Avocent CCM TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Figures ................................................................................................................	vii
List of Tables...................................................................................................................	ix
Chapter 1: Product Overview..........................................................................................	1
Features and Benefits ........................................................................................................................	1
Safety Precautions .............................................................................................................................	2
Rack mount safety considerations ..............................................................................................	2
Using AVWorks Software...................................................................................................................	3
Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration .....................................................................	5
Hardware Overview...........................................................................................................................	5
CCM850 and 1650 appliance hardware ....................................................................................	5
CCM4850 appliance hardware ..................................................................................................	6
Installing the CCM Appliance ...........................................................................................................	7
Configuring the CCM Appliance .......................................................................................................	8
Configuring the network address settings ..................................................................................	8
Initial CCM appliance login.....................................................................................................	10
Rebooting and Reinitializing the CCM Appliance...........................................................................	10
Rebooting..................................................................................................................................	10
Reinitializing.............................................................................................................................	11
Chapter 3: Operations ...................................................................................................	13
Overview ..........................................................................................................................................	13
Configuring Global Settings ............................................................................................................	13
Updating the Appliance Clock.........................................................................................................	14
Configuring Serial Port Settings......................................................................................................	15
Connecting to Serial Devices...........................................................................................................	17
Connecting to devices using Telnet ..........................................................................................	17
Connecting to devices from the console port............................................................................	18
Configuring and using dial-in connections ..............................................................................	19
Using PPP ................................................................................................................................	19
Using SSH.................................................................................................................................	20
Enabling plain text Telnet and SSH connections......................................................................	23