Avocent CCM4850 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
Installing the CCM Appliance ...........................................................................................................	6
Configuring the CCM Appliance .......................................................................................................	7
Configuring the network address settings ..................................................................................	7
Initial CCM appliance login.......................................................................................................	9
Reinitializing the CCM Appliance .....................................................................................................	9
Chapter 3: Operations ...................................................................................................	11
Overview ..........................................................................................................................................	11
Configuring Serial Port Settings......................................................................................................	11
Connecting to Serial Devices...........................................................................................................	12
Connecting to devices using Telnet ..........................................................................................	12
Connecting to devices from the console port............................................................................	13
Configuring and using dial-in connections ..............................................................................	14
Connecting to devices using PPP.............................................................................................	15
Connecting to devices using SSH .............................................................................................	15
Enabling plain text Telnet and SSH connections......................................................................	18
CLI mode..........................................................................................................................................	19
Ending Device Sessions ...................................................................................................................	19
Session time-out........................................................................................................................	20
Preemption................................................................................................................................	20
Managing User Accounts.................................................................................................................	20
Access rights and levels ............................................................................................................	21