6.2.1 SDT Connector installation
The SDT Connector set up program (SDTConnector Setup-1.n.exe or sdtcon-1.n.tar.gz) is
included on the CD supplied with your Black Box console server.
Run the set-up program.
Note For Windows clients, the SDTConnectorSetup-1.n.exe application will install t he SDT Connect or
1.n.exe and the conf i g file defaults.xml. If there is already a config file on the Windows PC, then i t
will not be overwritten. To remove a n earlier config fil e, run the regedit command and search for
“SDT Connector,” then r emove the directory wit h t hi s name.
For Linux and other Unix clients, SDTConnector.tar.gz application will install the sdtcon-1.n.jar
and the config fi le defaults.xml.
Once the installer completes you will have a working SDT Connector client installed on your machine and
an icon on your desktop:
Click the SDT Connector icon on your desktop to start the client.
Note SDT Connector is a Jav a application, so i t must have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
installed. You can download this for free from http://java.sun.com/j2se/. It inst al ls on Windows
2000, XP, 2003, Vist a, and 7 PCs and o n m ost Linux platforms. Solaris platforms are al so
supported, but they must have Firefox i nstalled. SDT Conne ctor can run on any system with
Java 1.4.2 and above installed, but it ass um es t he web browser is Firef ox, and that xterm -e
telnet opens a t el net window.
To operate SDT Connector, you first need to add new gateways to the client software by entering the
access details for each console server (refer to Section 6.2.2). Then, let the client auto-configure all host
and serial port connections from each console server (refer to Section 6.2.3). Finally, point-and-click to
connect to the Hosts and serial devices (refer to Section 6.2.4).
Or, you can manually add network connected hosts (refer to Section 6.2.5) and manually configure new
services to use to access the console server and the hosts (refer to Section 6.2.6). Then, manually
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