Black Box LES1208A-R2 Chapter Initial System Configuration, Management console connection

Chapter 3 Initial System Configuration

Introduction

This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for the console server’s initial configuration, and for connecting it to the Management or Operational LAN. The Administrator must:

Activate the Management Console.

Change the Administrator password.

Set the IP address console server’s principal LAN port.

Select the network services that will be supported.

This chapter also discusses the communications software tools that the Administrator may use to access the console server.

3.1Management console connection

Your console server is configured with a default IP Address 192.168.0.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

Directly connect a PC or workstation to the console server.

Note For initial configuration we recommend that you connect the console server directly to a single PC or workstation. However, if you choose to connect your LAN before completing the initial setup steps, it is important that:

you make sure that there are no other devices on the LAN with an address of 192.168.0.1

the console server and the PC/workstation are on the same LAN segment, with no interposed router appliances.

3.1.1 Connected PC/workstation set up

To configure the console server with a browser, the connected PC/workstation should have an IP address in the same range as the console server (e.g. 192.168.0.100):

To configure the IP Address of your Linux or Unix PC/workstation simply run ifconfig

For Windows PCs (Win9x/Me/2000/XP/ Vista/ 7/NT):

Click Start -> (Settings ->)Control Panel and double click Network Connections (for 95/98/Me, double click Network).

Right click on Local Area Connection and select Properties.

Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.

Select Use the following IP address and enter the following details:

oIP address: 192.168.0.100

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