Avocent CPS810 Bedienungsanleitung

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iii Table of Contents List of Figures ................ ....................... ...................... ....................... ...................... ...... vii List of Tables .. ...................... ....................... ....................... ...................... ..................... .. ix Chapter 1: Product Overview .. ......... .........[...]

iv CPS Installer/User Guide Authentication of serial CLI port sessions ... ................. .................... ................. ................... ... 26 Authentication summary ................. ................. ................. .................... ................ ................. . .. 26 Using security lock-out ................... ......[...]

Table of Contents v Server PPP command .................. .................... ................. ................. ................. ................. ... .. 54 Server RADIUS command ........... .................... ................. ................. ................. ................... ... 55 Server Reboot command ......................... .....[...]

vi CP S Installer/User Guide Appendix E: Technical Support ..................... ................. ................. .................... ................. ...... ..... 86 Index ... ................... ....................... ...................... ....................... ................... ............. ...... 87[...]

vii List of Figures Figure 2.1: 16-port CPS Appliance Front Panel ......................... ................. .................... ................ 5 Figure 2.2: 16-port CPS Appliance Back Panel............. .................... ................. .................... .......... 6 Figure B.1: CAT 5 Cable Adaptor Pin Assignments ... ............ ....[...]

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ix List of Tables Table 2.1: LEDs and Buttons ....................... ................... ................. .................... ................. .... ......... 5 Table 3.1: Default Port Settings .............. ................... ................. .................... ................. ........ ...... 11 Table 3.2: SSH Authentication Methods ....[...]

x CPS Installe r/User Guide Table 5.18: Server SNMP Command Pa rameter .......................... ............................. .............. ........ 58 Table 5.19: Server SNMP Community Command Parameters................. ................... ................. ... 59 Table 5.20: Server SNMP Manager Command Parame ters ........... ................[...]

List of Tabl es xi Table C.1: CPS Appliance Enterprise Traps ............. .............. ................. ................. ................. ..... 82 Table D.1: Ports Used by CPS Appliance ......................... .................... ................. .................... ..... 85[...]

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1 CHAPTER 1 Product Overview Features and Benefit s Overview The CPS serial over IP network appliance provi des non-blocked access and control for serial devices such as routers, p ower management devi ces and firewalls. This includes Avocent SPC power control devices that provide advanced power managem ent and security. You may connect up to 8 ser[...]

2 CPS Installe r/User Guide error message data and built-in comm and help inform ation. On-board Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) support allows admin istrators to upload new functionality to CPS appliances in the field. Port history Each CPS port has a buffer that holds the most r ecent 64K bytes of online an d offline serial data. A separate[...]

Chapter 1: Product Overview 3 Using DSView Sof tware The DSView management software may be used to manage CPS appliances and access attached devices. Using DSView software, you m ay perform most of the operations that are described in this manual. This manual describes how to manage a CPS appliance by entering commands using the CLI. The DSView Ins[...]

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5 CHAPTER 2 Installation and Configuration Hardware Overview Figure 2.1 shows the front panel of a 16-port CPS network appliance. Figure 2.1: 16-port CPS App liance Front Panel The lower left area of the front pa nel contains fi ve LEDs and two buttons, which are descri bed in Table 2.1. T able 2.1: LEDs and B uttons LED/Button Description POWER Th[...]

6 CPS Installe r/User Guide As shown in Figure 2.2, the back of the CPS a ppliance contains RJ-45 c onnectors for se rial cabling (8 connectors for an 8-port CP S appliance model or 16 conn ectors for a 16-port CPS appliance), a LAN connector for a 10BaseT or 100BaseT interface cable and a power receptacle. Figure 2.2: 16-port CPS Appliance B ack P[...]

Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration 7 W A RNING: The CPS appliance and all attached devices should be powered down before servicing t he unit. Always disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet. Configuring the CPS Appliance To configure the CPS network appliance, you must sp ecify a unique IP address, plus other netw ork address informati[...]

8 CPS Installe r/User Guide Reply from 192.168.0.5: bytes=32 tim e<10ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.5: bytes=32 tim e<10ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.5: bytes=32 tim e<10ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.5: bytes=32 tim e<10ms TTL=128 If the CPS appliance did not successfully obtain its IP address with the BootP protocol, you will see [...]

Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration 9 For cable and adapto r information, see Device Cabling on page 77. You may also use any terminal emulation program that is available on your system. 2. Configure your terminal or terminal emulation program as follows. Baud rate 9600 Bits per character 8 Stop bits 1 Flow control None 3. Press the Return or[...]

10 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Enter CPS New Admin Password > ***** Confirm New Admin Password > ***** After you have provided the required configura tion information, a confir mation message appears while the CPS appliance stores the va lues in its configuration database. You have now com pleted the initial login , and you may enter addi tion[...]

11 CHAPTER 3 Operations Overview The CPS serial over IP network appliance and its ports are easily co nfigured and mana ged to meet your requirements for device co nnection, user authentication, access control, power status monitoring, port history informat ion display and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) compliance for use with third part[...]

12 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Most of these settings are standard serial port operating characteristics. The CLI access character parameter specifies how you access the CLI. For mo re information, see Telnet CLI mode on p age 20. The Power parameter instructs the CCM appliance to monitor the state of a sp ecified control signal. Signal transitions [...]

Chapter 3: Operations 13 that port, the display also in cludes the username, access rights and other information about the current session. When you request information about a single SPC por t, the display includes in formation configured with the SPC command. A Show Port All comm and will indicate whic h ports are SP C ports. When you request inf[...]

14 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Authentication Complete Connected to Port: ... If the authentication method is co nfigured as None, you may Telnet and connect to a serial device without entering credenti als; how ever, credentials are always re quired when connecting to the CPS CLI. Data entered at the Telnet client is written to th e attached serial[...]

Chapter 3: Operations 15 2. Issue a Connect co mmand to the desired port. CONNECT < port > 3. T o end a device session that was in itiated with a Connect command, issue a Disconnect command. DISCONNECT For more information, see Server CLI command on page 51, Connect Command o n page 43 and Disconnect Command on page 43. Configuring and using [...]

16 CP S Installer/Use r Guide The PPP dial-in may be used to access a remote CPS appliance that does not warrant a WAN (Wide Area Network) link to th e Ethernet interface. In this case, th e PPP connection allows a remote PC with Telnet capability to dial th e CPS appliance and then establis h a Telnet connection to a port. The PPP dial-in may also[...]

Chapter 3: Operations 17 Telnet access on port 3007, t hen port 3107 will be a direct SSH connecti on for port 7. When SSH is enabled, Telnet port 23 connec tions will be accepted from other c lients if the Server Security command includes the Encr ypt=SSH,None parameter, which in dicates that both SSH and plain text connections will be allowed. Co[...]

18 CP S Installer/Use r Guide A user’s access rights are determin ed from the authentication method used. SSH key authentication always uses the access rights from the local user database. Dependi ng on the server authentication method specified wi th th e Server Security command, SSH passw ord authentication will use either the access rights fro[...]

Chapter 3: Operations 19 and the FTP connectio n will be closed. The CPS appliance then stores the SSH key with the username in the CPS u ser database. • When using the KEY keyw ord to specify the SSH key , the KEY parameter specifies the actual uuencoded SSH key . This is fo r configurations that do not im plement an FTP server . The CPS applian[...]

20 CP S Installer/Use r Guide If you enable SSH connections using the Serv er Security command with the Encrypt=SSH parameter, plain text Telnet con nections will be disabled. However, if you en able SSH connections with the Server SSH command, both plain text and SSH connections wil l be allowed. T o enable both T elnet and SSH connections: Issue [...]

Chapter 3: Operations 21 If you initiated the device session with a Connect command, enter CLI mode and issue a Disconnect command. DISCONNECT - or - Allow the port to tim e-out due to inactivity. In this case, a notification message is issued and the serial CLI session returns to CLI mode. This time-out may occur while you are in CLI mode. - or - [...]

22 CP S Installer/Use r Guide A server-level preemption level ma y also be configured with the Server CLI command. This value is used when authentication is disabled on the seri al CLI port and a user on that port attempts to connect to another port that is already in use. For example, assume authentication has been disabl ed on the serial CLI port[...]

Chapter 3: Operations 23 For more information, see Conn ecting to devices using SSH on page 16, Access rights and levels on page 23 and U ser Set command on page 72. T o delete a user: Issue a User Delete command. USER DELETE < username > If the specified user is currently logged in, a messag e is sent to the user indicating that access is no[...]

24 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Access levels When you specify a user’s access rights, you ma y ei ther specify the individual rights or you may use a shortcut that specifies an access level. The APPLIANCEADMIN and ADMIN levels are equivalent to the following individual specifications: • The APPLIANCEADMIN level is equivalent to P ALL, USER, SCON[...]

Chapter 3: Operations 25 • Secure indicates authenticati on will be locked to one DSV i ew software server after a successful initial access, and DSV iew software se rver and appliance cred entials will be stored on the CPS appliance. • T rustall indicates that any DSV iew software server may be used fo r authentication, and DSV iew software se[...]

26 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Authentication of serial CLI port sessions Using the Server CLI comman d, you may enable or di sable user authentication at the serial CLI port. You may also configure a preem ption level that will be used by a serial CLI port user when user authentication is disabled on that port. By default, authenticat ion is enable[...]

Chapter 3: Operations 27 You must specify the server’s IP address, the UDP port to be used and a “secret” to be used. You must also specify a user-r ights attribute value that matches a v alue in the RADIUS server’s dictionary. You may also use this command to delete a RADIUS server definition. SERVER RADIUS PRIMARY |SECONDARY DELETE For mo[...]

28 CP S Installer/Use r Guide configure a lock-out perio d of from 1-99 hours. Specify ing a lock-out period of 0 disables the feature; that is, users will not be locked-ou t. A locked-out user will remain lo cked-out until the specified time elapses, the CPS appliance is power-cycled or the user is unlocked by an admini strator with the User Un lo[...]

Chapter 3: Operations 29 The following examples assume the user is in port history mode. The following command searches the history buff er in the upward dir ection for the string Abort Process. PORT HISTORY> s -u “Abort Process” The following command searches the history buffer for the string Process, ignoring case. PORT HISTORY> s -i Pr[...]

30 CP S Installer/Use r Guide • If Auto is specified, the number of bytes in the history buffer is displayed and the entire con- tent of the buffer is output to the T el net session. In this mode, t he history buffer’ s content may be reviewed in the T elnet client’ s scrol ling window . Y ou may also use the Port History com- mand to view th[...]

Chapter 3: Operations 31 For more information, see Server SNMP command on page 58. T o specify SNMP community names: Issue a Server SNMP Communi ty command, using the Readcomm, Writecomm and Trapcomm parameters to speci fy community names. NOTE: The default community names are “public”; if you enable SNMP , you are encouraged to change the comm[...]

32 CP S Installer/Use r Guide 2. T o disable SNMP traps, issue a Server SN MP T rap command with the Disable parameter . SERVER SNMP TRAP DISAB LE The CPS appliance will display a numbered list of traps that are curr ently enabled with a prompt requesting you to select trap(s) to disabl e. Indicate the traps to be disab led by entering a trap’s l[...]

Chapter 3: Operations 33 PORT < to_po rt > ALERT COPY < from_port > At the confirm ation prompt, press Y to confirm or N to cancel. When the copy operation occurs, all previously defined strings on the port being copied to will be replaced. For more information, see Port Alert Add command on page 45, Port Alert Copy command on page 45 a[...]

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35 CHAPTER 4 Using CPS Appliance Commands Accessing the CLI You may access the CLI in three ways : using the Teln et CLI, using the serial CLI or entering the CLI access character during a sessi on to a serial device. When th e CLI is accessed, its prompt appears (>), indicating you may type a command. Entering Commands At the command prompt, ty[...]

36 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Table 4.2 lists the line editi ng operations for ASCII TTY devices. There is no command line buffer available on an ASCII TTY device. When commands take effect Each command is completely processed before the next command m ay be entered . Some commands prompt for confirmation b efore they are processed. In these cases,[...]

Chapter 4: Using CPS Appliance Commands 37 Not every command will contain al l syntax types. For example, the following comm and reboots the CPS appliance. >SERVER REBOOT In this case, both SERVER and REBOOT are positional commands. In most cases, one or more spaces s eparate positional commands, posi tional parameters and keyword parame ters. F[...]

38 CP S Installer/Use r Guide > POR 2 SET BAUD=576 FLOW=XON --- ERR 27 - SET keyword value invalid In the following example, there are spaces betw een BAUD, the equal sign and the value 57600. Spaces are not permitted between keyword paramete rs and their values. > POR 2 SET BAUD = 57600 FLOW=XON ------------ ERR 26 - SET keyword parameter in[...]

Chapter 4: Using CPS Appliance Commands 39 Port Alert Copy Copies a port’s alert strings to another port. Access right: SCON or PCON Access level: ADMIN or APPLIANCEADMIN Port Alert Delete Deletes one or more port alert strings. Access right: SCON or PCON Access level: ADMIN or APPLIANCEADMIN Port Break Sends a break signal to the attached device[...]

40 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Server RADIUS S pecifies RADIUS server parameters. Access right: SCON Access level: APPLIANCEADMIN Server Reboot Reboots the unit. Access right: SCON Access level: APPLIANCEADMIN Server Security S pecifies the user authentication mode, enables/disables secu rity lock-out a nd connection methods. Access right: SCON Acce[...]

Chapter 4: Using CPS Appliance Commands 41 Show Server Displays CPS appliance configuration, statistics and session information. Access right: SMON Access level: ADMIN or APPLIANCEADMIN Show Server CLI Displays information specified wit h the Server CLI command. Access right: SMON Access level: ADMIN or APPLIANCEADMIN Show Server PPP Displays PPP s[...]

42 CP S Installer/Use r Guide User Unloc k Unlocks a locked-out user . Access right: USER Access level: ADMIN or APPLIANCEADMIN (An ADMIN level user may issue this command for users with any level other than APPLIANCEADMIN.) T able 4.4: CPS Applianc e Command Summary (Continued) Command Description, Access Right and Access Level[...]

43 CHAPTER 5 CPS Appliance Commands Connect Command The Connect command establishes a connection from the CPS serial over IP network appliance serial CLI port to a device attached to another port on that CPS appliance. To use this command, you must have previously issued a Server CLI command with the Connect=On parameter. For more information, see [...]

44 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Help Command The Help command displays information about CPS ap pliance commands. Access right: none needed Access level: none needed Syntax HELP [< command_name >] Examples The following command displays inform ation about the Show Server CLI command. help sho ser cli The following command displays a list of all[...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 45 Port Alert Add command The Port Alert Add command adds a port alert string to a specified port. Each port may have up t o ten port alert strings. Duplicate st rings are not allowed on the same port. To generate a trap, the Server SNMP Trap command must be issued to en able the PortAlert trap. For more informatio[...]

46 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Port Alert Delete command The Port Alert Delete command deletes one or more alert strings from a port . When you issue this command, a numbered list of defi ned alert strings is displayed, from which you choose those to be deleted. You may ent er one or more numbers sepa rated by commas, a range of numbers separated by[...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 47 Access right: none needed Access level: all Syntax PORT HISTORY When you are in port history mod e, you may issue the commands listed in Table 3.4 on page 28. Examples The following command accesses the serial port’s history mode. > port history In history mode, the following command searches the hist ory b[...]

48 CP S Installer/Use r Guide [STOP=< stopbits >] [FLOW=< signal >] [TIMEOUT=< time-out> ] [SOCKET=< socket >] [CHAR=^< cli_char >] [TOGGLE=NONE|DTR] [POWER=< signa l >] T able 5.8: Port Set Command Param eters Parameter Description < port >|ALL A port number in range 1-8 for a CPS810 appliance or 1-16 for [...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 49 Example The following command sets a baud rate of 57600 and enab les XON/XOFF flow control on port 2. > port 2 set baud=57600 flow=xonxof Port Set In/Out command The Port Set In/Out command specifies how carriage returns (CR) and linefeeds (LF) are treated in incoming or outgoing serial data on one or all por[...]

50 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Syntax PORT [< port >|ALL] SET IN|OUT [CR=< cr >] [LF=< lf >|CRLF=CR] Quit Command The Quit command terminates the current CPS appliance sessi on and terminates your Telnet connection to the unit. Access right: none needed Access level: all Syntax QUIT Resume Command The Resume command exits the CLI a[...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 51 Syntax RESUME Server Commands The Server command has several forms, as listed in Table 5.10. Server CLI command The Server CLI command: • Specifies the CLI port, type and access character • Enables or disables device connection from the CLI port • Specifies a modem initialization string • Specifies po rt[...]

52 CP S Installer/Use r Guide • Specifies a port time-out value • Enables/disables serial CLI port authentication • Specifies a preemption level to be used for serial CLI port sessions when authentication is dis- abled on th at port At least one parameter must be specifie d. Access right: SCON Access level: APPLIANCEADMIN Syntax SERVER CLI [P[...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 53 Server FLASH command The Server FLASH command updat es the CP S program images in FLASH mem ory. You may wish to use this command to update the program with new features or to install a later release of the program. There are two program images th at you may update in the CPS FLASH. The boot image file (cps10bt.[...]

54 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Example The following command updates the boot image program using the im age file name c:winntsystem32drivers cps10b t.img, which is located on th e TFTP server host located at 192.168.1.16. > ser fla app hostip=192.168.1.16 c:winntsystem32driversima=cps10b t.img Server Ping command The Server Ping command [...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 55 Syntax SERVER PPP DISABLE| ENABLE LOCALIP=< local_ip >] [REMOTEIP=< rem_ip >] [MASK=< subnet >] Examples The following command enables the PP P server with a local IP address o f 192.168.0.1, a remote IP address of 192.168.0.2 an d a su bnet mask of 255.255.255.0. > ser ppp ena loc=192.168.0[...]

56 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Examples The following command specifies pr imary RADIUS server information; default values will b e used for the UDP port, time-o u t and retries values. > ser radius primary ip=192.168.0.20 0 secret=ThePrimaryRadSecret user- rights=86 The following command deletes the primary RADIUS server defin ition. > ser ra[...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 57 Server Security command The Server Security command specifies the authentication method, enables/disables access methods and enables/disables security lock-out. For more information, see Using Authentication Methods on page 24, Enabli ng plain text Telnet and SSH connections on page 19 and Using security lock-ou[...]

58 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Access right: SCON Access level: APPLIANCEADMIN Syntax SERVER SET [ IP=< ip_address >] [MASK=< subnet > ] [GATEWAY=< gtwy >] Server SNMP command The Server SNMP command enables or disables SNMP UDP port 161 SNMP processing. When you disable SNMP processing, you may still enab le and disable traps w it[...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 59 Syntax SERVER SNMP COMMUNITY [READCOMM=< name >] [WRITECOMM=< name >] [TRAPCOMM=< name >] Server SNMP Manager command The Server SNMP Manager command defines or deletes SNMP management entities. You m ay define up to four managem ent en tities. If you delete all SNM P ma nagers (or never add an[...]

60 CP S Installer/Use r Guide You may indicate the traps to be enabled/disabled by entering a single number, several numbers separated by commas, a range of numbers separated by a dash or a combinations of numbers separated by commas and dashes. You may also type ALL to select all traps in the list or press Enter , which cancels the operation. If y[...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 61 Syntax SERVER SNMP TRAP DESTINATION ADD|DELETE < ip_address > Server SSH command The Server SSH command enable s or disables SSH session access to the CPS appliance and specifies the SSH authenticatio n method. When you enable SSH, all CPS sessions will be terminated if a CPS SSH server key must be genera [...]

62 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Show Commands The Show command has sever al forms, as listed in Table 5. 24. Show Port command The Show Port command displays configuratio n and status information about one or all ports. Access right: SMON Access level: ADMIN or APPLIANCEADMIN Syntax SHOW PORT [< port >|ALL|NAMES] The SHOW PORT NAME S co mmand d[...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 63 Table 5.26 and Table 5.27 list the display fields for a Show Port command that specifies one or all ports. T able 5.26: Show Port Co mmand Display Fields for Console Po rt s Field Cont ent Port Port number . Serial Port Settings Comma-separated string of port values: baud rate, number of bits, parity , stop bits[...]

64 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Show Port Alert command The Show Port Alert command displays a port’s alert strings. Access right: SMON Access level: ADMIN or APPLIANCEADMIN Syntax SHOW PORT < port > ALERT Show Port In|Out command The Show Port In|Out co mmand displays the tr anslation settin gs for all por ts. These translation settings indi[...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 65 Show Server CLI command The Show Server CLI command di splays the serial CLI settings. Access right: SMON Access level: ADMIN or APPLIANCEADMIN Syntax SHOW SERVER CLI Mask Subnet mask (from initial configuration or Server Set command). Gateway Gateway IP address (from initial configuration or Server Set comma nd[...]

66 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Show Server PPP command The Show Server PPP comm and displays the current PPP settings that were configured with the Server PPP command. Access right: SMON Access level: ADMIN or APPLIANCEADMIN Syntax SHOW SERVER PPP Show Server RADIUS command The Show Server RADIUS comm and di splays the curr ent CPS RADIUS settin gs [...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 67 Show Server SNMP command The Show Server SNMP command displays SNMP configu ration information. Access right: SMON Access level: ADMIN or APPLIANCEADMIN Syntax SHOW SERVER SNMP Show User command The Show User command displays information about one or all users. Access right: SMON Access level: ADMIN or APPLIANCE[...]

68 CP S Installer/Use r Guide The Show User command display for one user includes the information in the following table. A Show User All command display includes the information in the fo llowing table. T able 5.32: Show User Comman d Parameter Parameter Description < username >|ALL Username or All, which requests a display of all defined us[...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 69 SPC Command The SPC command changes settings for an SPC device and its sockets. NOTE: This command configures the port for use with the DSView software. For standalone use of the SPC device, this command should not be used, and the CPS po rt to which the SPC is attached should be configured as TD=Console. Access[...]

70 CP S Installer/Use r Guide User Commands The User command has several fo rms, as listed in Table 5.36. User Add command The User Add command adds a new user to the CPS user database. The user database holds a maximum of 64 user definitions. Fo r more information, see Managing User Accounts on page 22 and Access rights and levels on page 23. Acce[...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 71 Examples The following command adds the username JohnD oe, with the p assword secretname, access to ports 2, 5, 6 and 7 and user and monitor access rights. > user add JohnDoe password=secretna me access=P2,5-7,user,smon The following command adds the username JaneDoe, with access to all ports. The name of the[...]

72 CP S Installer/Use r Guide User Delete command The User Delete command removes a username en try from the CPS user database. The username may no longer be used to authenticate a session wi th the CPS appliance. If the specified user is currently logged in, a message is output to the us er, indicating that access is no longer permitted, and the T[...]

Chapter 5: CPS Appliance Commands 73 Syntax USER SE T < username > [PASSWORD=< pwd >] [SSHKEY=< keyfile >] [FTPIP=< ftpadd >] [KEY=< sshkey >] [ACCESS=< access >] [PREEMPT=1|2|3|4] T able 5.40: User Set Command Param eters Parameter Description < username >U s e r n a m e . P ASSWORD=< pwd > New 3-16 [...]

74 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Examples The following command sets the access rights fo r JohnDoe, enabling access to all ports with configuration and monitoring access rights and specifying a preemption level of three. >user set JohnDoe access=pall,scon,s mon pre=3 The following command removes th e server configuration access ri ght for JohnDoe[...]

75 APPENDICES Appendix A: T echnical Specifications T able A.1: CPS 810/1610 Appliance T echnical Specifications Item V alue Device Ports Number 8 (CPS810 appliance); 16 (CPS1610 appliance) T ype Serial ports Connectors Serial port RJ-45 Network Connection Number 1 Ty p e Ethernet: IEEE 802.3, 10BaseT Fast Ethernet: IEEE 802.3U, 100BaseT Connector [...]

76 CP S Installer/Use r Guide T emperature 0 o to 4 0 o Celsius (3 2 o to 104 o Fahrenheit) operating -20 o to +65 o Celsius (-4 o to +149 o Fahrenheit) nonoper ating Humidity 10% to 90% noncondensing Safety and EMC Standa rds FCC P 15 Class A, EN55022, EN61000-3-2, EN61000- 3-3, EN60950, EN55024, ETL (UL 1950), CSA 22.2 No. 950 T able A.1: CPS 810[...]

Appendices 77 Appendix B: Device Cabling Each CPS appliance serial port has an RJ-45 connect or for attaching a serial device. Table B.1 lists the pin assignments. Modular adaptors are available from Avocent to convert RJ-45 modular jacks to stand ard pinout configurations. Adaptors ar e available for use with: • CA T 5 cable. • Serial reversin[...]

78 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Figure B.1 shows the pin assignments for the adaptors li sted in Table B.2. Figure B.1: CA T 5 Cable Ad aptor Pin Assignments 210127 RJ-45 to RJ-45 Male Adaptor for Cisco and Sun Netra console port 750238 CA T 5 Serial S tarter Kit - includes all the above adaptors T able B.2: Adapto rs for Use with CA T 5 Cable (Conti[...]

Appendices 79 Reversing Adaptors and Cables Table B.3 lists the reversing adaptors an d reversing cabl es available from Avocent. Figure B.2 shows the pin assignments for the adaptors li sted in Table B.3. T able B.3: Reversing Adapt ors and Cables Part Number Description 210094 RJ-45 to DB-9M (DTE) Adaptor 210095 RJ-45 to DB-9F (DCE) Adaptor 21009[...]

80 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Figure B.2: Reversing Cable Adapt or Pin Assignment s If you choose to use a non-Avocent reversing cable, m ake sure the cable is reversing, as shown in Figure B.3. 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 RTS DSR CD RD TD GND DTR CTS 7 6 1 2 3 5 4 8 RTS DSR CD RD TD GND DTR CTS RJ-45 8 pin DB-9 DTE 210094 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 RTS DSR CD RD TD GND [...]

Appendices 81 Figure B.3: 8-wire RJ-45 Reversing C able RTS DSR CD RD TD GND DTR CTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 RTS DSR CD RD TD GND DTR CTS 8-WIRE CPS Port Modular Adaptor[...]

82 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Appendix C: Supported T rap s The CPS appliance supports the following MIB2 traps: • authentication Failure • linkUp • linkDown •c o l d S t a r t Table C.1 lists the supported enterprise traps. The Avocent web site, www.avocent.com, contains the complete tr ap MIB. T able C.1: CPS Appliance Ent erprise T raps [...]

Appendices 83 userAuthentication Failure A user failed to authenticate with the CPS appliance. V ariable: username. factoryDefaultsSet The CPS appliance has received a command to set itself to factory default values. (The appliance sends this trap after rece iving the command, but before actually reverting to fact ory default values.) portAl ert Th[...]

84 CP S Installer/Use r Guide SPCSocketReboot Command The Reboot command was issued to an SPC socket. V ariables: command issued by username, server name, SPC location name, CPS appliance port number and SPC socket number . SPCSocketOnSense Failure An SPC socket encountered an on sense failure. V ariables: server name, SPC location name, CPS applia[...]

Appendices 85 Appendix D: Port s Used Table D.1 lists the UDP and TCP port numbers us ed by the CPS appliance. The values assume a default configuration ; some values are configurable. T able D.1: Ports Used by CPS Appliance Port T ype and Numb er U sed for TCP 22 SSH2, if enabled. TCP 23 T elnet. UDP 161 SNMP , if enabled. TCP 321 1 Secure protoco[...]

86 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Appendix E: T echnical Support Our Technical Support staff is ready to assist yo u with any installati on or operating problems you encounter with your Avocent product. If an issue should develo p, follow the steps below for the fastest possible service: 1. Check the pertinent section of the manual to see if the issue [...]

87 A Access rights and levels about 23 changing 24 configuring 24 displaying 24 Adaptors 77 Authentication configuring 26, 57 displaying configuration information 27 , 66 summary 26 types 24 using DSView software 24, 57 See also RADIUS B BootP 7 Buttons 5 C Cabling 77 CLI accessing 35 changing the access character 20, 47, 51 displaying access chara[...]

88 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Show Server 64 Show Server CLI 65 Show Server PPP 66 Show Server RADIUS 66 Show Server Security 66 Show Server SNMP 67 Show User 67 SPC 69 summary 38 syntax 36 User Add 70 User command summary 70 User Delete 72 User Logout 72 User Set 72 User Unlock 74 Configuration IP address and subnet mask 7 serial port setting s 12[...]

Index 89 displaying configuration information 65 I Initial login 9 Installation configuring addresses 7 hardware 6 IP address changing 57 configuring 7 displaying 64 L LEDs 5 Line editing operations ASCII TTY devices 36 VT100 compatibl e devices 35 Lock-out. See Security lock-out Login 9 Logout 47, 72 M Modem. See Dial-in connections Modular adapto[...]

90 CP S Installer/Use r Guide Server Reboot command 56 Server Security command 57 Server Set command 57 Server SNMP command 58 Server SNMP Community com mand 58 Server SNMP Manager comma nd 59 Server SNMP Trap command 59 Server SNMP Trap Destination comm and 60 Server SSH command 61 Session ending 20, 47, 50, 72 preemptio n 21 time-out 21, 47, 51, [...]

Index 91 access rights and le vels 23 adding 22, 70 changing 22, 72 deleting 23, 72 displaying 23, 67 User Add command 70 User command summary 70 User Delete command 72 User Logout command 72 User Set command 72 User Unlock command 74[...]

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