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Value-Line and Advanced Console Servers Users Manual
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Instrucciones de Seguridad (Normas Oficiales Mexicanas Electrical Safety Statement)
INDEX
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APPENDIX
Chapter 1 Introduction INTRODUCTION
This Manual
Manual Organization
Types of users
Management Console
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Manual Conventions
Note Text presented like this indicates issues t o note.
Publishing history
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Copyright
Notice to Users
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Chapter 2 Installation INSTALLATION
Introduction
To avoid physical and electrical hazards please read Appendix C on Safety.
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2.2 Power connection
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2.3 Network connection
2.4 Serial Port connection
2.5 USB Port Connection
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2.6 Antenna and SIM
Chapter 3 Initial System Configuration SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Introduction
3.1 Management console connection
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3.2 Administrator Password
Note If you are not confident t hat your consol e server has the current firmwar e release, you can
Note The System Name can contain from 1 to 64 alphanumeric characters (however you can also use
3.3 Network IP address
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3.4 System Services
3.4.1 Service Access
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3.5 Communications Software
3.6 Management network configuration
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Chapter 4 Serial Port, Host, Devi ce & Use r Confi guration
SERIAL PORT AND NETWORK HOST Introduction
4.1 Configure Serial Ports
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4.2 Add/ Edit Users
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4.3 Authentication
4.4 Network Hosts
4.5 Trusted Networks
4.6 Serial Port Cascading
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4.7 Serial Port Redirection
4.8 Managed Devices
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4.9 IPsec VPN
LES1308A, LES1316A, LES1332A, LES1348A,LES1208A-R2, LES1216A-R2, LES1232 and LES1248A-R2
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4.9.1 Enable the VPN gateway
4.10 OpenVPN
4.10.1 Enable the OpenVPN
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4.10.2 Configure as Server or Client
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4.10.3 Windows OpenVPN Client and Server set up
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4.11 PPTP VPN
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Chapter 5 Firewall, Failover and OoB Dial Access
FIREWALL, FAIL OV ER A ND OoB DIAL-IN Introduction
5.1 OoB Dial-In Access
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5.2 OoB broadband access
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5.3 Broadband Ethernet Failover
5.4 Dial-Out Failover
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Before activating over the air, you will need to
found on the white label on the underside of the console server.
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5.7 Cellular Operation
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5.8 Firewall & Forwarding
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Chapter 6 Secure SSH Tunneling & SDT Connector SECURE SSH TUNNELING A ND SDT CONNECT OR
6.1 Configuring for SSH Tunneling to Hosts
6.2 SDT Connector Client Configuration
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6.3 SDT Connector to Management Console
6.4 SDT Connector - telnet or SSH connect to serially attached devices
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6.5 Using SDT Connector for out-of-band connection to the gateway
6.6 Importing (and exporting) preferences
6.7 SDT Connector Public Key Authentication
6.8 Setting up SDT for Remote Desktop access
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Note The Remote Desktop Co nnection software is pre-installed with Windows XP, Vista and Server
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6.9 SDT SSH Tunnel for VNC
Note To make VNC faster, whe n you set up the Viewer:
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Note For general background reading on Remote Desktop and VNC access we recommend the
6.10 Using SDT to IP connect to hosts that are serially attached to the gateway
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6.11 SSH Tunneling using other SSH clients (e.g. PuTTY)
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Note How secure is VNC? VNC access generally allows access to your whole computer, so security is
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Chapter 7 Alerts, Auto-response and Logging ALERTS AND LOGGI NG
This chapter describes server.
7.1 Configure Auto-Response
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7.2 Check Conditions
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7.3 Trigger Actions
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7.6 Logging
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Chapter 8 POWER & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Introduction
8.1 Remote Power Control (RPC)
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Enter the Username and Password used to login into the RPC (Note that these login credentials
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8.2 Uninterruptible Power Supply Control (UPS)
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8.3 Environmental Monitoring
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Chapter 9 Authentication AUTHENTICATION
Introduction
9.1 Authentication Configuration
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9.1.7 Remote groups with RADIUS authentication
9.1.8 Remote groups with LDAP authentication
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Select Serial and Net work: Au thentication
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9.2 PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
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9.3 SSL Certificate
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Chapter 10 Nagios Integration NAGIOS INTEGRATION
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10.3 Configuring Nagios distributed monitoring
Select System: Nagios and check NSCA Enabled.
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10.4 Advanced Distributed Monitoring Configuration
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Chapter 11 System Management SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
Introduction
11.1 System Administration and Reset
11.2 Upgrade Firmware
11.3 Configure Date and Time
11.4 Configuration Backup
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11.5 Delayed Configuration Commit
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11.6 FIPS Mode
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Chapter 12 Status Reports STATUS REPORTS
Introduction
12.1 Port Access and Active Users
12.2 Statistics
12.3 Support Reports
12.4 Syslog
12.5 Dashboard
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12.5.2 Creating custom widgets for the Dashboard
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Chapter 13 Management MANAGEMENT
Introduction
13.1 Device Management
13.2 Port and Host Logs
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Chapter 14 Command Line Configuration CONFIGURATION FROM THE COMMAND LINE
Introduction
14.1 Accessing config from the command line
The config tool
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14.2 Serial Port configuration
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14.3 Adding and Removing Users
14.4 Adding and removing user Groups
14.5 Authentication
14.6 Network Hosts
14.7 Trusted Networks
14.8 Cascaded Ports
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14.9 UPS Connections
14.10 RPC Connections
14.11 Environmental
14.12 Managed Devices
14.13 Port Log
14.14 Alerts
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14.15 SMTP & SMS
14.16 SNMP
14.17 Administration
14.18 IP settings
14.19 Date & Time Settings
14.20 Dial-in settings
14.21 DHCP server
14.22 Services
14.23 NAGIOS
Chapter 15 Advanced Configuration ADVANCED CONF IGURATION
Introduction
15.1 Custom Scripting
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15.2 Advanced Portmanager
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15.3 Raw Access to Serial Ports
15.4 IP- Filtering
15.5 Modifying SNMP Configuration
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15.6 Secure Shell (SSH) Public Key Authentication
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15.7 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Support
15.8 HTTPS
15.9 Power Strip Control
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15.10 IPMItool
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15.11 Custom Development Kit (CDK)
15.12 Scripts for Managing Slaves
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Appendix A Linux Commands & Source Code
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Appendix B Hardware Specifications
FEATURE VALUE
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Appendix C Safety & Certifications
FCC Warning Statement
Appendix F End User License Agreement
READ BEFORE USING THE ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE
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JSch License
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SDT Connect or License
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