Page 3 - Table of Contents
Instruction Manual i Instruction Manual Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................... 1 Features ...................................................................................... 1Package Contents ...............................
Page 4 - Instruction Manual
Instruction Manual ii Serial Port and Network Host Configuration............................... 13 Configuring Serial Ports .............................................................. 13Common Settings ........................................................................ 15Console Server Mode ...
Page 8 - Introduction; Features
Instruction Manual 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing a StarTech.com Conyx ECS0016 Enhanced Console Server. This innovative remote service management solution enables system administrators and network managers to affordably moni-tor and control their computers, networks and connected serial dev...
Page 9 - Initial Configuration; Package Contents; Power Connection; AC power socket
Instruction Manual 2 Initial Configuration Unpack the ECS0016 kit and verify you have all of the parts indicated in the Package Contents list shown on the previous page, and that they all appear in good working order.If you are installing your ECS0016 in a rack, you will need to attach the rack-moun...
Page 10 - Management Console Connection
Instruction Manual 3 Management Console Connection The ECS0016 is pre-configured with a default IP Address: 192.168.0.1 and Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 . Directly connect a PC or workstation to the ECS0016. To configure the ECS0016 with a browser, the connected PC or workstation should have an IP add...
Page 11 - ARPPing IP Address Assignment
Instruction Manual 4 ARPPing IP Address Assignment If it is not convenient to change the PC/workstation network address, you can use the ARP-Ping command to reset the ECS0016 IP address. To do this from a Windows PC: Click 1. Start > Run Type 2. cmd in the text box provided and click OK to open t...
Page 12 - root; not
Instruction Manual 5 You will be prompted to log in. Enter the default administration username and administration password: Username: root Password: default A Welcome screen will appear , listing the four basic installation configu-ration steps: After completing each of the steps listed, you can ret...
Page 13 - Administrator Password; System: Administration; System Name
Instruction Manual 6 Administrator Password For security reasons, only the Administrator (the administration user named root) can initially log into your gateway; only those people who know the root password can access and reconfigure the ECS0016 gate-way itself. As such, it is important that you en...
Page 14 - Network IP address; Network
Instruction Manual 7 Network IP address You now must enter an IP address for the principal Ethernet (LAN/Net-work/Network1) port on the ECS0016 gateway, or enable its DHCP client so that it automatically obtains an IP address from a DHCP server on the network to which it is connected.On the System: ...
Page 15 - Media; System Services; enabled
Instruction Manual 8 By default the ECS0016 LAN port auto detects the Ethernet connection speed. However you can use the Media menu to lock the Ethernet to 10 Mb/s or 100Mb/s and to Full Duplex (FD) or Half Duplex (HD). Click 4. Apply . You will need to reconnect the browser on the PC / workstation ...
Page 16 - HTTPS
Instruction Manual 9 HTTPS This ensures secure browser access to all of the Management Console menus. It also allows appropriately configured Users secure browser ac-cess to selected Management Console Manage menus. If you enable HTTPS, the Administrator will be able to use a secure browser connecti...
Page 17 - Base; Apply
Instruction Manual 10 There are also a number of related service options that can be configured at this stage: SNMP This will enable netsnmp in the gateway, which will keep a remote log of all posted information. SNMP is disabled by default. To modify the default SNMP settings, the Administrator mus...
Page 18 - Communications Software; MetaConnect; LAN
Instruction Manual 11 Communications Software You have configured access protocols for the Administrator client to use when connecting to the ECS0016. User clients (who you may set up later) will also use these protocols when accessing ECS0016 serial attached devices and network attached hosts. You ...
Page 19 - Telnet
Instruction Manual 12 MetaConnect is a Java client program that couples the SSH tunneling protocol with popular access tools such as Telnet, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, VNC, RDP, to provide point-and-click secure remote management access to all the systems and devices being managed.MetaConnect can be installe...
Page 20 - SSHTerm; File; New Connection; always; Serial Port and Network Host Configuration
Instruction Manual 13 SSHTerm Another common communications package that may be useful is SSH-Term, an open source package that can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/sshtools To use SSHTerm for an SSH terminal session from a Windows Client, you simply Select the File option and clic...
Page 21 - Configuring Serial Ports; Edit Multiple Ports
Instruction Manual 14 Configuring Serial Ports To configure the serial port, you must first set the protocols and the RS232 parameters that are to be used for the data connection to that port (e.g. baud rate). Then you must select what mode the port is to operate in. Each port can be set to support ...
Page 22 - Common Settings
Instruction Manual 15 When you have reconfigured the common settings and the mode for • each port, you set up any remote syslog, then click Apply Common Settings There are a number of common settings that can be set for each serial port, that are independent of the mode in which the port is being us...
Page 23 - Please Note
Instruction Manual 16 Before proceeding with further serial port configuration, you should • connect the ports to the serial devices they will be controlling, and ensure they have matching settings Please Note that the serial ports are all factory set to RS232 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 st...
Page 24 - TCP port
Instruction Manual 17 From Win2000/XP/NT, you can run telnet from the command prompt • (cmd.exe) You can also use standard communications packages like PuTTY to • set a direct Telnet (or SSH) connection to the serial ports (see box below) Also, if the remote communications are being tunneled with • ...
Page 25 - SSH
Instruction Manual 18 SSH It is recommended that you use SSH as the protocol whereby the User or Administrator connects to the ECS0016 gateway (or connects to the attached serial consoles) over the Internet (or any other public network). This will provide authenticated SSH communications between the...
Page 27 - Accumulation Period; SDT Mode; Terminal Server Mode; Terminal Type
Instruction Manual 20 RFC2217 also enables the serial port to be tunneled to a remote ECS0016 client gateway, so two serial port devices can be transparently interconnect over a network. Accumulation Period By default, once a connection has been established for a particular serial port (such as a RF...
Page 28 - Serial Bridging Mode; Syslog; Local Ethernet LAN
Instruction Manual 21 Data Carrier Detect (DCD) pin on the serial device being raised. When a connection is detected, the getty program issues a login: prompt, and then invokes the login program to handle the actual system login. Serial Bridging Mode Serial bridging is the encapsulation of serial da...
Page 29 - admin; users
Instruction Manual 22 can also be configured to support the remote syslog protocol on a per serial port basis. Select the Syslog Facility/Priority fields to enable logging of traffic on • the selected serial port to a syslog server; and to appropriately sort and action those logged messages (i.e. re...
Page 31 - Access settings; Authentication; Remote
Instruction Manual 24 The Administrator can also edit the Access settings for any existing Us- ers. To do so: Select 1. Serial & Network: Users & Groups Click 2. Edit for the User to be modified. Authentication For details on authentication, please refer to the section titled Remote Authenti...
Page 32 - Network Hosts
Instruction Manual 25 Network Hosts To access a locally networked computer or appliance (referred to as a Host) you must identify the network connected Host, then specify the TCP or UDP ports/services that will be used to control that Host.Selecting Serial & Network: Network Hosts presents all o...
Page 33 - Trusted Networks
Instruction Manual 26 Trusted Networks The Trusted Networks utility provides the option to select specific IP addresses at which users (Administrators and Users) must be located, in order to have access to the ECS0016 serial ports. To add an address designation: Select 1. Serial & Network: Trust...
Page 34 - Serial Port Cascading
Instruction Manual 27 Network IP Address : 204.15.5.128 Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.224 Click 6. Apply . The above Trusted Networks will limit access by Users and the Adminis-trator, to the ECS0016 serial ports and network attached hosts, however they do not restrict access by the Administrator to the...
Page 36 - Yes
Instruction Manual 29 The next step is to Fingerprint each new Slave-Master connection, which will authenticate you as a legitimate user for the SSH session. On the first connection the Slave will receive a fingerprint from the Master which will be used on all future connections. To establish the fi...
Page 37 - Edit
Instruction Manual 30 of clustered console servers and the connected devices) Enter the full number of serial ports on the Slave unit in Number of 3. Ports Click Apply. This will establish the SSH tunnel between the Master and 4. the new SlaveThe Serial & Network: Cascaded Ports menu displays al...
Page 39 - RPC Connection
Instruction Manual 32 Remote Power Control (RPC) The ECS0016 Management Console monitors and controls Remote Power Control devices using the embedded PowerMan open source management tool. RPCs include power distribution units (PDUs) and IPMI power devices.Serial PDUs invariably can be controlled usi...
Page 41 - Groups
Instruction Manual 34 Enter the Username and Password used to login into the RPC (Note 8. that these login credentials are not related the Users and access privileges you will have configured in Serial & Networks: Users & Groups ). Check Log Status and specify the Log Rate (minutes between 9...
Page 42 - RPCLogs; Manage; User Power Management
Instruction Manual 35 Click on View Log or select the 2. RPCLogs menu and you will be presented with a table of the history and detailed graphical information on the select RPC Click 3. Manage to query or control the individual power outlet. This will take you to the Manage: Power screen User Power ...
Page 43 - Uninterruptible Power Supply Control (UPS); Managed UPS Connections
Instruction Manual 36 The outlet status is displayed and you can initiate the desired Action to be taken by selecting the appropriate icon: Power ON Power OFF Power Cycle Power Status You will only be presented with icons for those operations that are supported by the Target you have selected. Unint...
Page 45 - UPS Name
Instruction Manual 38 Enter a 4. UPS Name and Description (optional) and the select if the UPS will be Connected Via USB or over pre-configured serial port or via HTTP/HTTPS over the preconfigured network Host connectionEnter the UPS login details. This Username and Password is used by 5. slaves of ...
Page 46 - New Options in Driver Options; Configure UPS Powering the Console Server
Instruction Manual 39 positive number, or -1. 0s are shut down first, then 1s, 2s, etc. -1s are not shut down at all. Defaults to 0Select the Driver that will be used to communicate with the UPS. 7. The drop down menu presents full selection of drivers from the latest Network UPS Tools (NUT version ...
Page 48 - Configuring Powered Computers to Monitor a Managed UPS
Instruction Manual 41 Configuring Powered Computers to Monitor a Managed UPS Once you have added a Managed UPS, each server that is drawing power through the UPS should be setup to monitor the UPS status as a slave. This is done by installing the NUT package on each server, and setting up upsmon to ...
Page 49 - UPS Alerts
Instruction Manual 42 - username is the Username of the Managed UPS- password is the Password of the Manager UPS UPS Alerts You can now set UPS alerts using Alerts & Logging: Alerts UPS Status You can monitor the current status of all of your network, serially or USB connected Managed UPSes or a...
Page 52 - Multiple manufacturer support:; Multiple architecture support:; Multiple clients monitoring the one UPS:; Environmental Monitoring
Instruction Manual 45 status of a UPS, writing it to a file. All these clients all run on the ECS0016 (for Management Console presentations) but they also are run remotely (on locally powered servers and remote monitoring systems). This layered NUT architecture enables: Multiple manufacturer support...
Page 53 - Connecting the EMD
Instruction Manual 46 Using the Management Console, Administrators can view the ambient temperature and humidity and set the EMD to automatically send alarms progressively from warning levels to critical alerts. Connecting the EMD The Environmental Monitor Device (EMD) connects to any serial port on...
Page 54 - Serial Port
Instruction Manual 47 Screw the bare wires on any smoke detector, 2. water detector, vibration sensor, open-door sensor or general purpose open/close status sensors into the terminals on the EMD The EMD can be used only with an ECS0016 and cannot be connected to standard RS232 serial ports on other ...
Page 56 - Environmental Status
Instruction Manual 49 Environmental Status You can monitor the current status of all of EMDs and their probes Select the 1. Status: Environmental Status menu and a table with the summary status of all connected EMD hardware will be displayed Click on View Log or select the 2. Environmental Logs menu...
Page 60 - Set up Windows XP/ 2003 client
Instruction Manual 53 ECS0016 gateways also support dial-back for additional security. Check the Enable Dial Back box and enter the phone number to be called to re- establish an OoB link, once a dial-in connection has been logged. Using The MetaConnect client Administrators can use the MetaConnect J...
Page 61 - My Computer; Set up Linux clients
Instruction Manual 54 Similarly for Windows® 98, you double-click My Computer on the Desk- top, then open Dial-Up Networking and double-click Make New Con- nection and proceed as outlined for Windows XP (see previous section). Set up Linux clients The online tutorial http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS...
Page 62 - Note For all PPP clients
Instruction Manual 55 Command line PPP and manual configuration (which works with any • Linux distribution) Using the Linuxconf configuration tool (for Red Hat compatible • distributions). This configures the scripts ifup/ifdown to start and stop a PPP connection Using the Gnome control panel config...
Page 63 - Secure Tunneling & MetaConnect; Telnet or SSH connection to serially attached devices
Instruction Manual 56 Secure Tunneling & MetaConnect Telnet or SSH connection to serially attached devices MetaConnect can also be used to access text consoles on devices that are attached to the ECS0016 gateway serial ports. For these connections, you must configure the MetaConnect client softw...
Page 65 - MetaConnect for OoB Connection to the Gateway
Instruction Manual 58 Select 1. Users & Groups from Serial & Network . Click 2. Add User . Enter a 3. Username , Description and Password/Confirm . Select 4. 127.0.0.1 from Accessible Host(s) and select Port 2 from Accessible Port(s) . Click 5. Apply . MetaConnect for OoB Connection to the G...
Page 66 - login
Instruction Manual 59 To initiate a pre-configured dialup connection under Windows, use the • following Start Command: cmd /c start “Starting Out of Band Connection” /wait /min rasdial network_connection login password (where network_connection is the name of the network connection as displayed in C...
Page 67 - MetaConnect Public Key Authentication
Instruction Manual 60 To make the OoB connection using MetaConnect: Select the gateway from the left hand list of gateways and hosts. Under Gateway Actions in the right hand pane, click Out Of Band . The status bar will change color to indicate this gateway is now being accessed us-ing the OoB link,...
Page 68 - Setting up MetaConnect for Remote Desktop access
Instruction Manual 61 PuTTYgen: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html OpenSSH: http://www.openssh.org/ OpenSSH (Windows): http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/download/ Upload the public part of your SSH key pair (this file is typically named • id_rsa.pub or id_dsa.pub) to the...
Page 69 - Set up MetaConnect Serial Ports on ECS0016
Instruction Manual 62 system, reboot the machine etc. ECS0016’s Secure Tunneling uses SSH tunneling, so this RDP traffic is securely transferred through an authenti-cated and encrypted tunnel. MetaConnect with RDP also allows remote Users to connect to Windows XP, Windows 2003 computers and to Windo...
Page 71 - Alerts and Logging
Instruction Manual 64 Alerts and Logging This chapter describes the logging and alert generation features of the console server. The Alert facility monitors the serial ports, all logins and the power status and sends emails or Nagios or SNMP alerts when speci-fied trigger events occurs: First, you m...
Page 72 - SNMP alerts; Configure Alerts
Instruction Manual 65 SNMP alerts The Administrator can configure the Simple Network Management Proto-col (SNMP) agent that resides on the console server, to send Alerts to an SNMP management application: Select 1. Alerts & Logging: SNMP . Enter the SNMP transport protocol. SNMP is generally a U...
Page 74 - Serial Port Signal Alert; Remote Log Storage; Serial Port Logging
Instruction Manual 67 disconnects from the applicable Host or Serial Port, or when a Slave con-nects or disconnects from the applicable UPS Serial Port Signal Alert : This alert will be triggered when the speci- fied signal changes state and is applicable to serial ports only. You must specify the p...
Page 75 - Logging Level; Power Control
Instruction Manual 68 port activity. These records are stored on an ‘offserver’. To specify which serial ports are to have activities recorded and to what level data is to be logged: Select 1. Serial & Network: Serial Port and Edit the port to be logged. Specify the 2. Logging Level of for each ...
Page 77 - Configuring Serial Port Power Strips
Instruction Manual 70 Configuring Serial Port Power Strips The Administrator can configure serially connected power strips, so both Users and Administrators can control them directly using the Manage-ment Console. First, the selected gateway serial port must be connected to and configured to communi...
Page 78 - Configuring Browser Controlled Power Strips
Instruction Manual 71 Configuring Browser Controlled Power Strips The Administrator can configure network attached power strips, so both Users and Administrators can control them directly using the Manage-ment Console. User Power Management The Power Manager enables both Users and Administrators to ...
Page 79 - Nagios Integration; Enable Nagios on the; Nagios overview
Instruction Manual 72 Nagios Integration Nagios is a powerful, highly extensible open source tool for monitoring network hosts and services. The core Nagios software package will typi-cally be installed on a server or virtual server - the central Nagios server. ECS0016 gateways operate in conjunctio...
Page 80 - Central management and setting up MetaConnect for Nagios; Central Nagios
Instruction Manual 73 it provides an outstanding network monitoring system. With Nagios you can: Display tables showing the status of each monitored server and • network service in real time Use a wide range of freely available plugins to make detailed checks of • specific services – e.g. don’t just...
Page 81 - Clients
Instruction Manual 74 Clients Typically a client PC, laptop, etc. running Windows, Linux or Mac OS X • Runs MetaConnect • Possibly remote to the central Nagios server or distributed ECS0016 • console servers May receive alert emails from the central Nagios server or distributed • ECS0016 console ser...
Page 82 - Set up distributed ECS0016 console servers
Instruction Manual 75 You will also require a web server such as Apache to display the Nagios web UI (and this may be installed automatically as a dependency of the Nagios packages). Alternatively, you may wish to download the Nagios source code directly from the Nagios website, and build and instal...
Page 86 - Disable SDT Nagios Extensions
Instruction Manual 79 upstream Nagios server will use to reach the ECS0016 – if unspecified this will default to the first network port’s IP (Network (1) as entered in System: IP) In Nagios Server Address enter the IP address or DNS name that 4. the ECS0016 will use to reach the upstream Nagios moni...
Page 88 - Check Permitted TCP/UDP
Instruction Manual 81 Select 4. Check Permitted TCP/UDP to monitor a service that you have previously added as a Permitted Service. Select 5. Check TCP/UDP to specify a service port that you wish to monitor, but to which you do not wish to allow external (MetaConnect) access. Select 6. Check TCP to ...
Page 89 - System Management; System Administration and Reset; Reboot; tion
Instruction Manual 82 System Management This chapter describes how the Administrator can perform a range of general ECS0016 system administration and configuration tasks such as: Applying Soft and Hard Resets to the gateway • Reflashing the Firmware • Configuring the Date, Time and NTP • System Admi...
Page 90 - Firmware Upgrades
Instruction Manual 83 ton gently twice (within a 5 second period) while the unit is powered ON.This will reset the ECS0016 back to its factory default settings and clear the ECS0016’s stored configuration information. The hard erase will clear all custom settings and return the unit back to factory ...
Page 91 - Configure Date and Time
Instruction Manual 84 Configure Date and Time It is recommended that you set the local Date and Time in the ECS0016 as soon as it is configured. Features like Syslog and NFS logging use the system time for timestamping log entries, while certificate genera-tion depends on a correct Timestamp to chec...
Page 92 - Status Reports; Port Access and Active Users
Instruction Manual 85 Status Reports This chapter describes the selection of status reports that are available for review: Port Access and Active Users • Statistics • Support Reports • Syslog • UPS Status • Port Access and Active Users The Administrator can see which Users have access privileges wit...
Page 93 - Statistics; Status: Support Report
Instruction Manual 86 Statistics The Statistics report provides a snapshot of the data traffic and other activities and operations of your gateway. Support Reports The Support Report provides useful status information that will assist the StarTech.com technical support team to solve any problems you...
Page 94 - Remote System Logging:; Apply Local System Logging
Instruction Manual 87 Syslog The Linux System Logger maintains a record of all system messages and errors. To view the System Log, select Status: Syslog Remote System Logging: The syslog record can be redirected to a remote Syslog Server. To do so, enter the remote Syslog Server address and port det...
Page 95 - Management; Device Management
Instruction Manual 88 Management The ECS0016 has a number of Management reports and tools that can be accessed by both Administrators and Users: Access and control configured devices • View serial port logs and host logs • Use MetaConnect or the Java terminal to access serially attached • consoles P...
Page 96 - Serial Port Terminal Connection
Instruction Manual 89 Serial Port Terminal Connection Administrator and Users can communicate directly with the ECS0016 command line and with devices attached to the ECS0016 serial ports us-ing MetaConnect and their local telnet client, or using a Java terminal in their browser. To do so: Select 1. ...
Page 97 - Basic Configuration - Linux Commands
Instruction Manual 90 The alternate to using MetaConnect and your local telnet client is to download the open source jcterm Java terminal applet into your browser to connect to the ECS0016 and attached serial port devices. However jcterm does have some JRE compatibility issues which may prevent it f...
Page 100 - Administration Configuration
Instruction Manual 93 The config tool is designed to perform multiple actions from one com-mand if need be, so if necessary options can be chained together. Options Administration Configuration System Settings You can configure the system settings to the following values (denoted in bolded text) usi...
Page 101 - LDAP Base Node; Date and Time Configuration; Manually Change Clock Settings
Instruction Manual 94 LDAP Base Node : Some base node # /bin/config –-set=”config.auth.ldap.basenode=some base node” The following command will synchronize the live system with the new configuration. # /bin/config –-run=auth Date and Time Configuration Manually Change Clock Settings To change the ru...
Page 102 - Time Zone; Network Configuration; IP Configuration - DHCP
Instruction Manual 95 The following command will synchronize the live system with the new configuration: # /bin/config –-run=time Time Zone To change the system time zone USA eastern standard time you need to issue the following commands: # /bin/config –-set=config.system.timezone=US/Eastern The fol...
Page 104 - Dial-in Configuration; Please note
Instruction Manual 97 The following command will synchronize the live system with the new configuration. # /bin/config –-run=ipconfig Dial-in Configuration To enable dial-in access on the DB9 serial port from the command line with the following attributes: Local IP Address: 172.24.1.1 Remote IP Addr...
Page 105 - Services Configuration
Instruction Manual 98 ‘115200’, and ‘230400’.Supported parity values are ‘None’, ‘Odd’, ‘Even’, ‘Mark’ and ‘Space’.Supported data-bits values are ‘8’, ‘7’, ‘6’ and ‘5’.Supported stop-bits values are ‘1’, ‘1.5’ and ‘2’.Supported flow-control values are ‘Hardware’, ‘Software’ and ‘None’. Services Conf...
Page 106 - Serial Port Configuration; Serial Port Settings
Instruction Manual 99 Please Note: “/bin/config” commands can be combined into one com- mand for convenience. Serial Port Configuration Serial Port Settings To setup serial port 5 to use the following properties (denoted in bolded text), you would need to issue the following commands from the com-ma...
Page 107 - Supported Protocol Configuration; Users
Instruction Manual 100 Supported stop-bits values are ‘1’, ‘1.5’ and ‘2’.Supported flow-control values are ‘Hardware’, ‘Software’ and ‘None’. Supported Protocol Configuration To ensure remote access to serial port 5 is configured as follows (denoted by bolded text), you would need to issue the follo...
Page 109 - Remote Serial Port Log Storage
Instruction Manual 102 config.portaccess.total it means you have 0 rules configured. Your new rule will be the existing total plus 1. So if the previous command gave you 0, then you start with rule number 1; if you already have 1 rule your new rule will be number 2 etc.If you want to restrict access...
Page 110 - Alert Configuration
Instruction Manual 103 The following command will synchronize the live system with the new configuration. # /bin/config –-run=eventlog Please note that supported remote storage server types are ‘None’, ‘cifs’, ‘nfs’ and ‘syslog’.Supported port logging levels are ‘0’, ‘1’ and ‘2’. Alert Configuration...
Page 111 - MetaConnect Host Configuration; MetaConnect host TCP Ports
Instruction Manual 104 The following command will synchronize the live system with the new configuration: # /bin/config –-run=alerts MetaConnect Host Configuration MetaConnect host TCP Ports To setup the list of tcp ports for a host, you use the config command: # config -s config.sdt.hosts.host3.tcp...
Page 112 - Advanced Configuration; Advanced Portmanager; pmshell
Instruction Manual 105 <user1>JohnWhite</user1> </users> <tcpports><tcpport1>23</tcpport1></tcpports> </host3> </hosts> </sdt> </config> Advanced Configuration Advanced Portmanager pmshell The pmshell command acts similar to the stand...
Page 113 - pmchat
Instruction Manual 106 History: Typing the character sequence ‘~h’ will generate a history on the serial port. Quit pmshell: Typing the character sequence ‘~.’ will exit from pmshell. To Set RTS to 1 run the command: # pmshell --rts=1 To show all signals: # pmshell –signals DSR=1 DTR=1 CTS=1 RTS=1 D...
Page 114 - Portmanager Daemon
Instruction Manual 107 Example:To detect which users are currently active on which serial ports: # pmusers This command will output nothing if there are no active users currently connected to any ports, otherwise it will respond with a sorted list of usernames per active port:Port 1: user1 user2 Por...
Page 115 - Signals; External Scripts and Alerts
Instruction Manual 108 Change which configuration file it uses: -c /etc/config/portmanager.conf Signals Sending a SIGHUP signal to the portmanager will cause it to re-read it’s configuration file. External Scripts and Alerts The portmanager has the ability to execute external scripts on certain even...
Page 117 - Raw Access to Serial Ports; Access to Serial Ports
Instruction Manual 110 Raw Access to Serial Ports Access to Serial Ports You can tip and stty to completely bypass the portmanager and have raw access to the serial ports.When you run tip on a portmanager controlled port, portmanager closes that port, and stops monitoring it until tip releases contr...
Page 118 - Modem initialization strings
Instruction Manual 111 Modem initialization strings • To override the standard modem initialization string either use the Management Console or the command line config tool Enabling Boot Messages on the Console • If you are not using a modem on the DB9 console port and instead wish to connect to it ...
Page 119 - Note
Instruction Manual 112 The basic steps performed are as follows:a) The current iptables configuration is erased.b) If a customized IP-Filter script exists it is executed and no other actions are performed.c) Standard policies are inserted which will drop all traffic not explicitly allowed to and thr...
Page 120 - Modifying SNMP Configuration
Instruction Manual 113 –-match state –-state ESTABLISHED,RELATED –-jump ACCEPT # Explicitly accept any connections from computers on # 192.168.10.0/24 iptables –-append INPUT –-source 192.168.10.0/24 –-jump ACCEPT More documentation about using the iptables command can be found at the linux netfilte...
Page 121 - Adding more than one SNMP server
Instruction Manual 114 Adding more than one SNMP server To add more than one SNMP server for alert traps add the first SNMP server using the Management Console or the command line config tool. Secondary and any further SNMP servers are added manually using config. Log in to the console server’s comm...
Page 122 - Power Strip Control; PowerMan
Instruction Manual 115 To set the Username field (SNMP version 3 only): config set config.system.snmp.username2=yourusername .. (replacing yourusername with the username config.system.snmp. username2 (3 only)) To set the Engine ID field (SNMP version 3 only): config set config.system.snmp.password2=...
Page 123 - Synopsis
Instruction Manual 116 powerman - power on/off nodes Synopsis powerman [-option] [targets]pm [-option] [targets] Options -1, --on Power ON targets. -0, --off Power OFF targets. -c, --cycle Power cycle targets. -r, --reset Assert hardware reset for targets (if implemented by RPC). -f, --flash Turn be...
Page 124 - Target Specification
Instruction Manual 117 -h, --help Display option summary. -L, --license Show powerman license information. -d, --destination host[:port] Connect to a powerman daemon on non- default host and optionally port. -V, --version Display the powerman version number and exit. -D, --device Displays RPC status...
Page 125 - pmpower
Instruction Manual 118 As a reminder to the reader, some shells will interpret brackets ([ and ]) for pattern matching. Depending on your shell, it may be necessary to enclose ranged lists within quotes. For example, in tcsh, the last example above should be executed as:powerman --on “foo[0,4-5]” pm...
Page 126 - Adding new RPC devices
Instruction Manual 119 Default system Power Device actions are specified in /etc/powerstrips.xml. Custom Power Devices can be added in /etc/config/powerstrips.xml. If an action is attempted which has not been configured for a specific Power Device pmpower will exit with an error. Adding new RPC devi...
Page 128 - Glossary of Terms Used; TERM
Instruction Manual 121 Glossary of Terms Used TERM MEANING Authentication Authentication is the technique by which a process verifies that its communication partner is who it is supposed to be and not an imposter. Authentication confirms that data is sent to the intended recipient and assures the re...
Page 130 - Internet; IPMI
Instruction Manual 123 TERM MEANING Firewall A network gateway device that protects a private network from users on other networks. A firewall is usually installed to allow users on an intranet access to the public Internet without allowing public Internet users access to the intranet. Gateway A mac...
Page 133 - RADIUS
Instruction Manual 126 TERM MEANING RADIUS The Remote Authentication DialIn User Service (RADIUS) protocol was developed by Livingston Enterprises as an access server authentication and accounting protocol. The RADIUS server can support a variety of methods to authenti-cate a user. When it is provid...
Page 134 - SOL
Instruction Manual 127 TERM MEANING SOL Serial Over LAN (SOL) enables servers to transparently redirect the serial character stream from the baseboard universal asynchro-nous receiver/transmitter (UART) to and from the remoteclient system over a LAN. With SOL support and BIOS redirection (to serial)...
Page 136 - Technical Specifications
Instruction Manual 129 Technical Specifications FEATURE VALUE Dimensions 17 x 8.5 x 1.75 in (43.2 x 21. x 4.5 cm) Weight 3.9 kg (8.5 lbs) Ambient operating temperature 5°C to 50°C (41°F to 122°F) Non operating storage temperature 30°C to +60°C (20°F to +140°F) Humidity 5% to 90% Power Consumption Le...
Page 137 - RJ45 Connector - PinoutWiring
Instruction Manual 130 RJ45 Connector - PinoutWiring Pin Signal Direction RS232 Signal Description 1 RTS Output Request To Send 2 DSR Input Data Set Ready 3 DCD Input Data Carrier Detect 4 RXD Input Receive Data 5 TXD Output Transmit Data 6 GND N/A Ground 7 DTR Output Data Terminal Ready 8 CTS Input...
Page 138 - Additional adapters available from StarTech.com: GC98FF
Instruction Manual 131 Adapter (included Part # 319000) Pinout - (Straight through) Accessory (included Part # 319001) Pinout - (Crossover) Additional adapters available from StarTech.com: GC98FF
Page 139 - Technical Support; Limitation of Liability
Instruction Manual 132 Technical Support StarTech.com’s lifetime technical support is an integral part of our commit-ment to provide industry-leading solutions. If you ever need help with your product, visit www.startech.com/support and access our comprehensive selection of online tools, documentati...