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24 port Console Servers User Guide
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Purpose of this manual
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Contents
Introduction
Installation
Configuring Break Pass Through 110
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Set ethernet interface AUI
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A p t e r 1 I n t r o d u c t i o n
About the Console Server
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Managing devices over the LAN/WAN
Managing devices without accessing the LAN/WAN
Management and diagnostics
Typical applications summary
Console Server rear panel
Console Server front and rear views
Console Server front view
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A p t e r 2 Installation
General installation procedure
Console Server
Rack mounting your Console Server
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Desk mounting your Console Server
Multiple stacking your Console Server
LED guide
Power and network LEDs
Console Server During normal operations
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10/100Base-T
Selecting AUI or 10/100 Base T interface
Set up procedure
Setting up an IP address
Setting up an IP address automatically using Dhcp
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Dhcp request and response
About Dhcp
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Manually setting up an IP address
Set up procedure
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Are valid, should not need recourse to a Radius host
Tip
Parameter Description
Server form field descriptions
Dhcp
Gui access
Logging onto your Console Server
Accessing the Console Server configuration software
Adding a Host
Setting up your network parameters
Setting up the host table
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Changing a Host
Deleting a host
Factory default password is superuser
Changing the Admin Password
Cli syntax set user password
Radius configuration
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Accept the form you will be returned to the menu
Radius host Accounting flag State of Radius Result Specified
Radius parameters description
0a000006
Cli syntax add DNS Delete DNS
DNS configuration
Add Wins
Wins configuration
Active and passive gateways
Configuring network gateways
Adding a gateway
Gateway
From the Network Configuration menu, select ‘Gateway’
Deleting a Gateway
Delete
Ping hostname
Verifying your network installation
Saving to non-volatile memory
Saving configuration changes
Saving to a file
Setting date and time
Performing a soft reboot
Resetting to factory defaults using reset switch
Restoring factory default settings
Resetting to factory defaults using software
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A p t e r 3 S y s t e m a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
Security
Setting up the line on your Console Server
Typical Reverse Telnet Configuratio n
Viewing and editing your line settings
Lines set to reverse Telnet by default
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Lost password
Deciding whether to use Slip or PPP
Configuring a dial in line
Introduction to Slip and PPP connections
Show line
Setting up the line
Option Description
Service option
Router use only
Service option Description
OptionDescription
Configuring Slip
Interactive
OptionDescription
Show PPP Line Now select a line
Configuring PPP
PPP configuration procedure
PPP form field descriptions
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Password
IP address negotiation
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Roaming Callback
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Set modem
Configuring a modem
Cli syntax
Add modem
Configuring users
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Overview
When Radius authenticates users
About user accounts and Radius
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Example Radius user file telnet service
Adding a user account
Values
Configuring a user account
Configuration procedure
Choose your user from the list of names now displayed
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User form field descriptions
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Particular line to ‘cslogin’ see Setting up the line on
Particular port to ‘cslogin’ see Setting up the line on
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Callback for a user
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About user levels
CLI prompts
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Changing a user’s password
Deleting a user account
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Configuring Break Pass Through
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Resetting the line to default
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Saving your settings
Saving settings to non-volatile memory
Saving settings to a file
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A p t e r 4 U s i n g y o u r C o n s o l e S e r v e r
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Introduction
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Accessing devices via Telnet from the LAN
Access procedure
Information required
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Accessing devices via SSH
SSH Setup Procedure
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Required Information
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Accessing devices via modems using PPP
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Accessing devices via modems using a dumb device
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Server console server
This appendix includes the following sections
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Pin locations RJ45 connectors
RJ45 RS232 serial ports
Circuit Direction Function
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Pin numbering in the RJ45 connectors
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Pin Signal
AUI port
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Pin Signal Function
RJ45 10/100BaseT port
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Admin Port
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Direct 11 Connections
Example direct connections
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Sun Microsystem servers
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Cisco RJ45 console ports with software flow control
Black Box 833AS
Black Box Series router console port
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IBM RS6000
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Connection from the 25-pin Admin Port to a PC
PC serial port
PC, example connections
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Terminals slow speed or using software flow control
Terminals
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Connection from the 25-pin Admin Port to a Terminal
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Modems
Direct connections
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P e n d i x B T h e C L I c o m m a n d s
Inetaddress
CLI commands
Add community
Add DNS
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Menu Network Configuration DNS Add DNS Equivalent See also
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Add gateway
Add host
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Where Host type
Add modem
Add radius
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Add trap
Add user
Add Wins
Delete community
Admin
Debug
Delete ARP
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Delete DNS
Delete gateway
Delete host
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Menu Network Configuration Host Table Equivalent See also
Delete modem
Delete radius
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Delete trap
Delete user
Delete Wins
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Heap
Syntax heap
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Help
Kill line
Logout
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Netload
Where
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Software When you reboot the unit. See reboot on
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Netsave
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Ping
Packetsize
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Reboot
Reset factory
Reset line
Menu None available Equivalent See also
Reset user
Restart
Resume
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Also use this argument to log in as someone else
Rlogin
Menu Sessions Start telnet/rlogin Equivalent See also
Save
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Screen
Set contact
Set date
Syntax
Set ethernet interface RJ45
Set ethernet interface AUI
Set gateway
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Set host
Set line
Normal
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Line service can be used to dedicate the line to a specific
Enter their login name just their password
Nouser
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Set location
Routing
Set to None off, send, listen or send & listen
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Set ppp line
Parameter syntax Parameter name
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Set radius
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Unit afterwards use the command ‘reboot’
Set server
Subnet
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JETset
Programme is controlled by password
Or OFF. The default is OFF
Gui-status
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Login prompt uses OEM1 string
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Send Break Option
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Menu equivalents See also
Break
Sshbreakstring
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Set slip line
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Syntax Command telnet
Set telnet
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Set time
Set user
For example set time
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User levels admin, normal Syntax Menu equivalent See also
Show ARP
Show date
Menu Main Menu Hardware Equivalent See also
Admin, is normal Syntax
Show gateways
Show hardware
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Show hosts
Show interfaces
Normal Syntax
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Show line
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Admin Normal Syntax
Show modems
This will show for example
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Show ppp line
Normal line
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Show radius
Show routes
Menu There is no menu equivalent Equivalent
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Menu Server configuration Equivalent See also
Show server
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Show slip line
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Menu Network configuration snmp Equivalent See also
Show snmp
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User levels admin, normal
Show telnet
Show time
Start
Syntax Target login directory, you will be logged straight
Where n is the predefined session that you want to start
Show user
Inetaddress Termtype
Telnet
Menu Sessions Start Predefined Session Equivalent See also
Set telnet or show telnet can be saved permanently
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Version
Normal Syntax version
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P e n d i x C S N M P
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Overview
Delete Community
Configuring Snmp support
Add
Community
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Summary of objects in the private MIB
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Private MIB definitions
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Network management
Editing RFC1213
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Editing
Routing information
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P e n d i x D U p g r a d i n g y o u r f i r m w a r e
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Using a Bootp server see Using Bootp from a boothost on
Cli syntax netload software
Saving your existing Configuration
Example of saving a configuration file
Using Tftp from a host
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Tftp configuration
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Writing to Flash memory
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Using Bootp from a boothost
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Upgrade using JETset, the web browser interface
Enabling BOOTP/DHCP after upgrading software
Disable BOOTP/DHCP
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List of line service types
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Line Service Description/UsesExample Type
Silent
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P e n d i x F B O O T P
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How Bootp works
Bootp request and response
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How to setup Bootp
Bootptab file entry
Bootptab file entry for a single unit
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Bootfile
Bootfile
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Parameter Value Brief Meaning Fuller explanation
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Bootp messages output to screen
Disabling the Bootp reply
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# ht=1\ # ha=0080ba000057\ # gw=192.101.35.254\
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Booting multiple units
Bootptab file entry for multiple units
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Multiple Bootp servers
Example of Bootp
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Bootptab file
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You need to
Server JETset utility
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Introduction to JETset
JETsethome
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To access JETset
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Using JETset
Using JETset
Netscape Navigator configuratio n
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Internet Explorer configuratio n
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JETset program summary
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P e n d i x H Troubleshooting
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General communication matters
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Host problems
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JETset problems
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Login problems
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You have lost or dont know your password as ‘admin’ user
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Problems with terminals
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Emergency recovery
Problems with framed Routing
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Index
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