe ( Na me) T y pe of th e s ensor. T emper atur e- Inter nal Cu r r en t in f o r m at io n d ispl ay s t h e actu al a larm stat e of th e curr ent le vel b ased o n t he c on f ig ured th r esho l ds w hen a vai la bl ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 68

    Sh own Elem en t T yp e De script io n ID : He adi ng Stat i c heading show s c ur ren t IPD U name a nd p ort as si gnment. Model: H eading Show s the m ak e and mod el of IPD U at the de s i gnate d por t. ID T ex t fiel d Enter w hatever n ame y ou w i sh for this IPDU . Pol li ng Rate Nu mber fiel d Ente r the p ol l ing ti me ( how of ten t ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 69

    Sh own Elem en t T yp e De script io n Phases thr es holds N umber fiel d Enter for each phase the curr ent th reshold: High Cr i tic al , H i gh War ni ng, Low War ni ng and Low Cr iti c al. Env ironm ental thr eshol d Num ber fi eld Ente r the th resholds for each en v i r onmenta l s ensor: H i gh C riti cal , High Warning, Low War ni ng and Low ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 70

    softw ar e i s av ail ab le an d for i nform ati on on h ow t o u pg r ade t he d evi ce. To up gra de s of t w a re o n a Avo c en t PM PD U: 1. D ow nl oa d th e n ew fir mware in / tmp d irecto r y . 2. U s e t he pmfwu p gra d e co m m an d t o p er f o r m t he u pg r ad e. See th e A CS 5 00 0 C omm and Refer enc e G ui de f o r m ore d etai ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 71

    S p ecify g r o up s of ou tl et s usin g t he f o ll ow in g f o r m at : IP DU_ ID [ o utl et s ] W here I P DU _ I D i s th e name con f i gu r ed for th e I P DU ( suc h as il A) and o ut le ts ar e nu m b er s separate d wi th co m mas or wi th d ashes ( to i nd ica te a r an ge), as in t he f ol lo w in g exa m pl e: il A[1 ,2 ,5 -15 ] Y ou c ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 72

    3. I n t he U ser fiel d, ent er t h e user n am e. 4. I n t he O u tl ets f ie ld , en t er t he g r ou p n ame, IP DU n umbe r an d o ut let s th at t he u ser can co nt r ol . 5. Cl ick O K . O ut let e nt ry c o nv e nt i o ns I n t he most b asic c ase, o nl y t he IP DU ’ s I D an d t he o ut le ts named i n b r ack ets f o ll ow in g t he ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 73

    Met h o d Desc r ip t io n By name If the out l et h as been ass i gned a n ame, s uch a s “myoutlet,” e nter i ng m yo u t let i s suffi ci ent a nd n o othe r pat h nam e is needed. By IPDU then out l et Enter i ng IPD UB [3] w i ll des i gnat e the same out l et. By s er i al por t the n out l et Enter i ng !tty S2-B [3] w i ll des i gnat e ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 74

    6. Cl ick apply changes . 6 6  Cy cl ades ® A CS  5 00 0 I n stal lat io n/ A dmin istrati on /U ser Gu i de ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 75

    N e t w o r k M e n u a n d F o r m s 7 6 7 Thi s ch ap ter d escr ib es t he N et wo r k menu a nd relat ed for ms . The fol lo wi ng ta bl e p r ov id es a de s crip ti on o f th e l ef t menu p an el. Men u Select io n Us e T h is Men u t o : Ho s t Setti ngs Co nfi gur e the netw or k par ameter s suc h as H os t Na me, IP ad dre s s es, DN S s ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 76

    G en eral hos t sett i ng s The fol lo wi ng ta bl e describ es th e f iel ds o n t he N etw o r k - H o s t Sett in g s form . F ield n am e Fie ld ty pe D escrip t ion Mode Pul l-dow n menu Sel ect Inter net pr otocol fr om IPv4, IPv 6 or Du al - Stac k , w hi c h all ows c oncur re nt us e of both IPv4 and IPv 6 pr otocol s. NOT E: Sel ec ting I ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 77

    ta b w il l b e di s ab le d. NOT E: If ser v i ces not s upp orting IPv 6 ar e neede d, you wil l have t o sel ect D ual - Stac k ( IPv 4 and IPv6) an d thos e s er vi c es w i l l be avai l able o nl y for IPv4. D isa b l ing/Enab l ing IP v 6 I f y o u di s ab le I P v 6, co nf i gu r at io n of I P v6 ad d r ess es w il l no t be al lo wed a nd ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 78

    Ch eck D HCP (che cked b y d ef au lt ) to h av e t he c on sol e server p ul l n etw ork p aram ete r s f rom t he D HCP server. I f th is b ox is n ot c heck ed (DH CP d isab led ) , t he f o ll ow in g f i eld s are d ispl ay ed i n th e f o r m . F ield n am e Fie ld Def in it io n Pr i mar y Addr ess Enter t he pr i mar y IPv4 addr es s o f th ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 79

    F ield n am e Fie ld Def in it io n Metho d Sel ect Statel ess onl y , S tatic or DHCP method s from the pull - down m enu for the desi r ed Ether net por t confi gur ation method. Selec ting one of these options c hoo s es the meth od u s ed to obtain a nd configur e IPv6 add ress es. Stateles s only : I Pv 6 loc al add ress es w i l l be ob tai n ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 80

    • S N MP • S en di ng S N MP trap • Remot e aut h ent ica ti on (exc ept t o N I S ) • A ccess to h o s t s • S t ateful an d sta tel ess pack et fil terin g (f irewa ll ) • S t ati c r ou te s • S en di ng m essage s an d e ven ts t o SMTP ser vers • S en di ng da ta t o d ata b uff er in g servers • A ccess t o N TP ser ver • ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 81

    a. Ent er t he IP ad dress o f t he c on s o le ser v er i n t he Pr imar y A dd r ess f iel d. b. Ent er t he n et m ask i n t he N etw o r k Mask fiel d. c. Ent er t he a dd r ess o f t he seco n dary co nso le ser ve r i n th e S eco n dary A dd r ess fiel d, if used . d. S p ecify t he n etw o r k mas k o f t he seco nd ary I P i n t he Secon d ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 82

    Sys lo g Y ou ca n u s e t he Syslo g for m to co n f ig ure ho w t he co nso le ser v er h an dl es s y s t em - l og ged m essage s . The Syslo g f o r m all ow s y ou to p er f orm th e f o ll ow in g : • S p ecify on e or more syslo g ser ve r s t o r ecei v e syslo g m essage s relat ed t o po r ts. • S p ecify rul es for filt ering mes sa ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 83

    VPN C onne ct io ns V ir t ual Pr iv at e N etw ork (VPN) en ab les a secu r ed c omm un ic ati on b et we en t he co nso le ser ve r an d a r emot e net w ork by u ti li zin g a g ate way an d creati ng a secured co n nect i on b et we en t he co nsol e ser ve r an d t he g ate way . I P S ec i s t he p r o to col used t o c on s t r uct th e secu ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 84

    F ield N am e De fin it io n Ne x tHop T he r out er thr oug h whic h the cons ol e server ( on the left s i de) or th e rem ote host (on t he right si de) sends pac kets to the ho s t on the othe r s i de. Subnet T he netma s k of the subnetw or k w her e the host resi des. NOT E: Use CID R notat i on. T he IP number foll ow ed by a sl ash and ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 85

    c. Ent er t he IP ad dress o f t he rou ter th r ou gh w h ich th e h ost’s p ack ets r eac h th e I n ternet i n th e N ext H op fiel ds. d. Ent er t he n et m ask f o r t he sub n et i n t he Sub net fiel ds in CIDR n ot ati on . F or exampl e, 19 2 . 16 8 . 0.0/ 24 w hi ch t r ansla tes t o 2 55 . 25 5 . 25 5 . 0. e. I f RSA K ey i s sel ect e ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 86

    F ield o r Men u O p ti on De script io n Co mmunity SNMP v1 and v 2 only . A Comm uni ty defi nes an ac c ess envi r onment. T he type of ac ces s is cl as si fi ed unde r Per mis s i on: either r ead only or r ead w rite. T he most common commun i ty i s publi c . NOT E: Ta k e caution in usi ng a p ubl i c community name as it is c omm onl y k n ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 87

    4. F o r S NM P v1 o r v2 co nfig urati on , en ter o r ch ang e t he f o ll ow in g i nfor mati on : a. Ent er t he c omm un it y n ame in t he C omm un it y fiel d. b. Ent er th e so urce IP ad dr ess o r r an ge o f I P add r esses i n t h e Sou r ce fiel d. 5. F o r S NM P v3 c on f ig urati on , en te r or ch an ge t he fol lo wi ng i n f orm ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 88

    • Edi t de f aul t ch ain s • D elet e user- add ed c hai ns • A dd n ew ch ain s • Edi t rul es for ch ai ns Edit but t on S el ect in g o ne o f t he d ef au lt ch ai ns an d press i ng t he Ed it b ut to n o pen s th e Ed it C hai n d ial og box. O nl y t he p ol ic y ca n b e ed it ed for a d ef au lt c hai n. The o pt io ns are A CCEP ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 89

    F ig u r e 7.1: Expert - Fi r ewall Co n f ig u r at io n A dd Ru le an d Ed it R u le Dialo g B o xes Inve r te d c he c k bo x es I f t he Inve r t ed che ckb ox is e nab le d for th e c orr es p on di ng o pt io n, t he t ar g et act io n i s perf orm ed on p acke ts t hat d o no t m at ch an y of th e cr it er ia spe cified i n th at li n e. F ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 90

    N u meric pr ot oc ol fields I f Nu me r i c is s el ect ed as th e prot oc ol w h en spe cifyi ng a rul e, a t ex t f i eld a pp ear s to t he rig ht o f th e menu for t h e desired n umbe r . TCP prot oc o l fields I f TCP is s el ect ed as th e prot oco l w h en spe cifyi ng a rul e, t he a dd it io na l f i eld s s h ow n i n t he f o ll ow in ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 91

    IC MP pr ot oc ol f i e lds I f I CMP i s sel ect ed a s a p r ot o col , th e ICMP Typ e p ul l-do wn m en u i s di spl aye d i n t he ICMP O pt io ns S ect io n at th e b ot to m o f t he Fir ew al l Co nfig urati on form . Select th e I CM P t yp e nee ded f r o m th e l ist. Input int er f a ce , out pu t i nt e r fa c e a nd f ra gme nt s I ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 92

    R EJ EC T t a rg et I f REJECT is select ed fr om th e Tar get pu l l- d ow n menu , th e f ol lo wi n g p ul l-do wn menu ap pea r s . A ny Rej ect w it h op ti on c auses th e in pu t pa cket t o b e drop pe d and a r ep ly p ack et of th e speci f i ed t yp e to b e sent . F ield N am e D ef in itio n Re j ec t w i th R ej ect wi th me ans tha t ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 93

    NOT E: User- defined chai ns c annot be ed i ted. If you wis h to r ename a chain y ou added , del ete it and c r eate a new one. 1. G o to Net wo rk - Fi r ewa l l Co n fi gu rati o n. 2. S el ect o n e of t h e defaul t ch ai ns f r om Chai n l ist a nd t he n cl ick t h e E d it b ut to n. Th e Edi t Ch ain d ia lo g bo x ap pears . NOT E: Us er ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 94

    Hos t Tab le The H ost Tabl e form enab l es y ou t o k eep a t ab le o f h ostn ames an d IP ad dr esses t hat co m po se yo u r lo cal n etw o r k an d p r ov id es i nfor mati on o n y ou r env iron m en t. To de f i ne t h e c ons ole se r v er ’s I P ad dre s s a nd hos t na me 1. G o to Net wo rk - H o s t Tab les . The H ost Tab les form a ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 95

    F ield o r Men u Nam e Def in it io n Ho s t IP Appear s only when H ost r oute is s el ected. T y pe the IP addr ess of the desti nation hos t. Go to Ch oi c es ar e Gatewa y or In terf ac e. [ Adj acent fi eld ] T y pe the IP addr ess of the g atewa y or the nam e of the i nter face. Metr ic T y pe the nu mber of hops to the desti nation. To co n ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 96

    8 8  Cy cl ades ® A CS  5 00 0 I n stal lat io n/ A dmin istrati on /U ser Gu i de ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 97

    S e c u r i t y M e n u a n d F o rm s 8 8 9 Use rs an d G ro ups The U s ers an d G r o up s f o r m all ow s y ou to p er f orm th e f o ll ow in g t asks: • S et u p u s er ac cess to t he c on s o le ser ve r ' s w eb manag er • A s sig n u s ers to spe cific g r o up s th at share co m mon ac cess r ig ht s • A s sig n o r chan g e ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 98

    A d ding a U s e r I f y ou cl ic k t he Ad d bu tt on o n t he Secu r it y - U s ers and G r o up s f orm un der th e U ser s List, t he A dd U ser di alo g b ox a pp ear s. The f o ll ow in g t abl e d escr ib es th e fiel ds i n t h e A d d U ser di al og box. F ield N am e D ef in itio n User N ame Na me of the user t o be added. Pas swor d T h ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 99

    2. S el ect t he n am e o f a u s er o r grou p to d elet e. 3. Cl ick D el ete . 4. Cl ick apply changes . To ch a nge a us e r’s pa s s wo rd: 1. G o to S ecu r i ty - U sers a nd G rou ps. The U ser s an d G r o up s for m d ispl ay s . 2. S el ect t he n ame of th e user w h ose pa s swo r d y o u w ish t o ch an ge. 3. Cl ick C ha ng e Passw ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 100

    f o r m t o vi ew w ho i s l o gg ed in to e ach po r t an d th e pr o cess es the y ar e r un ni ng . O p en ses sio ns ar e di spl ayed w i th t hei r i de nt if i cat io n and st ati stic al dat a, th e r el at ed dat a s u ch as CP U u s ag e f o r a sp eci f ic c li ent , JCP U p r oc ess es an d PCP U p r oc ess in g t ime. The K il l S ess i ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 101

    C on f i gu r i n g au t h enti cati on for c ons ol e se r ver log i ns The d ef au lt au th en ti cat io n meth o d for t he c on sol e server i s Lo cal. Y ou ca n e it her ac cept th e de f aul t o r s el ect an ot h er aut h ent ica ti on meth o d fr om t he U ni t A ut hen ti cat io n p ul l-do wn menu on t he A ut hTy pe for m. A ny au t hen ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 102

    To co nf igure a RA D IU S au t he nt ica t ion s er v e r: P erf or m t he f o ll ow in g p r oc edu r e t o c on f ig ure a R AD I US au th ent i cati on ser ve r wh en t he co nsol e server o r any o f it s p or t s are c on f ig ured to u s e R AD I U S aut he nt icat io n meth od or a ny of i t s v ar iat io n s ( Loc al/ RA DIUS, RAD I U S /L ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 103

    5. To sp eci f y a n umber o f ti m es t he u ser can requ est a ut hen ti cat io n v er ificat io n fr om t he ser ve r b ef ore send in g an au th en ti cati o n f ail ure m essage t o th e user, en te r a nu m be r i n th e Ret r ie s  fiel d. 6. Cl ick apply changes . G rou p au t hor i zat ion on TAC AC S+ U s i ng an au t ho r iza ti on me ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 104

    • A n ac cou nt f o r admin . • I f LDA P au th en ti cati o n i s spe cified for t he co nso le server, acco un ts for al l u ser s w ho n eed to l o g in t o th e co nsol e s erver to ad m i ni s t er co n nect ed d evi ces. • I f LDA P au th en ti cati o n i s spe cified for ser i al p o r ts, acc ou nt s for u s ers wh o n eed ad m in ist ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 105

    • Real m n am e an d K DC ad dress • H ost n ame an d IP add r ess for t he K er be r os ser ve r A lso, w ork w it h t h e K erberos server’ s ad m i ni s t r ato r to en s u r e t hat fol lo wi n g t yp es o f acco un ts ar e set u p o n t he K erberos s erver and t ha t t he ad m i ni s t r ato r s of t h e con sol e s erver and co nn ect ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 106

    9. F i ll i n t he form acc or d in g t o y ou r l oca l setu p o f t he K er b er os ser ve r . 10 . Cl ic k apply c hanges . To co nf igure a NI S au t he nt ica t ion se r v er : P erf or m the fol lo w in g p r oce du r e to c on f ig ure a NIS au th ent ic ati on ser ve r w hen t h e con sol e ser ve r or an y o f it s p orts a r e c on f ig u ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 107

    C u st o m s e cu rity p rof il e The Cu sto m S ecu r it y P r o f il e o pen s u p a d ia lo g b o x t o a ll ow c usto m co nfig urati on o f i nd iv id ua l prot oc ol s o r s ervi ces. NOT E: By defaul t, a num ber of pr otocol s and servi ces ar e ena bl ed i n the C ustom p rofil e; how ever, the y are c onfigur able to a user 's c usto ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 108

    Oth er Services Secu re Mo d erat e Open De fau lt SNMP N/ A N /A Yes N/ A RPC N/ A N /A Yes N/ A IC MP N/ A Yes Yes Yes F T P N/ A N /A N /A N/A IPSec N/ A N /A N /A N/A T ab le 8.5: Enab led Pr o t o col s f or Eac h Secu rity Prof ile The f irst step i n co nfig uring y o ur con sol e ser ve r i s t o de f in e a s ecu r i ty p r ofil e. O ne o ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 109

    • I f y o u r eco nfig ure th e s ecu r i ty p r ofil e and r esta r t t he w eb mana ger, y ou n eed t o make su r e th e ser ia l p or t s p r o to col s and a ccess m eth o ds m at ch t he sel ecte d securit y p r ofil e. To se lec t o r c onf igure a s e c ur i t y pr of il e : The f o ll ow in g p r oce du r e assumes y ou h av e i nsta ll e ...

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    U s e r c onf igur e d di g i t a l c e rt ifica t e Y ou ca n g enerate a sel f - sig ned di g it al certi f ica te. T h e proced u r es to co n f ig ure a s el f - sig ned di g it al certi f ica te i s d o cument ed i n t he C ycl ad es ACS 50 0 0 Co m m an d Re f er en ce Gu id e. X. 5 0 9 c e rt ifica t e on s s h The O pen S S H so f tw ar ...

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    P o r t s M e n u a n d F o r m s 9 1 0 3 Phy si cal P ort s By sele cti ng Po rts - P h ysica l Po rts in Exp er t mod e, y ou c an e nab le o r di sabl e p or t s an d co nfig ur e pa r am et er s for i nd iv id u al o r a g r ou p o f ser ial p o r ts. Y ou ca n sele ct co nt ig uo u s serial p orts on t h e f orm by u s i ng t he Shi ft key or ...

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    4. Cl ick apply changes . G en e ra l f orm U nd er P or t s - P h ysic al Ports i n Ex pert M od e, if yo u sele ct o ne o r more po r t s f r om th e p o r ts l ist an d cl ick th e Mod if y b ut to n, t he G ene r al f o r m app ears . The G eneral f orm al lo w s y o u to d ef in e gen eral po r t sett in gs, con ne ct to an IP DU p ort and sel ...

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    Prot o co l Name Re su lt Co ns ole (T elnetSSH) Author i zed us er s can use Telnet and/or SSH to connec t to the c onsol e of th e c onnected devi c e si multaneousl y . When mu l ti ple s ess i ons fe atur e is c onfigur ed, s imul taneo us Te l net and/o r SSH s ess i ons a re all ow ed t hro ugh the serial por t. Co ns ole (R aw) Author i z ed ...

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    Prot o co l Name Re su lt SSHv2 De di c ates a ser v er ter minal c onn ec ted to the sel ected s er i al po rt to acc es s a s er v er usi ng the SSHv2 prot oc ol. Wh en the attached ter minal i s tur ned on, th e consol e ser v er open s a SSH v 2 s ess i on on the server . T he s er v er ’ s I P a ddre s s should be s peci fi ed on the Other f ...

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    Mod em and pow e r mana ge me nt c on ne c tion prot o co ls The f o ll ow in g t abl e sho w s t he c on nec ti on p r o to col s for mod em s o r I P D Us co n nect ed t o t h e ser ia l p orts. Prot o co l Name Re su lt PPP-N o Auth Star ts a PPP s ess i on w i thout inter ac tiv e a uthentic ation r equire d. As sumes the spec ifi ed c onsol ...

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    To co nf igure a s e rial por t co nne c t ion pro t oc ol f or a B idi r ec t iona l Telne t : The f o ll ow in g p r oce du r e assumes th at t he sele cted ser ia l p o r t i s ph y s i call y co nn ect ed t o a te r m in al . F or more i nf o r m at io n o n Bi di r ect io n al Tel ne t co nn ect io n p r ot oc ol , see Bid irect io na l T el n ...

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    2. Cl ick t h e Gen eral t ab . The G en er al for m app ear s wi th t he n u m be r ( s ) of th e s el ect ed p ort( s) ne xt t o t he D o ne b ut to n at t h e bo tt om of t h e f orm an d t he act iv e t abs ar e i n y ell ow . 3. To cha ng e t he con n ecti on p r o to col , sel ect a Ter m in al S erver con n ecti on fr om th e Co nn ect io n ...

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    5. To furth er con f i gu r e t he ser ia l p ort’ s co nn ect io n prot oc ol : • F o r user acce s s an d a ut hen ti cat io n meth od s, s ee Access o n p age 1 12 . • To c on f ig ure mod em in it ia li zati on an d PP P op t io ns see O th er o n p age 1 21 . 6. I f y ou are f i ni s h ed, cl ick D on e . 7. Cl ick apply changes . To co ...

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    8. W hen f in i s h ed, cl i ck D o ne . 9. Cl ick apply changes . To as s oc iat e a n alias t o a se r i a l port : A n al ia s can be associ at ed to a p ort w h en i t i s i nd iv id ua ll y sel ecte d for mod ificat io n. To associ ate an a li as t o a p ort p er f o r m th e fol lo wi n g ste ps. 1. G o to Port s - Phy s i cal Po r t s in Ex ...

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    A c c e s s U nd er P or t s - P h ysic al Ports i n Ex pert M od e, s el ect o ne o r mor e serial p orts an d cl ick Mod if y Port(s) . S elec t Acce s s f o r m f r om t he t abb ed menu . The A ccess for m ap pe ar s. The fol lo wi ng ta bl e describ es th e m en u an d fiel ds on t he A cce s s f orm . F ield D escrip tio n Author i zed Users/ ...

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    2. Cl ick t h e A cce s s t ab. Th e A cce s s form app ear s. 3. To restr i ct a ccess t o o n e o r mor e u ser s o r to a g r ou p o f user s, en ter p r ev io usl y d ef i ned u ser or g r ou p n am es i n t he A ut h or i zed U ser s / Grou ps fiel d, w it h n ames s ep ar at ed b y c omm as. 4. To d en y a ccess t o o n e o r mor e u ser s o ...

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    Au t h en t icat io n Typ e De fin it io n NI S D ownL oc al Local authentic ation is per for med only when t he N IS ser v er i s dow n. Ra di us Authentic ation is per for med usi ng a Ra di us authen ti c ation ser v er . Ra di us/Loc al R adi us auth enti cati on i s tr ied first, swi tchi ng to Local i f unsuc ces s ful. Ra di usDow nLoc al Lo ...

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    F ield N am e D efi nit io n De s ti nation Locati on for the d ata f i l es. Ei ther L oc al or R emote. Mode ( Local De s ti nation) Wi ll be ei ther ci r c ular or l inear . In c i r c ular mode, data i s w r i tten i nto the s pec ifi ed l ocal data f i l e until the upp er li mit on the fi l e si z e is r eached; then t he data i s overw r i t ...

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    F ield N am e D efi nit io n T i meout ( sec onds) Amount of time in s econds that th e cons ole ser v er w i l l tr y to dis c over the hostname. If it c annot b e i dentifi ed i n tha t ti me, a defa ul t name w i ll b e as s ume d. Show Menu Ch oos e fr om the foll ow i ng options to sel ec t w hat wil l be shown w hen connec ted to the ser i al ...

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    12 . Cl ic k t he r ad io bu t to n n ext t o o ne o f t he fol lo w in g o pt io ns: a. Bu f f er S y s l og a t al l ti mes b. Bu f f er o nl y w h en n o u ser is c on nec ted t o t he p or t 13 . Cl ic k Do ne . 14 . Cl ic k apply c hanges . To c on f ig ure al ar m n ot ificat io ns t o b e sen t ba s ed o n t he t yp e o f bu f f er ed d at a ...

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    Men u Opt io n D escrip t io n Yes ( s how menu) Mor e than tw o s imul taneo us user s c an connect to the s ame ser i al por t. A Sniffer menu is pr es ented to the user a nd the y c an choos e to: Open a s niff s ess i on Open a re ad/wr ite s ess i on Ca nc el a connecti on Send a mess age to oth er user s connected to the same s er i al ...

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    be av ai lab le i f t here i s at l east o ne p o r t c on f ig ured as Pow er Mgmt o r th er e i s at l east o n e I PMI ser ve r con f ig u r ed). The Pow er Man ag em en t f o r m app ears . Y ou ca n u s e t hi s form t o make i t p ossib le f o r a u s er wh o i s c on nec ted t o a d ev ice t hrou gh t he selec ted serial p ort t o p er f orm ...

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    F ield N am e D efi nit io n Ne w User/Gr oup ( av ail abl e only i f Al l ow User s /Grou ps ra di o button is s elec ted) Entr y fi eld to add a new user/gr oup . Al l ow ed User s /Grou ps ( av ail abl e only i f Al l ow User s /Grou ps ra di o button is s elec ted) Vi ew li st box of a uthor i z ed user s or g rou ps . P o wer man agemen t w hi ...

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    8. Cl ick apply changes . NOT E: If y ou w i s h to confi gur e IPMI pow er man agement on t hi s por t, continue to the IPMI confi gur ation pr oc edur e below. To co nf igure a s e rial port f o r IP MI pow e r m a na ge me nt : Thi s proced ure ass u m es yo u h ave ad d ed t he co n nect ed IP MI dev ice i n t he A p pl ica ti on s - I P MI P o ...

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    The O th er f o r m app ears . Y ou ca n u se t hi s for m t o co n f ig ure o th er sett in g s . The o pt io ns o n th i s f orm m ay b e l ess co m m o n sett in g s . The f o ll ow in g t ab le d escr ib es th e avai la bl e f iel d s i n t he O th er f orm . F ield N am e D efi nit io n T CP Por t T he T C P P or t num ber for a ser i al por t ...

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    4. To c han ge t he p ort n umber for t he ser ia l p ort, en te r ano th er n umber i n t he TCP Port fiel d. 5. To a s sig n a n ame t o th e p ort’s I P ad dres s, en ter an al ias i n t h e Port IP Al ias f i eld ( co nsol e co nn ect io n prot oco l on l y) . 6. I f co nn ect in g t o a M icrosoft W i nd ow s Ser ve r 20 03 o p er ati n g sy ...

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    10 . For a d ed ica ted t er min al, ent er t he IP ad dress o f t he d esired h ost i n t he H ost t o Co nn ect f i eld . 11 . En ter th e ty pe o f t er mina l i n th e Ter mina l Typ e f ie ld . 12 . Cl ic k Do ne . 13 . Cl ic k apply c hanges . Vi rt ual P ort s NOT E: Vi rtu al Ports i s avai l able o nl y for IPv4 pr otocol . The v irtu al p ...

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    F ield N am e De fin it io n Re mote IP T he IP addr ess of the sl ave. F i r s t R emote T C P Por t Num ber T he first T CP p ort nu mber of th e s lav e. T he d efault i s 7001. Pr otoc ol T he communic ation pro toc ol us ed by th e Sl av e. T he options ar e T elnet or SSH. O nce y ou ha ve co nfig ured t he sl ave co n s o le ser v er an d d ...

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    Por t s Sta tus The in f o r m at io n in t he f ol lo w in g tab le i s a vai lab l e in Ports - Ports S ta tu s i n r ead - o nl y f orm . A ll users hav e a ccess to t hi s f o r m . T h e i nfor mati on o n t hi s pag e g et s up dat ed w he n y o u c li ck th e Refresh button. Co lu m n N am e De script io n Por t T he serial por t n umber . A ...

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    Exp er t - Por ts - Host nam e D is cove ry A n ad mini strato r can u se t he Exp ert - Por t s - H ostn ame D i s co ve r y screen t o co nfig ure l i s t s o f prob e and an swer str i ng s th at ap pl y to al l ser ia l po r ts tha t hav e been c on f ig ured f o r h ostn ame di scov ery. S ee H ostn am e D isco very on p ag e 1 3 for det ai ls ...

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    1 2 8  Cy cl ade s ® A CS  5 00 0 I n s t all ati o n/ Ad m i ni s t r ati on / User G ui de ...

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    A d m i ni s t ra t i o n M e n u a n d F o rm s 10 1 2 9 Sys te m In for m at io n S el ect in g Adm in istra ti on - S ystem i nfor mati on i n Exp er t mod e d ispl ay s a for m co nt ai ni ng in f o r m at io n ab ou t al l o f t he sy s t em p ar ameters as s h ow n i n t he fol lo wi ng t ab le. In f orm at io n Param et ers Sy stem Infor mat ...

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    In f orm at io n Param et ers Memo ry In form ati on MemT ota l MemF r ee Buffer s Ca c hed Swap Cached Ac tiv e Inacti ve HighT otal HighF r ee Low T otal Low F ree Swap Tot al Swap Fr ee Dir ty Wr i teback Mapped Sl ab Co mmi tLimi t Co mmi tted _AS PageTables Vmall oc T otal Vmall oc Used Vmall oc Ch unk Ra m D i sk Us age F i l esy s tem 1k-blo ...

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    F ield N am e Def in it ion No ti fi cati on Al ar m for D ata Buffer i ng Enab l e by plac ing a c heck mar k in thi s f i el d [unlabel ed vi ew ta bl e] Lis t of a l ar m types and tr igger s [unlabel ed dr opd own li st] Email , pa ger o r SN MP notifi c ation met hods T ab le 10.2 : N o t ific ati on s F o rm F ield s Cl ick in g t he Ad d bu ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 140

    To c onf igur e a tr igge r f or e mail not ifica t ion f or s e rial port s : 1. G o to Adm i ni s t r a ti on - N ot if ica t io ns i n Exp er t mod e an d sele ct Ema i l f r om t he p ul l-do wn m en u. I f d esir ed , en abl e No t if ica ti on Ala rm f o r Da ta Bu ff erin g for an al ar m to sou nd w h en th e t r ig g er act io n o ccu r s; ...

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    To c onf igur e a tr igge r f or pa ge r no t i f ica t ion f or s e rial port s : 1. G o to Adm i ni s t r a ti on - N ot if ica t io ns i n Exp er t mod e an d sele ct Pag er fr om t he p u ll - do wn m en u. I f d esir ed , en abl e No t if ica ti on Ala rm f o r Da ta Bu ff erin g for an al ar m to sou nd w h en th e t r ig g er act io n o ccu ...

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    F ield n am e De fin it io n T r ap Numb er T he tr ap ty pe as defined i n the MIB. T he choi c es are : Co l d Star t War m Start Link Dow n Link Up Authentic ation F ai l ur e EG P N ei ghbor Lo s s Enter pr i s e Speci fi c Co mmunity T he pass w ord u s ed to authe nti c ate th e tra ps . Ser v er T he IP addr ess of the ser v er r unning the ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 143

    Ser ial port s a lar m not ific a tion Y ou ca n co nfig ure th e no ti f ica ti on en t r y f o r m t o mon it or the D CD sig nal so t ha t th e syste m w il l g en er ate an al ar m in an y o f th e fol lo wi ng ev ent s. • A serial co n s o le cab l e is r em o ved fr om th e con sol e s erver • A d evi ce/ ser ver a tt ache d t o t he c on ...

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    To co nf igure t ime and da t e us ing an N T P se rv e r: N T P i s d isab led b y d ef au lt . 1. G o to Adm i ni s t r a ti on - Tim e/ Da te i n Ex pert mod e. The Time/D at e f o r m di spl ays. 2. S el ect a t ime zo ne fr om t he Timezon e p u ll - do wn li st. 3. S el ect Ena bl e f r o m th e N etw o r k Ti m e Pr ot oco l p ul l-do wn men ...

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    6. Cl ick apply changes . Boo t Conf i gur at io n Bo ot c on f ig urati on de f in es th e lo cati o n f r o m w hi ch t he c on sol e s erver lo ads th e o perati ng syste m . The c on sole ser v er can b oo t f r o m it s i nt er na l fir mware o r f r om t he n etw o r k. By d ef au lt , th e co n s o le ser ve r bo ot s fr om Flash mem ory. Se ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 146

    F ield N am e D ef in it ion F as t Ether net T he s pee d of the Ether net connecti on. Sel ect the appr opr i ate Ether net setting i f y ou ne ed to c hang e the Auto Ne goti ation ( default v al ue) : 100BaseT Half- Duplex 100BaseT F ul l - Dup l ex 10BaseT Half-D uplex 10BaseT F ul l - Duplex F as t Ether net Ma x . Inter r upt Events T he ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 147

    Bac kup Co nf ig ura ti on S el ect in g Adm in istra ti on - Ba cku p C on fi g i n Exp ert mod e d isp lay s th e B acku p Co nfig urati on f o r m . NOT E: Use an F TP server to sav e and r etr i eve y our cons ole s er v er c onfigur ati on. F or the back up c onfigur ation to wo rk, the F T P ser v er must be on the same s ubn et. Ens ur e tha ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 148

    Upg rad e Fi rm w ar e S el ect in g Adm in istra ti on - U p grad e Fi r m ware i n Exp ert mod e d isp lay s th e U p gr ad e Firm ware  f o r m . Y ou c an use th i s f o r m to c on f ig ure an au t omated u p grade o f t he c on sole ser v er ’ s f i r m wa r e, wh ic h i nc lu des t he K er n el, ap pl ic ati on s an d co nfig urati on f ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 149

    Reb oot S el ect in g Adm in istra ti on - Reb oo t i n Ex pert mod e b r in gs u p a si m pl e for m co nt ain i ng o nl y a Reb oo t b ut to n. C li cki ng th e Reb oo t b ut to n rebo ot s t he c on s o le ser ve r . To re boo t th e c ons ole se r v er : 1. G o to Adm i ni s t r a ti on - Reb o ot i n Exp er t m o de. 2. Cl ick t h e R eb oo t ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 150

    To co nf igure t he loc a l onli ne h elp pat h : 1. Ext r act t he fil es usin g t he a pp r op r i ate u nzi p u ti l it y f o r y ou r O /S and pu t t he m i nt o t he de s i r ed d ir ect o r y u nd er t he w eb ser ve r ’ s roo t d irecto r y . Thi s must b e a p ub li cly acce s sib le w eb ser ver F o r exampl e, t he foll o wi ng c omm an ...

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    1 4 3 App end ix A : Tech ni cal Spe ci fi cat i ons Ha r d war e CPU MPC8 55T ( Power PC D ual - CPU ) Memo ry 128MB D IMM SD RAM min./ 16 MB Com pac t F las h min. Inter faces 1 Ether net 10/1 00BT on R - J 45 1 RS23 2 Consol e on R J - 45 RS23 2 Ser i al Por ts on R J - 45 Powe r Inter nal 100- 240VAC , 50 /60 H z Dimensi ons 17 x 8. 5 x 1.75 i ...

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    Ha r d war e Safety and EMC Standards Appr ov al s and Mar ki ngs F CC Par t 15, A IC E S- 003 C- T ic k VCC I C l ass A MIC Class A CE EN55 022, C l ass A EN55024 EN60950- 1 GS CB CSA/U L 60950- 1 Sol ar i s R eady™ NOT E: Some m ar k s may not a ppl y for all models of t he AC S 5000 cons ole ser v er . 1 4 4 Cy cl ades ® A CS  5 00 0 I ...

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    App end ix B : Saf et y an d en vi ron m e nta l gui del i nes f or r ack - m oun ti ng t he co nso le s erv er NOT E: Eac h heading and i ts c ontents i n this secti on i s a l s o pr ovi ded i n Germ an ( D eutsc h ) in ital i cs i mmediatel y foll owing the Engli s h v er si on. The f ol l ow in g co nsid er at io ns s h ou ld b e t aken i n to ...

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    Mechan i cal loading Mo un ti ng o f th e eq ui pment i n th e r ack sho ul d b e such t ha t a ha zar d ou s c on di ti on is n ot ach iev ed d ue t o u n even m ech an ica l lo ad in g. S i cherer mech ani sc her A ufbau Bit te verm eid en S ie b eim Ei nb au d er Gerä te u ng lei ch mä ßi ge m ech an isch e Bel astu n g. C i rcui t ov erl oad ...

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    S i cherhe i t svo r keh rung en be i m B etri eb de s Cyc l ades A C S 5 000 A dvan ced C on sol e S erver Bi tt e l es en Sie all e f ol gen d en S ich erhei tsr ic ht li ni en u m sich u n d I hren Cycl ad es AC S 5 00 0 ad van ced c on s o le ser ve r vo r S ch äden zu b ew ahren. WAR NIN G: Do not ope rate your C y c lades ACS 5000 ad v anced ...

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    CA UT ION: D o not push a ny obj ects thr ough the op eni ngs of the C yc l ades AC S 5000 ad v anced cons ole ser v er . Do i ng s o can c ause fi r e or electric shoc k b y shorting out inter i or c omp onents. Zur V er meid un g v on B r and ge f ahr o de r elek t r isch en Schl äg en b it te k ei ne G egen stän d e d u r ch di e Ö f f n un g ...

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    A r b ei t en am C yclades A C S 5 000 Bi tt e v er such en Sie n ich t d en A CS 50 0 0 sel bst zu w ar t en m i t A u s n ahme u nt er Befol gu ng d er A nw eisu ng en v on C ycl ad es t echn isch em P ers o nal . I n d iesem Fall b it te folg en den V ors ic ht s maßn ah m en ei nh alt en : 1. S ch alt en Sie d en A CS 5 00 0 au s . 2. Er den S ...

  • Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - page 158

    A pag ue el C ycl ad es A CS 5 00 0 a dv anc ed c on s o le ser ve r . Aseg urase q u e e s t e t oc and o t ierr a an tes d e t ocar c ual qu ie r ot r a co sa, qu e p ue de ser al to car l a p ar te t r aser a d el eq ui po . B at erì a U na b ate r ìa n uev a pu ed e exp l ot ar , si n o e s t a in s t ala da co r r ect am en te. Rempl ace la ...

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    App end ix C : Tech ni cal Sup por t O ur Tech ni cal Sup po r t staff is r ead y t o assist y ou w i th an y i nsta ll ati on or o p er ati n g i ss u es y ou en cou nt er w it h y ou r Av oc ent p r o du ct. I f an i ss u e sho ul d d evel o p, fol lo w t h e st eps b elo w for th e f aste s t p o s sib le servi ce. To re s olve a n i s s ue : 1. ...

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    1 5 2 Cy cl ades ® A CS  5 00 0 I n stal lat io n/ A dmin istrati on /U ser Gu i de ...

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    590-815- 501B For T e ch nica l S up por t : w ww . avo ce nt. com/sup po rt ...

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A manual, also referred to as a user manual, or simply "instructions" is a technical document designed to assist in the use Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 by users. Manuals are usually written by a technical writer, but in a language understandable to all users of Avocent ACS5008DAC-001.

A complete Avocent manual, should contain several basic components. Some of them are less important, such as: cover / title page or copyright page. However, the remaining part should provide us with information that is important from the point of view of the user.

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2. Contents - index of all tips concerning the Avocent ACS5008DAC-001, that we can find in the current document
3. Tips how to use the basic functions of the device Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 - which should help us in our first steps of using Avocent ACS5008DAC-001
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5. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
6. Contact detailsInformation about where to look for contact to the manufacturer/service of Avocent ACS5008DAC-001 in a specific country, if it was not possible to solve the problem on our own.

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