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Instruction Manual
Raw Access to Serial Ports	110
Access to Serial Ports	110
Accessing the Console Port	110
IP - Filtering	111
Customizing the IP-Filter:	112
Modifying SNMP Configuration	113
Power Strip Control	115
Glossary of Terms Used	121
TERM	121
MEANING	121
Technical Specifications	129
Technical Support	132
Warranty Information	132

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ECS0016 FCC Compliance Statement Table of Contents Serial Port and Network Host Configuration Alerts and Logging 105 132 Package Contents FeaturesIntroduction Power Connection Initial ConfigurationAC power socket 192.168.0.1 Management Console Connection Click Start Run ARPPing IP Address AssignmentPage Select System Administration Administrator Password On the System IP menu Network IP address System Services Telnet Https Base Ping MetaConnect Communications Software PuTTY SSHTerm Serial Port and Network Host Configuration Configuring Serial Ports Common Settings Console Server Mode Page SSH RFC2217 TCP Accumulation Period SDT ModePower Strip Mode Terminal Server Mode Syslog Serial Bridging ModeLocal Ethernet LAN ECS0016 Add / Edit Users Page Authentication Configuration AuthenticationSelect Serial & Network Users & Groups Network Hosts Select Serial & Network Trusted Networks Trusted NetworksNetwork IP Address Subnet Mask Click Apply Serial Port CascadingPage # ssh remhost To define and configure a Slave Please note Page RPC Connection Remote Power Control RPCPage RPC Status RPC Alerts User Power Management Managed UPS Connections Uninterruptible Power Supply Control UPS Click Add UPS Groups Configure UPS Powering the Console Server Page Monitor managedups@192.168.0.1 1 username password slave Configuring Powered Computers to Monitor a Managed UPS UPS Status UPS Alerts Overview of Network UPS Tools NUT Page Environmental Monitoring Connecting the EMD Click Add Alerts & Logging Alerts Environmental Alerts Environmental Status OoB Dial-In access Failover and Out-of-Band Dial Access Check the Enable Dial In Access box Configure Dial In PPP Select PAP, CHAP, MSCHAPv2 or None and click Apply Set up Windows XP/ 2003 client Using The MetaConnect clientSet up earlier Windows clients Set up Linux clients Page Telnet or SSH connection to serially attached devices Secure Tunneling & MetaConnect Network MetaConnect for OoB Connection to the Gateway To configure MetaConnect for OoB access Poff networkconnection Pon networkconnection To make the OoB connection using MetaConnect MetaConnect Public Key AuthenticationImporting and exporting preferences PuTTYgen OpenSSH OpenSSH Windows Setting up MetaConnect for Remote Desktop access Set up MetaConnect Serial Ports on ECS0016 SSH port forward over the ECS0016 Serial Port Alerts and Logging Enable SMTP, Snmp and/or NagiosEmail alerts Nagios Alerts Configure AlertsSnmp alerts Select Alerts & Logging SnmpPage Serial Port Logging Remote Log Storage Power Control Page Configuring Ipmi Power Management Configuring Serial Port Power Strips User Power Management Configuring Browser Controlled Power Strips Nagios overview Nagios Integration Central Nagios server Central management and setting up MetaConnect for NagiosDistributed ECS0016 console servers Set Up a Central Nagios Server MetaConnect Nagios setup involves the following stepsClients Managed Hosts Set up distributed ECS0016 console serversCentral Site Remote Site Nagios Server Network Check Prefer NRPE, Nrpe Enabled and Nrpe Command Arguments Click Console Server Mode, and select Logging Level HostClick New Check and select Check TCP. Select Port Select Serial Port from the Serial & Network menu Click Connection Alert Enable Nagios on the ECS0016 Enable Nrpe monitoring Configure selected Network Hosts for Nagios monitoring Enable Nsca monitoringSelect System Nagios and check Nsca Enabled Configure selected Serial Ports for Nagios monitoring Configure the upstream Nagios monitoring host System Management System Administration and Reset Firmware Firmware Upgrades Select the Enable NTP checkbox on the Network Time Protocol Configure Date and Time Select Status Port Access Port Access and Active UsersStatus Reports Support Reports Statistics Syslog Device Management Power ManagementSelect Manage Power Management Select Manage Terminal Serial Port Terminal Connection Port Log Management Basic Configuration Linux Commands Power up the ECS0016 and connect the terminal device Linux Command line Run all registered configurators. This Config Tool SyntaxDescription Administration Configuration Manually Change Clock Settings Date and Time ConfigurationNetwork Time Protocol IP Configuration Dhcp Network ConfigurationTime Zone Secondary DNS IP Configuration StaticDisable Dhcp Default Gateway # /bin/config --run=dial-in Dial-in Configuration Services Configuration Serial Port Configuration Raw TCP via LAN Disabled Supported Protocol ConfigurationTelnet Access LAN Disabled SSH Access LAN Enabled Trusted Networks Config.users.total Username cifsuser Event Logging ConfigurationPassword secret Remote Serial Port Log Storage Alert Configuration # /bin/config --run=eventlog MetaConnect host TCP Ports MetaConnect Host Configuration Pmshell Advanced ConfigurationPmshell Commands Advanced Portmanager Pmusers Pmchat # pmusers Portmanager Daemon External Scripts and Alerts Signals 109 Access to Serial Ports Raw Access to Serial PortsAccessing the Console Port IP Filtering Enabling Boot Messages on the ConsoleStandard IP-Filter configuration Etc/config/ipfilter Customizing the IP-Filter Etc/config/filter-custom Etc/config/snmpd.conf Modifying Snmp Configuration To set the Manager Address field Adding more than one Snmp server PowerMan Power Strip Control Synopsis Target Specification Pmpower Adding new RPC devices Speedbaud rate/speed charsizecharacter size/charsize Term Meaning Glossary of Terms Used Chap Intranet Internet MAC address Key lifetimes Net mask NAT Router Radius TCP/IP address SOL UTP Telnet Micrel KS8695P controller Technical Specifications RJ45 Connector PinoutWiring 131 Limitation of Liability Technical Support Warranty Information