Cyclades User's Guide Server Access Inband and Out of Band, In-band Out-of-Band Connection Type

Server Access: Inband and Out of Band

•If user jennifer is not a member of any group with a Default Permission specified, then her access request is passed to decision 6.

Decision 6: Check Generic User’s Default Permissions

Note: If an access request gets this far, the Default Permission of the Generic User is the only permission that could apply.

6.Does the Default Permission for the Generic User allow access to the port?

•If yes, access is granted.

•If no, access is denied.

Server Access: Inband and Out of Band

KVM/net users can access servers over the Ethernet using the following methods:

•In-band access – An IP address is used to connect to and control Windows (Win2000, 2003, XP, and NT) Terminal Servers.

•Out-of-band access – KVM ports are used to connect to PCs with USB or PS/2 connectors or Sun servers with USB connectors.

The differences between the in-band and out-of-band connection methods are briefly described in the following table. For a more detailed description of the requirements and functionality of each connection method, see the following section, “Determining the Connection Type and its Supported Functionality” on page 31.

Table 1-11:In-band and Out of Band Connections

	In-band	Out-of-Band
Connection Type	Remote Desktop Protocol	Keyboard, video, mouse (KVM)
	(RDP) over the Ethernet or PPP	CAT5 connection to a KVM/net
		and Ethernet or PPP access to
		the KVM/net Web Manager

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