CN8600 User Manual

Console Management

This section discusses methods of opening the CN8600 console via OOBC or serial connection.

OOBC

In case the CN8600 cannot be accessed with the usual LAN-based methods, it can be accessed via the switch’s modem port. To enable support for PPP (modem) operation, click to put a checkmark in the Enable Out of Band Access checkbox.

PPP Settings

When you enable Out of Band Access, the Enable Dial Back, and Enable Dial Out functions become available, as described in the sections that follow.

Dial Back

As an added security feature, if this function is enabled, the switch disconnects the calls that dial in to it, and dials back to one of the entries specified below:

ŠEnable Fixed Number Dial Back: If Fixed Number Dial Back is enabled, when there is an incoming call, the CN8600 hangs up the modem and dials back to the modem whose phone number is specified in the Phone Number field.

Key the phone number of the modem that you want the CN8600 to dial back to in the Phone Number field.

ŠEnable Flexible Dial Back: If Flexible Dial Back is enabled, the modem that the CN8600 dials back to doesn’t have to be fixed. It can dial back to any modem that is convenient for the user, as follows:

1.Key the password that the users must specify in the Password field.

2.When connecting to the CN8600’s modem, users specify the phone number of the modem that they want the CN8600 to dial back to as their Username, and specify the password set in the Password field for their password.

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