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3 Operations

Overview

The CCM console management appliance and its ports are easily configured and managed to meet your requirements for device connection, user authentication, access control, power status monitoring, port history information display and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) compliance for use with third party network management products.

Configuring Global Settings

Generally, the CCM appliance-level commands affect console port operations, configure/initiate physical operations and enable/disable features.

Console port settings

The Server CLI command includes parameters that configure the console port:

•The terminal type to be used

•Enabling/disabling connections to devices from the console port - see Connecting to devices from the console port on page 18

•The modem initialization character - see Configuring and using dial-in connections on page 19 This command also covers the following:

•The CLI access character that will suspend a device session and place you in CLI command mode (this value may be overridden at the port level) - see CLI Mode on page 26

•Local port history file processing options during connection and when a session ends - see Managing Port History on page 33.

•The session time-out value, which indicates the period of inactivity that must occur before a session is ended (this value may be overridden at the port level) - see Session time-outon page 27

Network settings, updating firmware and rebooting/reinitializing the appliance

To change the CCM appliance IP, gateway or subnet addresses, use the Server Set command (page 71).