Avocent CPS1610, CPS810 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
Using DSView Software.....................................................................................................................	3
Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration .....................................................................	5
Hardware Overview...........................................................................................................................	5
Installing the CPS Network Appliance ..............................................................................................	6
Configuring the CPS Appliance.........................................................................................................	7
Configuring the network addresses ............................................................................................	7
Initial CPS appliance login ........................................................................................................	9
Reinitializing the CPS Network Appliance ......................................................................................	10
Chapter 3: Operations ...................................................................................................	11
Overview ..........................................................................................................................................	11
Configuring Serial Port Settings......................................................................................................	11
Connecting to Serial Devices...........................................................................................................	13
Connecting to devices using Telnet ..........................................................................................	13
Connecting to devices from the serial CLI port........................................................................	14
Configuring and using dial-in connections ..............................................................................	15
Connecting to devices using PPP.............................................................................................	15
Connecting to devices using SSH .............................................................................................	16
Enabling plain text Telnet and SSH connections......................................................................	19
Telnet CLI mode .......................................................................................................................	20
Ending Device Sessions ...................................................................................................................	20
Session time-out........................................................................................................................	21
Preemption................................................................................................................................	21
Managing User Accounts.................................................................................................................	22
Access rights and levels ............................................................................................................	23
Using Authentication Methods.........................................................................................................	24