22Cyclades® ACS 5000 Installation/Administration/User Guide

Selecting a security profile

Select a pre-defined security profile or define a custom profile for specific services. The profiles are:

Secured - Disables all protocols except sshv2, HTTPS and SSH to serial ports.

Moderate - Enables sshv1, sshv2, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, SSH and Raw connections to serial ports, ICMP and HTTP redirection to HTTPS.

Open - Enables Telnet, sshv1, sshv2, HTTP, HTTPS, SNMP, RPC, ICMP, SSH and Raw connections to serial ports.

Default - Sets the profile to the same configuration as Moderate profile.

Custom - Allows custom configuration of individual protocols and services.

For detailed information on security profiles, see Security Profiles on page 98.

The administrator can perform the following tasks using the web manager.

Administer the console server and its connected devices.

Configure user and group permissions.

Access the serial ports and the connected devices.

Adding users and configuring ports using the web manager

NOTE: From the factory, the console server is configured with all serial ports disabled.

The administrator can add users, enable or disable the serial ports and select and assign specific users to individual ports. For more information on managing users and ports, see Security Menu and Forms on page 89 and Ports Menu and Forms on page 103

Other Methods of Accessing the Web Manager

You can access the web manager using either DHCP or the default IP address.

NOTE: Accessing the web manager using either DHCP or the default IP address requires additional setup and configuration specific to your site’s network configuration.

To use a dynamic IP address to access the web manager:

This procedure assumes that DHCP is enabled and that you are able to obtain the dynamic IP address currently assigned to the console server.

1.Mount the console server.

2.Connect servers and other devices to be managed through the console server.

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Avocent ACS 5000 Other Methods of Accessing the Web Manager, Adding users and configuring ports using the web manager