Emerson Avocent ACS 6000 Advanced Console Server- User Manual

Emerson Avocent ACS 6000 Advanced Console Server

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Page 7 – management of IT assets from any location worldwide.; Features and Benefits; Access options
  • Page 8 – The appliance configuration has been altered; Web manager
  • Page 9 – Flexible users and groups; Users Accounts and User Groups; Security; Authentication; VPN based on IPSec with NAT traversal
  • Page 10 – SNMP; SNMP management application.; SNMP Configuration; Data logging, notifications, alarms and data buffering; Power Management; Auto discovery; FIPS module; Configuration Example
  • Page 11 – Typical ACS 6000 Advanced Console Server Configuration
  • Page 13 – Installation; Getting Started; To rack mount a console server:
  • Page 14 – with the mounting kit.; Bracket Connections for Front Mount Configuration; Connecting the Hardware; Console server connectors; Front of the Console Server (ACS 6032 Console Server Shown); Connectors on the Console Server Front
  • Page 15 – LEDs on the Console Server Front; Connectors on the Console Server Rear
  • Page 16 – Connecting device consoles or modems to serial ports; to; ACS Console Server Serial Port Pinout; Cisco Serial Port Pinout
  • Page 17 – To daisy chain PDUs to a console server:; you have connected the desired number of PDUs.; Turning On the Console Server; AC power; To turn on a console server with AC power:; Make sure the console server is turned off.
  • Page 18 – DC power; DC Power Connection Terminal Block; DC Power Connection Details
  • Page 19 – Configuring a Console Server; To connect a terminal to the console server:; Using Telnet or SSH; To use Telnet to connect to a device through a serial port:
  • Page 20 – hostname; Enter the Telnet hotkey defined for the client. The default is; quit; To use SSH to connect to a device through a serial port:; To use SSH in a shell, enter the following command:; username
  • Page 21 – default is
  • Page 23 – graphical user interface instead of a command-based interface.; Web Manager Overview for Administrators; To log into the web manager:; admin; avocent; or as; root; with the password; linux; Administrator Web Manager Screen
  • Page 24 – Web Manager Screen Areas; Wizard Mode; Wizard Screen; link in the content area.
  • Page 25 – To configure network parameters:; link
  • Page 26 – Assign the user to one or more groups.; Next; Click; Finish; Expert Mode; To view and connect to devices using the web manager:; Java Applet Buttons for Connecting to the
  • Page 27 – System Tools
  • Page 28 – System; Security Profile; To configure a Security Profile:; RCP
  • Page 29 – DSView software security; To configure DSView software security settings:; To enable the FIPS module:
  • Page 30 – HTTPS Certificate; To generate a new self-signed certificate:
  • Page 31 – Browser; Bootp Configuration Retrieval; To generate configuration to be retrieved:
  • Page 32 – and applied on the next reboot.; Date and Time; To set the time and date using NTP:; Enter the NTP server site of your choice and click; To set the time and date manually:; Select the required time zone from the drop-down menu and click; To define custom time zone settings:; Enter the Time Zone Name and Standard Time Acronym of your choice.
  • Page 33 – Help and Language; Online help; General; To create a login banner:
  • Page 34 – Boot Configuration; To configure boot configuration:; Information
  • Page 35 – Usage; Network; Settings; To configure a network device:
  • Page 36 – IPv4 and IPv6 static routes; To add static routes:; Hosts
  • Page 37 – Firewall; Configuring the firewall
  • Page 38 – Firewall Configuration - TCP and UDP Options Fields; To change the policy for a default chain:
  • Page 40 – the Remote (Right) host where the IPSec negotiation takes place.; Field and Menu Options for Configuring IPSec(VPN); management application.
  • Page 41 – Ports; Serial ports; To enable or disable one or more serial ports:
  • Page 42 – To configure or edit one or more serial ports with the CAS Profile:
  • Page 43 – CAS Profile Parameters
  • Page 45 – Click the checkbox for a serial port with a connected modem.; Set Dial
  • Page 46 – Set Power; or click the; Power; b. Check the box to enable speed auto detection.; Save; Power Parameters
  • Page 47 – To copy/clone the configuration of one port to other ports:; Click the checkbox for the serial port you want to clone.; Clone; then click the; Reset To Factory
  • Page 48 – Auxiliary ports; To configure or edit auxiliary port with connected PDU:; CAS Profile; This name will be used as the alias of the serial port.
  • Page 49 – The first one will extract target name from things such as:; To configure the strings for probe/match used by auto discovery:; . The Settings, Probe Strings and Match Strings; or; Match Strings
  • Page 50 – To configure the input/output strings used by auto answer:; Pool of CAS ports; To configure a pool of CAS ports:
  • Page 51 – click; Pool of CAS Ports Parameters; logging in is allowed, perform the following steps.
  • Page 52 – To configure PPP OTP users for ports with the Dial-in Profile:; Select; next to EAP for the protocol. Click Save.
  • Page 53 – Ports – Serial Ports; Click the checkbox for a serial port with a connected device.
  • Page 54 – Set Socket Client; Socket Client Parameters; Pluggable Devices; PCMCIA Cards
  • Page 55 – To eject or delete a pluggable device:; Delete; as desired. If renaming a device, enter the new name in; Device configuration; Ethernet cards and modems must be configured.; To configure a pluggable device:; Fallback mechanisms of the following types are available:
  • Page 56 – Appliance authentication; and no further authentication will be needed.; To set authentication for the console server:; when the remote
  • Page 57 – Enable single sign-on; Authentication servers; To configure a RADIUS authentication server:
  • Page 58 – enter the authorization group name for up to 15 User-Levels.; To configure a Kerberos authentication server:; Enter the NIS Server Address or; broadcast; To configure a DSView authentication server:; Enter IP Address 1 - 4 for the DSView servers in the relevant fields.
  • Page 59 – Local accounts; User must change password at the next login
  • Page 60 – User groups
  • Page 61 – admin group; Access Rights - Appliance
  • Page 62 – appliance-admin group; To create a custom user group:; . The Groups screen is displayed and contains a list of the; Add; Enter the name of the new user group you are creating.
  • Page 63 – To remove members from a user group:
  • Page 64 – To add access to serial ports for a user group:
  • Page 65 – To assign outlet access for a new custom user group:; To assign appliance access rights for custom user groups:
  • Page 66 – On the server, add raccess service to the user configuration.; To configure a group in a RADIUS authentication server:; the following attribute:
  • Page 67 – and the user special belongs to authorization group admin.; To configure group an LDAP authentication server:; DSView software access rights; Select the desired access rights and click; Event Notifications; Event List; associated
  • Page 68 – Event Destinations; To configure Event Destinations:; Trap Forward; To add a SNMP trap server to forward traps:
  • Page 69 – Enter the IP address of the remote server and the UDP port.; To edit SNMP trap server configuration:; Click the index of the server to be edited.; Data Buffering; To configure Data Buffering:; Appliance logging; To configure appliance logging:; b. Enable or disable timestamping the appliance session data logs.
  • Page 70 – Sensors; To configure the temperature sensors:
  • Page 71 – PDUs
  • Page 72 – To view a PDU’s information and manage outlets:
  • Page 73 – Login; To change a PDU password:; Outlet Groups; To manage outlet groups:
  • Page 74 – Network PDUs; Active Sessions; Active
  • Page 75 – To kill an active session:; console server by the user’s workstation IP.; Kill; Monitoring; When you click; Monitoring Screens; Change Password; To change your own password:
  • Page 76 – Web Manager Overview for Regular Users; Web Manager Regular User Screen; Web Manager Regular Users Screen Functional Areas; Web Manager Options for Regular Users
  • Page 77 – Appendices; Technical Specifications
  • Page 78 – Recovering a Console Server's Password; To recover the console server's root password:; Connect directly to the console server’s CONSOLE port.; Spacebar; to access the uboot prompt.; and press; Enter; and let the console server boot normally.
  • Page 79 – DSView management software:
  • Page 80 – The user selects a serial port to access.; Installing DSView software with an OOB back door; would instead be routed via PPP.; Configuring dial-up for a console server
  • Page 83 – Internal Modem; modems to transmit data.; Sample Command String; Basic AT Commands
  • Page 86 – AT+MS modulation selection; +MS Command Supported Rates
  • Page 87 – Set telephone extension option; Set Telephone Extension Options; AT S registers; AT S Registers
  • Page 88 – Basic modem result codes; Basic Result Code Listing; Digital line guard
  • Page 89 – OK
  • Page 90 – Country Codes List; Using caller ID; displayed information is shown below:; Caller ID Information
  • Page 92 – Technical Support; fastest possible service.; Technical Support Contacts; to find the Avocent Technical Support location nearest
  • Page 93 – About Emerson Network Power
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Page 3 - TABLE OF CONTENTS

i TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 Features and Benefits 1 Access options 1 Web manager 2 IPv4 and IPv6 support 2 Flexible users and groups 3 Security 3 Authentication 3 VPN based on IPSec with NAT traversal 3 Packet filtering 3 SNMP 4 Data logging, notifications, alarms and data buffering 4 Power m...

Page 7 - management of IT assets from any location worldwide.; Features and Benefits; Access options

Introduction The Avocent® ACS 6000 advanced console server is a 1U appliance that serves as a single point for access and administration of connected devices, such as target device consoles, modems and power devices. Console servers support secure remote data center management and out-of-band manage...

Page 8 - The appliance configuration has been altered; Web manager

2 ..... Avocent® ACS 6000 Advanced Console Server • Target device connection. An authorized user can make a Telnet, SSH v1, SSH v2 or Raw connection to a target device. For Telnet or SSH to be used for target device connections, the Telnet or SSH service must be configured in the Security Profile th...

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