Black Box Secure Device Servers инструкция обслуживания

M a y 2010 LE S 1101 A LE S 1102 A 110 1 a nd 1102 Sec ure Device Ser vers Sec ure ly mon i tor , a cc e ss , and cont ro l th e co mpu ter s, networking dev ices , tel e communica t ions equipment, an d power suppli es in your dat a room or com munica tion s center s . Manag e yo ur servers : • L o ca l l y across yo ur manage ment LAN or throu [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 2 Feder a l Comm unicatio ns Com m ission and Ind ustr y Ca nad a R adio Frequenc y Interfe rence Stat e ments This e quipm ent g enerates , uses, a nd can radiate radio-fre qu ency ener gy, and if no t i nstalled a nd used p roperly , th at is, in st r i ct a cco rd an ce w [...]

FC C a n d IC RFI Sta tem ent s 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 3 No r mas Ofi ciales Mexi canas ( NO M ) Elect ri cal S af ety Stat ement INSTRUC C IONES D E SE GURIDAD 1. T odas l as i n str u cci on es de se gu ri d ad y op eraci ón deberán ser leídas a nt es de que el a par at o eléct rico sea operado. 2. La s i nst r ucc i on es de se g ur [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 4 Trade mar ks Used in thi s Manu a l Black Box and the Doub le Diamond logo are re g istered trademarks of BB Technologies, Inc. Mac is a registered trade mar k o f Apple Co mputers, Inc. Linux is a regi ster e d trade mark o f Linus T orvalds. Internet Explorer, Window s, W[...]

Ta bl e of C o nte n ts 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 5 5 T able of C ontents 1. Sp eci fi c atio n s .............................................................................................................. ............................................................................................ 9 2. Ov e rvi ew ..........................[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 6 6 6.7 SD T Con n ecto r Pu bl ic K e y Au th en ti c atio n ................................................................................... ................................................................. 52 6 .8 S ett in g Up SD T fo r R emo t e D es k top A cc e ss .[...]

Ta bl e of C o nte n ts 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 7 7 11 . S yst e m M an ag em ent .......................................................................................................... .................................................................................... 106 1 1 .1 S y st e m A d m in ist r at io n an d R es et ...........[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 8 8 15 .6 .4 In st al lin g S SH Pu b lic K eys A u th ent i ca t ion ( Linu x ) ..................................................................... ....................................................... 148 15.6. 5 G enerating Public/Pri vate Keys for SSH (Windows) ......[...]

C h a pt er 1 : S p e cif icat i o ns 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 9 1 . S pecificat ions CPU: MIcrel KS8695P controller Memo r y: 16 MB SDRAM, 8 MB Flas h Seri a l Baud Ra tes: 2400 to 115 ,200 bps Connectors: LES 1101 A: (1) DB9 R S-232 serial, ( 1 ) RJ -45 10/100BASE-T Ethernet; LES1102A: (2) DB9 R S-232 serial, (1) RJ-45 10/100BASE-T Ethern e[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 10 2. Ov er vi e w 2 . 1 I nt roduct ion This U ser’s M anual w alks you through insta lling and c on fi gu ring your B lack Bo x Sec u re D evice Se rver s (L ES1101A or LES 1102A ). Ea ch o f th es e products is referre d to ge n erically in this manual a s a “ console [...]

C h a pt er 2 : Ov ervi e w 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 11 devices ; and c on trol these devices u sing t h e speci fied serv ices (f o r example, Te lnet, HH TPS, RD P, IP M I, Se rial over L AN, Po w er Control). An au th o r i zed User a ls o ha s a li mit e d v ie w of t he Ma na ge me nt C ons ole a nd c a n onl y acc e ss a ut hor iz e d c[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 12 Table 2 -1. LES 1101A front-pan el c ompon ents. Number Component Description ` 1 Barrel connect o r Power 2 RJ- 45 c onn ect o r Li n ks to 10/100 Mbps Ether n et 3 J1 jum p er Select s R S-232, RS-485, R S- 422 4 RJ- 45 LED Et hernet Connectivity LED 5 R J-4 5 Eth e rn e[...]

C h a pt er 2 : Ov ervi e w 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 13 2.5. 3 LES 1102A F r o nt Pane l Fi gu re 2 -4 shows t h e front p anel o f t h e LES 1102A . Ta b le 2 -3 d escribes i ts components. Fi gu re 2-4. LES1102A front panel. Table 2 -3. LES 1102A front-pan el c ompon ents. Number Component Description 1 Barrel connect o r Power 2 8-posit io[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 14 2 . 6 W hat ’s Inclu d ed Your package should include the following items. If anyt h ing is missing o r damaged, contact Black Box Technica l Support at 724- 746-5500 or info @ b l a ckb o x . co m . 2.6. 1 LES 1101A • 1101 Secure D evice Server • Universal input 12-[...]

Ch a p t er 3: Ins tallation 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 15 3 . Ins ta lla t ion Make s ure you h ave every thing l isted in Cha pter 2, Section 2.6 for your 1101 o r 1102 Secure Device Server. 3.1 P o we r C on ne c ti o n The LES 1101A or LES1102A m od els are ea ch supplied w i th a n exter n al DC wall m oun t pow er s upp l y. T his power s[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 16 Table 3-1. RS-232 DB9 connector pinouts. Signal Pi n Definition CD 1 Receive d Line Signal D etect o r RXD 2 Receive d Data TXD 3 Tran s mi tt ed D at a D T R 4 D ata Te r mi na l Re ady GND 5 Si gn al Ground DSR 6 Data Set Ready RTS 7 Request T o Send CTS 8 Cl ear T o Sen[...]

Ch a p t er 3: Ins tallation 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 17 We b m anagement cons o le. Two short cable loops ar e als o required b etwee n the RX+/T X + pin s and RX -/T X - pin s. This is b eca u se the LES1102A uses universa l di fferentia l transceiver s that support 4-wire (RS- 422 ) and 2-wire (RS-485) op eration. In R S-485 mode, P ort 2 [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 18 4 . System Co nfigurati on Th i s chapter provi d es ste p -by-ste p i n struct ions for t h e console server’s i n itial c onfigurati on , and f or connecting it to t h e Ma na ge me nt or Ope ra t i ona l LAN . Th e Administrator must: • A cti va te t he Ma na ge me [...]

C h a pt er 4 : S ystem C o nf i g ur ati o n 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 19 Fi gu re 4-1. Run screen. No w add a s ta t ic en tr y to the AR P tab l e an d ping th e console server to ass ign the IP a dd ress t o th e c on sole server . I n t h e example b el o w, a con sol e se rver has a MAC Address 00:13:C6:00:02:0F (designate d on the label[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 20 You will be prompted to log in. Enter t h e d efa u lt administ r ation user na me a nd adminis tra ti on passw ord: Username: r oot Passw ord: default F i gur e 4- 2. Lo gin sc re e n. NOTE: C onsole ser ver s are fac tory c onfigured w ith HTTPS acce ss enable d and HTTP[...]

C h a pt er 4 : S ystem C o nf i g ur ati o n 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 21 F igure 4-4. System : Ad mi n istra tion scree n . 1. Sel ect Syste m: Administra tion. 2. E nter a new System Pass word t h en re-e nter it in Confirm Sys t em Pass wo rd. T h is is t h e new pa ssword f o r r oo t, t h e ma in adminis trative user account, so choose a[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 22 F i gur e 4- 5. IP Se t ti ngs sc r ee n. I f y ou s e lec te d DHCP , t he co n sol e s e r v er wi ll lo ok f or c onf ig ura ti on d et ai ls fr om a D HCP se rv e r on y our ma na ge me nt L AN. T hi s sel e ct ion au to m ati c al ly di s ab l es an y s t at i c ad d [...]

C h a pt er 4 : S ystem C o nf i g ur ati o n 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 23 Fi gure 4-6. Sys t em: Se rvices scree n. Sel e c t th e S y s t em: S e rv i c es op tio n , th en s e l ec t /d es e l ec t fo r the se r vi c e to b e en ab l ed /d i s ab led . Th e fo l lo w i ng a c c es s pro to co l options are availa b le: • H T TP S : Th i s[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 24 • Base: The cons o le ser ver us e s spe c if i c d e f aul t r an g e s fo r th e TC P/ I P po r t s fo r th e v a rio u s a c c e ss ser v ic e s tha t Users and A d m in ist ra to r s can u se t o access d evices attac hed t o seria l po rts (as covere d in Cha pte r [...]

C h a pt er 4 : S ystem C o nf i g ur ati o n 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 25 4.5. 2 P uTTY You ca n also use c om municati on s p ackages l i ke Pu TTY to co nn e c t to th e c ons ol e s e rve r command l ine (and to c onnect seria lly attac h ed device s as co v er ed in Chapter 5 ). Pu T TY is a f reew are i mpleme n tation of Te lnet a nd SS[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 26 5 . Se ria l Port, Host, Devi ce, and User Co nfig urat io n The Black Box LES1101A and LES1102A co n so l e s e r v er en abl e s a c c e ss an d con t rol of s er i al ly a tt a ch ed d ev i c es an d n etw o rk a t t ach ed d e vi c e s ( ho sts ). Th e Adm inis trator [...]

Chap te r 5 : S e ri al Po r t, Ho s t, De vi ce, and Us e r Con figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 27 F igure 5-2. Serial port scree n . Select Serial & Netw o rk: Seria l Port and y ou wil l see the c u rre n t la b els, modes, logging levels , and R S-232 protocol options th at are curre n tly s et up fo r each se rial port. By d e[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 28 Be fo r e pro ce ed ing w i th fu rth e r s e ri a l p o r t co n figu rat io n , con n ect t h e po r t s to th e s e ri a l d e v ic e s th e y w ill b e co n t ro l lin g , an d make sure they have matchi ng sett ings. NOTE: The serial ports are all set at th e factory [...]

Chap te r 5 : S e ri al Po r t, Ho s t, De vi ce, and Us e r Con figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 29 F i gur e 5- 5. Wi nd ows fe a tur es sc ree n. If th e re mo te co m mu ni c a tio n s a r e tu n n e le d wi th SDT Conn ect o r , the n y ou can us e Tel net to sec urel y acce ss these a ttached d evices (refer to the No t e b e low [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 30 F i gur e 5- 6. P uTT Y Co nfi gur a ti on sc re e n. Pu T TY can b e downloaded at http://www.tucows.c o m/preview/ 19 5286.html SSH: We recomme nd that you u se SSH as t he protocol wh ere t h e Use r or Adm inistrato r co n n ect s to the cons o le server ( o r connect [...]

Chap te r 5 : S e ri al Po r t, Ho s t, De vi ce, and Us e r Con figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 31 TCP: RAW TC P allo w s connect ion s directly to a TCP socket. Comm unicat ions prog rams like Pu T TY also support RAW TCP. You would usually access t hi s pr otoc ol v ia a c us tom a ppl ic at io n. For RAW TCP, the d efault port addr[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 32 F i gur e 5- 9. S DT se tt i ngs . F or conf igurati on details , refer to Chapte r 6. 4—U si ng SDT C on nec to r to Te l ne t or SS H co nne ct t o de v ice s t ha t a re se ri a lly at tac he d t o th e c ons ole se rver . 5.1. 4 De vi ce (R PC , UP S, E M D ) M o de [...]

Chap te r 5 : S e ri al Po r t, Ho s t, De vi ce, and Us e r Con figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 33 Fi gu re 5-12. Serial bri d ge setti ng s. Se le ct Se ri al Br id gi ng Mo de a nd s pec ify t he IP a ddr es s of t he Server c onsol e server and th e TCP port address o f th e remote seria l por t (for R FC2217 bri dg ing this w ill [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 34 5.2 A d d/ Ed it Us er s Th e Adm inis trator u s es thi s m enu s el e ctio n to s e t up , ed it , an d d e le t e us er s , an d to d e fin e th e ac ce s s perm i ss ion s fo r e a ch of th e s e use rs . Fi gu re 5 -15. Users and Groups sc reen. Users ca n be a ut hor[...]

Chap te r 5 : S e ri al Po r t, Ho s t, De vi ce, and Us e r Con figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 35 Fi gu re 5-16. Add a n ew user screen. Click Add User to add a n ew user . Add a U sern ame a nd a c on firm ed Pass word for eac h new user. You may also incl ud e informati on related t o t h e user (f o r exa mp le, c on ta ct de ta i[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 36 5.3 A ut h en ti c at io n Re fe r to Ch apt er 9. 1 —Au thenticati on Configuration for authenticat ion configurat ion details. 5 . 4 N e tw or k Ho st s To acces s a locally networked com pu ter or device (refe rred to as a Host ), you must identi fy the Ho st and spec[...]

Chap te r 5 : S e ri al Po r t, Ho s t, De vi ce, and Us e r Con figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 37 5 .5 T rusted Ne tw orks Th e T ru st ed N etw o r ks fac i l it y gi v e s yo u an op t io n to no min a t e sp ec if i c IP add r es s e s wh er e us e r s ( Administra tors and Us e rs ) mus t be lo c ated to acce ss c ons ole se rve [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 38 Fi gu re 5 -19. Serial Por t re dir ecti on. This s erial port redirector s oftwar e is loaded i n your d esktop PC, a nd it al lows you to use a serial device t h at’s c onn ecte d t o the re mote c ons ole se rver as if it were co nn ected to y our l o cal s eria l por[...]

Chap te r 5 : S e ri al Po r t, Ho s t, De vi ce, and Us e r Con figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 39 • Select t h e connecti on type for the new connecti on (Serial, Netw o rk Host, UPS, or R PC) and th en select the specific connecti on from the pr esented list of confi gu red un all ocated hosts/ports/ ou tlets. T o a dd a n ew net [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 40 6 . S ecur e S SH Tu nn e l in g a nd S D T Conn ecto r Each B l ack Bo x c on sole se rver h as a n embedded SSH serve r and u ses SS H tunnel ing so rem o te users ca n sec ur ely connect t h rough th e c ons ole server to Managed D evice s—usi ng text-base d cons o le[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 41 • Usi ng SDT t o IP connect t o hosts t hat are se rially attac h ed t o the c on sole server (Section 6. 1 0). 6 .1 Co nfig uring for SS H Tunnelin g to H osts To set up the c on sole server to SS H tunnel to access a network at tached ho st: Add the [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 42 O nc e the i nst a ll er c om pl et es yo u wi l l hav e a wor k in g SD T Co nne cto r c l ie nt i ns ta ll e d o n y our ma c hi ne a nd a n ic on on y ou r des k t op : Fi gu re 6 -3. S D T connector ic on. Cli c k th e SD T Co nn e c tor ico n on you r d es k to p to s[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 43 F i gur e 6- 5. N ew S DT Gat e way sc re e n. O r, e nte r a De sc r i pti ve Na me t o dis pl ay i nst ea d of t he I P o r DN S add re ss , a nd a ny Not es or a Des c ri pti on o f t his gat e way (s uc h as it s firmwa re versi on, site location, or[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 44 F i gur e 6- 7. Ho sts . NOTE: The Retrieve Hosts function will auto-confi gu re all us er class es (th at is, th ey can be members of user or admin or som e o th er group or no group. S D T Connect o r will not auto-confi gu re the r oo t (a nd we recommend t h at y ou on[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 45 F i gur e 6- 9. Ne w S DT Hos t sc ree n. E n t er t he IP or DNS Hos t Ad dre s s of the hos t (i f t his is a D NS a ddr es s , it mus t be a ble t o be re s ol ve d by t he gat e way ). Select which Services to use to access t h e n ew host. A range o[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 46 Select which Client a ppli cati on is associa ted wit h the n ew service. A range of c l ient a pp licati on options are p re-c on figured i n the d efau lt SDT Connector ( R D P client, VNC cl ient , HTTP browser, HTTPS browser, Telnet clie n t, etc.) . I f you w ant to a[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 47 Fi gu re 6-13. Edit port r edire ction. NOTES: SDT Connect o r ca n als o tunnel UDP services. SDT Connector tunnels t h e UDP traf fi c t h rough t h e T C P SSH re d irect ion, so i t is a “t u nnel with in a tu nn el .” Enter t h e UD P port wh er[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 48 Enter a Comm and Li n e ass ociated w i th la un chi ng the c lient a pplic ati on . S DT Connector ty p i cal ly la un ches a c li ent using com m and li n e ar gu ments t o point it at t h e l o cal e ndpo int o f the re direction. T h ere are three special key words for[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 49 6 . 3 SD T Conn ecto r t o Ma n a g e m e nt Con so l e You ca n also configure S D T Connect o r f o r b rowser acce ss t o the cons ol e serve r’s Management Con sole —and f o r Tel n et or SS H acces s to th e command l ine. F o r these connection[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 50 Fi gu re 6-18. Add po rt redirection. Assumi ng you have a lready se t up t h e tar g et c on sole se rver as a gateway i n your S D T Connector c lient (with u sername/pass wo rd et c) , select this gat eway a nd cl ick t h e H o st i co n to crea te a host. O r, se lec t[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 51 F i gur e 6- 19. Ou t- of - ba nd a c ce ss . To co n fi g ur e SD T Co n n ec to r for O o B a cc e s s: When a dd ing a n ew Gateway o r e d iti ng an existi ng Gateway se lect t h e Out O f Band ta b. Enter t he secondary , OoB IP address o f the g at[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 52 Fi gu re 6 -20. OoB connecti on using SDT c onnector. When y ou c onn ect t o a se rvice on a host be h ind the c onso le se rver, o r to t h e cons o le serve r itself , SDT Connect o r will initiate t h e OoB connection usi ng the p rovided Star t Comm and. T h e OoB c o[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 53 SDT Connector will now u se public key aut h enticati on wh en connecting through the SSH gateway (con sole serve r) . You m ay have to restar t SDT Connector t o shut dow n any exi sting tunnels that were esta b lished using password a uth enticat ion. [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 54 Fi gu re 6-23. Remote D eskt op Us ers dial og bo x. To set the user(s) who can remotely access t he system with RDP, click A dd on the R emote Desktop Users di al og bo x. NOTE: If you need to set up n ew users for Remote Desktop access, o pen User Accounts in the Control[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 55 In Co m pu t e r , en t er t h e ap p rop r i at e I P A d d r es s and Po rt N u m b er : Where there is a direct l o cal o r e n terprise V PN connect ion, enter the IP Address of t h e cons o le server, and t h e Port Numb er of the SDT Sec ure Tunnel[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 56 You ca n use GUI front end tools l ike the GNOME Ter m inal Services Cl i ent t sclient t o c on figure and launc h the r d eskt op clie n t. (U sin g t s cl ien t al so ena bles you to store multiple configurati ons o f rdesktop for connecti on to m any servers. ) F i gur[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 57 RealVNC ht tp:/ /www .realvnc.c om is fully cr o ss-platf o rm, so a desktop running on a Linux mac h ine may b e displayed on a Windows PC, on a Solar is machine, or on any numb er of other a rchitectu res. There is a Windows ser ver, all owing y ou to [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 58 • E d i t / home/username/.v n c/xsta rtup if y ou want a mo re a d vanced se ssion than j u st t wm and a n xterm. F or M aci nt os h s erv er s (a nd cl ie nts ): OSX vn c h ttp : / /w w w . r ed s ton e so ftw ar e .co m/ vn c .ht m l i s a ro bu st , fu l l-f e atu r[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 59 F i gur e 6- 29. IP a ddr es s of co nso le s er ve r uni t. To establish t h e V NC connecti on , s i mply acti vate t h e VNC Viewer software on the Vie w er PC a nd enter the pass word. Fi gu re 6-30. V NC authenticati on . NOTE: F o r ge n eral backg[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 60 6.10. 1 Es tab l is h a PPP Conn ect ion b e t w e e n t h e Hos t C OM P o r t a nd Con so l e S e r v e r (T his ste p is on ly n ece ssary f or seria lly c onnecte d co mputers. ) Firs t, physical ly connect the CO M port on th e ho st computer you w ant to access to th[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 61 Fi gu re 6-32. User permi ssi on s. Specify which Users will be al lowed to u se t h is connecti on. This s ho uld b e t h e same Users who w ere give n Remote Deskt op access p riv il eg es in th e ea rlier ste p . Click Next. On the Network Conn ecti o[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 62 NOTES (continued): T h e c onsole server default Username is port XX where X X is t h e se rial po rt numb er o n the c on sole server . Th e d e f au l t Pa s swo rd i s p o r t XX To use the d efa u lts for a RDP connection to the serial port 2 on the console server, you[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 63 F igure 6 -35. S D T sett ings scree n. N OT E: Wh en y ou e na ble S DT, i t wi l l ov er r i de al l ot he r C onf ig ura t i on p rot oc ol s o n t hat por t. NOTE: If you leave the Username and U ser Passwor d fiel d s blank, they default t o po rt X[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 64 Fi gu re 6-36. PuTTY Con figuration screen. In th e S e s sio n men u , en ter th e I P ad d res s of th e co n s ol e se r v er in t h e Ho s t N am e or IP ad d res s fi eld . For dial-in connect ions, t h is I P address will b e t h e L o cal Add ress t h at y ou assi g[...]

Chap te r 6: Se c u re SS H Tun nel ing and SD T Con nec to r 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 65 F i gur e 6- 37. Se t de st i nat io n. If y our destinati on computer is serially c onnected to t h e c on sole se rver, set the Desti n ati on as <port la bel>:3389. F o r example , if the Labe l you specif ied on th e serial port on the console [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 66 NOTE: How secure is VNC? VNC access general ly allows access to your whole com pu ter, s o securi ty is very import ant. VNC uses a ra ndo m challe ng e-res ponse system to provide t h e basic authentica tion that a llows y ou to c onn ect t o a VNC server . This is reason[...]

Chap ter 7: A le r t s a nd Loggi ng 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 67 7 . Alerts and L og gin g This c h apter describes t h e alert g enerat ion and loggi ng feat u res of t h e con sol e se r v er . Th e Al ert fa ci li t y m o ni to rs th e se ri al po rts , all lo g ins , an d th e power status, and sends e m ails, SMS, Nagi o s, o r SNMP al e[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 68 You may als o e n ter a Use rname an d Pa ssword if the SMTP ser ver re quires aut h enticat ion. You ca n spec ify t he s pecif ic Subject L ine tha t w ill b e sen t wi th th e em ai l. Click Apply to a c ti v a te SM T P . 7.1. 2 S MS A l er ts Th e co ns ol e s e rve r[...]

Chap ter 7: A le r t s a nd Loggi ng 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 69 To con fi g ur e fo r SN M P v3 , yo u wil l ne ed to en t er an ID and au th en ti c a tio n p as sw o rd an d co n t ac t in fo r m at io n for th e lo c al Admin istrator (in th e Securit y Name ). Click Apply to a c ti v a te SN M P. F igure 7-3. S N MP ale rts. NOTE: All co[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 70 Select Aler ts & Logging: A lerts, which will display all the alerts c u rre n tly confi gured. C lick Add Aler t. 7.2. 1 A d d a Ne w Al er t Th e f ir s t s t ep is to sp e ci f y th e al er t se r vi c e th a t th is e v en t wil l us e fo r s end in g n o tifi ca t[...]

Chap ter 7: A le r t s a nd Loggi ng 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 71 F igure 7-6. Gen eral a lert ty pes. Seri a l Port Signal A lert —This ale rt will b e tr iggered when t h e s p ecifie d si gn al c h anges state a nd applies to serial port s only. You must s p ecify t h e partic ul ar S ignal Type (D SR, DCD o r CTS) trigger cond ition and [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 72 F i gur e 7- 8. Se ri al port pat te r n mat ch a ler t . UPS Power S tat u s A lert — T his al er t wi ll be tr ig ger e d w he n t he UP S p owe r s ta tus c ha nge s be t wee n o n l ine , o n ba t te ry , a nd l ow ba tt er y. T his stat u s will only b e monitore d [...]

Chap ter 7: A le r t s a nd Loggi ng 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 73 7 .3 Re mote Log S torage Bef ore acti vating Serial or Network Port Logging on any port or U PS logging, you must specify where those l og s are to b e saved: Select the A lerts & Loggin g : Port Log me nu option and s p ecify the Server Type to u s e , an d th e d e t ai l[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 74 Level 2 L og s al l da ta tra n sferre d t o and f rom the port. Click Add th en c li c k App ly.[...]

Chap te r 8 : Powe r Manage men t 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 75 8 . Power Ma nage m ent Black Box co n sol e se r v er s ma na ge em be dde d s of twa re t hat y ou c an u se to ma na ge c onne ct e d P owe r Di str i but io n Sy s te ms (P DU s), IP MI de vic e s, a nd Uninterrupti ble Power S upp lies ( U PSs) s uppl ied b y a nu mber of ve n[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 76 Click Add RPC . Connected Via pre se nts a l i st o f se ria l p or ts a nd ne tw or k H ost c onn ec ti ons t ha t y ou h av e se t u p wi t h de vi ce t y pe RP C ( but have y et t o c on nec t to a s p ec ific RP C device ): When you select Connect Via f o r a N etwork [...]

Chap te r 8 : Powe r Manage men t 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 77 F i gur e 8- 3. RP C des c ri pti ons . En te r th e User na me and Pa ssword u s ed to log in i nto th e R PC (N o t e th at th es e log in c r ed en t i al s ar e no t r el a t ed to th e Users a nd a c ce s s pr iv ile ges y ou co nf i gur e d i n Serial & N etworks: Users &[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 78 The ou tl et s tatus is displayed a nd you can init iat e t h e Ac ti on y ou want t o take by selec ting the appr op riate ic on: Turn ON Turn OFF Cycle Status You will only be pr esente d with ic on s for tho se operati on s that are supporte d by the Target y ou hav e s[...]

Chap te r 8 : Powe r Manage men t 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 79 Fi gu re 8 -5. Connecti ng to re mo te UPS. 8 .2 .1 Ma n aged U PS Co nnec tions A Managed UPS is a UP S th at is di r e ct ly co nn e ct ed as a M an ag ed De vi c e to th e con so l e s e r v er . You can connect i t via serial or USB cabl e o r by th e ne tw o rk. Th e co n sol [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 80 Seria l and net wo rk c onn ected UPSes must firs t be c onn ecte d to, a n d c onf igure d t o communicat e with the console se rver: Fo r seria l U PSes attac h the U PS to the selec ted serial port on the console s erv er . Fr om the Serial and Ne twork: Serial Po rt me[...]

Chap te r 8 : Powe r Manage men t 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 81 F i gur e 8- 8. A dd ma na ge d UPS sc ree n. Select if the UPS w ill be Connected Via USB, over a pre-c on figured ser ial po rt, or via SNMP/HTTP/HTTPS over the preconfi gured n etwork Host connecti on. When y ou sele ct a netw o rk UPS connecti on, then the c o rres ponding Host[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 82 Click New Op tion s in Dr i ver Op ti ons if yo u ne e d t o s et dr ive r -s pec if ic op ti ons f or yo ur s e le cte d N UT dr ive r a nd ha r dwa re c om bi na tio n (mo re detai ls at h tt p ://www.networkupstools .org/do c ). Fi gu re 8-9. New op tion scree n . Check[...]

Chap te r 8 : Powe r Manage men t 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 83 En te r th e I P Add re ss or DNS name of t he re m ot e console serv er * th at i s ma na gi ng t he re mot e UP S . ( *T his ma y be a not her Bla ck Box co n sol e s e r v er or i t may be a g eneric Li nu x server r unning Network U PS Tools. ) NOTE: An exam ple where ce n tral[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 84 Fi gu re 8-11. UPS g raph. Cl i c k o n an y p ar t i cu l a r All Data for any U PS Sys tem in t h e ta ble for more stat us a nd confi gu rati on informati on about t h e sele cted UPS Syste m. Select UPS Logs a nd y ou wi l l be pr es e nt e d wi th t he l og ta ble of [...]

Chap te r 8 : Powe r Manage men t 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 85 Fi gu re 8-13 . NU T. N UT is b ui l t o n a ne tw ork e d m ode l w it h a l ay ere d sc he me o f dr ive rs , se rve r a nd c li e nts : Th e dr iver p ro g ram s t al k d i r e ct l y to th e U PS eq u ipm en t an d run o n th e sa m e ho st a s th e N U T n et wo r k s e r ver [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 86 C e ntr al ma na ge me nt of mu lt ipl e NUT se rv er s : A c e ntra l NUT c l ie nt c a n m on it or m ult i ple NU T s e rv er s t ha t may be di str i bute d t hr ou gho ut the d a ta center, across a campus, or around t h e w o rld. NUT supports the more c omp lex pow [...]

Chap te r 9 : Au then t ic a ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 87 9 . Aut henticati on Th e co ns ol e s e rve r is a dedica ted Linux computer with a myria d of popular a nd proven Li nux software modules for net wor king, secure acces s (OpenSSH), and communicati on s ( Op enSSL), and s ophisticated u ser aut h enticati on (P A M , RAD IUS, T [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 88 F i gur e 9- 2. T ACA CS sc re e n. En te r th e Se rver Addre ss (IP or ho st nam e) of the remote Auth enticat ion /Authorizati on server. M ultip le rem o te serve rs may be specif ie d in a c om ma-se parate d l ist. Ea ch server is t ried in s u cces sion. In a dditio[...]

Chap te r 9 : Au then t ic a ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 89 RADIUS: T h e Rem o te Au thenticati on Di al-I n User Service (RADIUS) prot o col was developed by L ivingston En te rprise s as a n access s erver authenti cation and acc oun ti ng protocol. T h e RA DIUS server ca n support a variety o f methods t o authenticate a user. W h en [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 90 Example 2: Use r Be n is onl y def i ne d on t he T AC ACS s er ve r, w hic h sa ys he has ac ce ss to p or ts 5 a nd 6 . Wh en he a tte m pts t o l og i n, a ne w us e r will be cr ea te d f or h im , a nd h e wi ll be a bl e t o acc e ss po rt s 5 a nd 6. If th e T AC AC[...]

Chap te r 9 : Au then t ic a ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 91 9 .3 SSL Certifi cat e Th e co ns ol e s e rve r u ses t h e Sec ur e S o cket Laye r (SSL) protocol f o r enc rypted n etwork tra ffic betwee n itself a nd a connecte d user. When esta bli shi ng the c onn ecti on , the c onsole server has t o ex po se its iden tity to the use r?[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 92 Select System: SS L Certific ate and fi ll o u t th e f i eld s a s exp l ain ed b elo w: Common name T his is the netwo rk n ame of the co n sol e s e r v er o n ce it is in s t al l ed in th e n et w or k (u su a ll y th e fu ll y q u al if i ed d o m ain n am e). I t i [...]

Chap te r 9 : Au then t ic a ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 93 F i gur e 9- 6. Up l oa d bu tt on. Aft e r co m pl e tin g th es e st ep s , th e console se rver h as i ts o w n c er ti f ic a te th at i s u s ed fo r id en ti f yin g th e console s erver t o its users. NOTE: You can find inf o rmati o n on issuing certif icates and co n figu[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 94 1 0 . N agios Integra tio n Nagios is a pow erful, hi gh ly exte n sible open source t o ol for monitori ng n etwork hosts and servic es. The core N agi o s soft w are packag e w ill typically be insta ll ed on a server or virtual serve r, th e central Nagios server. Console se rver s operate in conjunc[...]

C h a pt er 1 0 : N a g i os I nt e gr at i o n 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 95 1 0 .2 Centra l Mana ge ment and S etting Up S D T for Na gios T he Bla ck Box Na gi os s olu ti on ha s th re e pa rts : t he Ce nt ra l Na gi os ser ve r, Dis tr i but e d Bla ck Box cons o le ser ver s, and th e SD T fo r N ag io s so f tw a re . F i gur e 10 - 2. [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 96 2. Run the SDT for N agi o s Configuration Wizard on the centra l N agios server (Section 10.2. 1 — Set up SDT N agios on central N agi o s server) an d pe rf or m a ny a ddi ti ona l c on fi gu rat i on ta sk s. 3. Install SDT Connector on eac h client. . 1 0 .2 .1 Se t[...]

C h a pt er 1 0 : N a g i os I nt e gr at i o n 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 97 Click Apply. Next, y ou must c on figure the attached Wi ndo w n etwork host a nd specify t h e ser vic es y ou will b e c h ecking w ith Na gi os (HTTP a nd H TTPS): Select N etwork Hosts f rom the Seria l & N etwork menu and click Add Ho st. Enter t he I P Addr [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 98 F i nal ly, y ou ne e d t o a dd a User for t h e clie n t r unn ing S D T Connector: Select Us ers & Gr ou ps from th e Se r i al & N e two r k me nu. Click Add U s er. In U sername , ente r: sd tn ag io su s er , then enter and confirm a Password. In A c c ess ib[...]

C h a pt er 1 0 : N a g i os I nt e gr at i o n 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 99 10.3. 2 En ab le N R PE M o ni to r in g Figu r e 1 0 -5 . N R PE m on i to ri ng s tru c tu re. Enabli ng NR PE a llows y ou to exec ute pl ug -ins (s u ch as c h eck_tc p and c h eck_ping ) on the remote C o n so l e s e r v er to mo n i to r s er i al o r n e tw o [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 100 Re f er t o t he sa m ple Na gi os c onf ig ura ti on s ec t i on be low fo r s ome ex a mpl e s of c onf ig ur i ng s pec if ic NS CA che cks . 1 0 .3 . 4 Co nfig ure S elected Ser ia l Ports for Nagios Mo nito ring Th e i nd i v i du al S er i al Po r t s co n n ec ted [...]

C h a pt er 1 0 : N a g i os I nt e gr at i o n 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 101 ho st_ n ame Bla ck Box a lias C onsole server address 192. 168 .254.147 } ; Ma nag ed Host defi n e host{ use g eneric -host ho st_ n ame se rver a lias se rver address 192. 168 .254.227 } ; NRPE d aemon on g ateway de fi ne c omma nd { c om ma nd _ name c hec k_ nr[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 102 check_c omm and check_ po rt_l og } de fin e s e r vic e { se rv i ce_ des c ri pti on p or t- l og- se rve r hos t_name server use generic -service check_c omm and check_ po rt_l og active_ checks_enable d 0 passive_ checks_enable d 1 } de fin e s e r vi c ed ep en d en [...]

C h a pt er 1 0 : N a g i os I nt e gr at i o n 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 103 use generic -service check_c o mmand check_c onn _via_ B lack Box !t cp !2 2 active_ checks_enable d 0 passive_ checks_enable d 1 } de fin e s e r vi c ed ep en d en cy{ n a m e Black Box _n rp e_d a emo n _d ep host_ n am e Black Box depe nd ent_ ho st_name se rver [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 104 1 0 .4 . 4 Distrib uted Mo nito ring U sage Scenarios Bel o w ar e a number of distribute d mon itoring Nagios scenarios: Lo ca l o f fi ce In th i s scen ario , th e c ons ole se rv er is set up t o m on itor ea ch managed devic e’s c on sole. Configure it t o make a n[...]

C h a pt er 1 0 : N a g i os I nt e gr at i o n 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 105 Remote sit e with restric tive f irewa ll In th i s s cen a rio , th e ro l e o f th e co nsol e se r ver will va r y. On e aspect may b e t o upload c h eck resu l ts t h rough NSCA. Another m ay be t o provi d e a n SSH tunnel to allow the N agios server t o run NR[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 106 1 1 . Syste m Manage m ent Thi s ch ap t e r d e s cr ib e s h o w th e Administrat or can p erform a ra ng e of g eneral c onsol e ser ver sy s t em ad mi n i str at ion an d con fig u r at io n t a s ks su ch a s: • Applying So ft an d Ha r d R ese t s to th e g at e [...]

Chap te r 1 1: S y s te m M anage men t 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 107 Th e har d e rase wil l clear al l c u stom sett ings and re turn t h e unit back to factory de fault sett ings ( i. e. the IP a ddress wil l be re set to 1 9 2 .1 6 8 .0 .1 ). You wil l be pr o mpted to log i n and must e n ter the d efault ad m inistrat ion username a nd a[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 108 Cli ck A p p l y an d th e console server applia n ce w ill perf o rm a soft re b oot a nd star t upgradi ng t h e fir mw are. T his process will take severa l mi n utes. Af ter the firmware upgrade complete s, click here to ret u rn to th e Mana g ement Cons ole. Your co[...]

Chap te r 1 1: S y s te m M anage men t 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 109 Fi gu re 11-6. Conf igurat ion b ackup screen. With a ll cons o le server s , you ca n save the backup f i le re mo tely on your P C and y ou can res tore confi gu rati on s from re mote locations: C li ck Sa ve Ba ck up i n t he Re mot e C onf i gur a ti on Bac k up m e nu.[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 110 1 2 . St atus Reports Thi s ch ap t e r de s cr i b e s th e da sh b o ard f e atu r e an d th e s t atu s rep o r ts th at ar e a v a il ab le : • P o rt Access and Active U sers • Statist ics • Support Reports • Sysl o g • Dashboard Ot h er s tatus re po rts t[...]

Chap te r 1 2: S ta tu s R e po rt s 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 111 Figu r e 1 2-2 . S t ati st i cs st a tu s. You ca n find detai led statist i cs re po rts by selec ting t he various s ub menus. 1 2 . 3 Suppo r t R e po r t s The S uppo r t R eport p rovi d es u seful stat u s inf o rmati on that w ill ass ist the B lack Bo x Tec hnical Supp[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 112 12.4 S ys l o g The Li nu x Sys tem Logger i n the c ons ole se rv er m ain t ain s a r eco rd o f a ll sy s t em me ss ag es an d e rro r s: Select St at us : Sys l og You c an re direct the sysl og recor d to a remote Sysl og Serve r: En te r th e re m o te Sy slog Serv[...]

Chap te r 1 2: S ta tu s R e po rt s 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 113 1 2 . 5 . 1 Con f i gu r ing th e D a s hbo a rd O nly use rs wh o a re mem be rs of t he ad m in g roup (and the root us er ) ca n c onf i gure a nd a c ce ss t he da s hb oar d. T o c onf i gu re a cus t om d as hb oa r d: Select System: Con figure Da shboard a nd select t h [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 114 To configure what is to be displaye d b y each widget: Go to the Conf igure widgets pa ne l a nd c onf ig ure ea c h s el ec te d wi dge t ( for e xa mp le , spe c if y wh ic h UP S s ta t us is t o be di s pla ye d o n t he up s widget or t he max i mum num be r of Ma na[...]

Chap te r 1 3: Man agemen t 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 115 1 3 . Manage ment Th e co ns ol e s e rve r ha s a s mal l n um ber of Manage r e por ts a nd t ool s t hat a re a va il a ble to bot h Administrat o r s a nd Users : • Access and contr ol authorized devices. • V ie w se ri a l po rt l ogs a nd h os t lo gs f or t hose dev ic e s. ?[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 116 Fi gu re 1 3-3. P o rt logs. To d i sp l a y Ho st log s , sel e c t Manage : Host L og s a nd t he H ost to be d is pl aye d. 1 3 . 3 Se r i a l P o r t T e rm in a l Conn ect i on Adm inistra tor and Use rs can communicate direct ly with the cons o le server c om ma nd [...]

Chap te r 1 3: Man agemen t 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 117 NOTE: You must insta ll SDT Conn ector on t h e com pu ter you are browsing fr om and a dd and t h e c ons ole ser ve r as a gateway as d etai led in Cha pter 6. The al ternate to u s ing S D T Connect o r and y ou r l o cal t elnet c li ent is to run t h e open s ource jcter m java te [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 118 1 4 . Co nfiguration fr om the Comma nd Line Fo r those who p refer to configure t h eir co n so l e s e r v er at t he Li nu x c omm a nd l ine l ev e l (ra t he r th a n us e a br ows er a nd t he Ma nage me nt C ons ole ), t hi s c ha pte r de sc ri bes h ow t o us e c[...]

Chap ter 14: Con figu ra tion f ro m th e Co mm and L ine 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 119 The config to ol Syntax c onfig [ -ahv ] [ -d id ] [ - g id ] [ -p pa th ] [ -r c onfi gurat o r ] [ -s i d=va lue ] [ -P i d ] De s crip tio n Th e co n fig tool is designed to p erf orm multiple acti on s from on e command if needed, so options can be cha[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 120 Th e r eg is t er ed co n f ig u rato r s a r e: al e r ts auth c as cad e c ons ole dhcp dialin even tlo g hosts ipaccess ipco n fig na gi os power serialc onfig services slave systemse tti ng s time ups users T h ere ar e three w ays t o delete a confi g eleme nt val u [...]

Chap ter 14: Con figu ra tion f ro m th e Co mm and L ine 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 121 NOTE: Supporte d serial port baud-rates are ‘50’, ‘75’, ‘ 110 ’, ‘134 ’, ‘ 150’ , ‘200’ , ‘ 300 ’, ‘600’, ‘1200’, ‘1800’, ‘ 2400 ’, ‘4800 ’ , ‘ 9600 ’, ' 19200 ', '38400', '57600 &[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 122 # co nfi g - s c onf i g. po rt s. por t 5. s dt. ss h= on T o c onf ig ur e a use r na me a nd pas sw or d w h e n ac ce ss in g th is p ort wi t h Us e r nam e = us er 1 a nd P a ss wor d = se cre t : # co nfi g - s c onf i g. po rt s. por t #. s dt. use r na me= us er [...]

Chap ter 14: Con figu ra tion f ro m th e Co mm and L ine 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 123 Yo ur new User wi l l be t he ex i st ing t ot al plus 1. If t he pre v i ous c omm a nd ga ve y ou 0 , t he n y ou sta rt w it h us er nu mbe r 1. If y ou a lr e a dy hav e 1 user y ou r ne w use r wi ll be n um ber 2, e tc . To add a user (wi th Us ername[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 124 1 4 . 4 Add i ng a nd R e m ov i ng U s e r G rou ps Th e co ns ol e s e rve r is configured with a few default user groups (even though onl y two of these groups are visible in th e Management Con sole GUI). T o find out ho w ma n y groups are a lready present: # c onf i[...]

Chap ter 14: Con figu ra tion f ro m th e Co mm and L ine 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 125 To con fi g ur e TA C AC S au th en ti c a tio n : # config -s co n fi g .aut h.tacacs .auth_se rver='c omma separate d list' (li st of remote a uthe n ticti on an d aut horizat ion server s.) # config -s config.aut h .tacacs .acct _serve r='[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 126 Add othe r network ho st T o ad d any ot her ty pe of net wor k h os t w it h the f ol low in g de tai ls: IP address/ D NS n ame 192.168.3.10 Host name OfficePC Descripti on MyPC All o wed sevice s ssh port 22,https port 443 log l ev el fo r s e rvi c es 1 Iss u e the co[...]

Chap ter 14: Con figu ra tion f ro m th e Co mm and L ine 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 127 Th e fo llo w in g co mm an d w ill s ynch ron ize th e li v e s yst e m wi th th e n ew con f ig u ra t ion : # con f ig -r s er i al co n fig 1 4 .8 Casc aded Ports To ad d a n e w s l av e d e vi c e wi th th e fo llo win g se t tin g s : IP a dd ress/ D[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 128 # c onf ig -s c onfig.ups.monitors.monit o r1.options. op tion1.opt=option # c onf ig -s c onfig.ups.monitors.monit o r1.options. op tion1.ar g = argument # c onf ig -s config.ups.monitors.m on itor1.options.t otal=1 # co nfi g - s c onf i g. ups .m on it ors . mo ni t or[...]

Chap ter 14: Con figu ra tion f ro m th e Co mm and L ine 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 129 # c onf ig -s config.ports. po rt2.power.ty p e=A PC 7900 # co nfi g - s c onf i g. po rt s. por t 2. powe r. na me= My RPC # c onf ig -s "config.ports. po rt2. po wer.descri p tion=RPC in room 5" # co nfi g - s c onf i g. po rt s. por t 2. powe r[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 130 N o t i c e Warning A ss um e t he re mo te l og se rve r nee ds a us e r name ' na me 1' a nd pa ssw or d 'se c re t ': # co nfi g - s c onf i g.e ve ntl og .s er ver . use r na me= nam e 1 # co nfi g - s c onf i g.e ve ntl og .s er ver . pas s wor d=[...]

Chap ter 14: Con figu ra tion f ro m th e Co mm and L ine 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 131 # c on f ig -s "config.aler ts.alert 2 .pattern=. *0.0% i d " # con fig - s co n fig . al e rt s. al e rt2 .po rt1 0 =o n # config -s c onfi g .aler ts.a lert 2 .sen sor=tem p # con f ig - s con fig . al ert s . al ert2 . sign al=D SR # con fig - [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 132 # c on fig -s config.syste m .smt p .subject =SM TP ale rts T o set -up an SMTP SMS server with t h e same details as above: # config -s confi g .syste m .sm tp.server 2=mail . Black Box .c o m # co nfi g - s c onf i g.s yst e m. sm tp. e nc ry pti on 2=S SL (c a n a ls o[...]

Chap ter 14: Con figu ra tion f ro m th e Co mm and L ine 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 133 # co nfi g - s c onf i g. i nte rfa ce s .w a n.m ode =s ta t ic # config -s config.i n terfaces. w an.media=[ Auto | 100b aseTx-F D | 1 00baseTx-HD | 10b aseT- H D ] 10baseT-FD To en ab l e b ri d gi n g b et w e en al l in t er f a c es : # co nfi g - s c[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 134 Th e fo llo w in g co mm an d w ill s ynch ron ize th e li v e s yst e m wi th th e n ew con f ig u ra t ion : # con fig -r ti m e 14.19 DHCP Server To en ab l e th e DH C P se r v er on th e con so le m an ag e m ent LA N , wi th s et tin g s : Default l ease t ime 20000[...]

Chap ter 14: Con figu ra tion f ro m th e Co mm and L ine 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 135 Th e fo llo w in g co mm an d w ill s ynch ron ize th e li v e s yst e m wi th th e n ew con f ig u ra t ion : # config –a 14.21 NAGIOS To con fi gu r e NA G IO S w i th th e fo llo w in g s et ting s: NAGIOS ho st name console at R3 (Name o f this system[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 136           Black Box co n sol e se r v er s r un the embe d de d Linux ope rating system . So A d mini strat o r cl as s use rs ca n c on fi gur e t he console server an d mo n i to r an d ma [...]

Chap te r 1 5: A dv anced Co n figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 137 Fo r power and al arm sensor a lerts (pow er load, a nd battery c harge a l erts): /etc/ scri p ts/e n vir on mental -alert F or an i n te rface fa ilover a lert: /etc/scri pts/i nterface -failove r-alert All of these s cripts do a c h eck t o see w hether y ou have c r[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 138 e m ail to m o re t h an on e ema il a dd ress, fi nd the l ines in the scr ipt res ponsible f or inv o king t he ale rt-email script, t hen a dd th e foll owi ng lines be low th e e xi s tin g li n e s: exp o r t TO A D DR = " em ail add r es s@ do m ain .co m "[...]

Chap te r 1 5: A dv anced Co n figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 139 NE WT OT AL = $[ $ TOT AL -1 ] # Make backup copy of config file cp /et c/ confi g /config.xml /et c/ confi g /config.bak echo "backup of /etc/confi g /config.xml save d in / etc/c on fig/config.bak" if [ -z $NUMB ER ] # test whether a singular node is b ei ng[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 140 echo Done exit 0 el s e echo "er ror: i tem being d eleted has a n index g r eater than total items. I n crease the t o tal count va riable." exit 0 fi                   ?[...]

Chap te r 1 5: A dv anced Co n figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 141 slee p 30s fi if [ " $C OU NTE R" - e q 5 ] th en COUNTER=0 " $ @ " s l e e p 2 s fi done   !        ?[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 142 To save the configurati on : # / et c /s cr i pt s/ back up - us b sa ve c onfi g- 20Ma y To c h eck if the backup was saved correctly: # /etc/sc rip ts/ b ackup- u sb list If t h is command does not disp lay "* co n fi g -2 0 M ay " th en the r e wa s an erro r[...]

Chap te r 1 5: A dv anced Co n figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 143           Black Box’s portma ng er pr ogr a m ma na ges the console se rver serial ports . It routes networ k connecti on to serial ports, checks permiss ions, and monitors and logs a l l t [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 144 portm anage r daemon Th er e i s n o rm al l y n o n e ed to s top an d r es t a rt th e d aem o n . To r es t a rt th e d a em o n n o rm al l y, ju s t ru n th e co m m an d : # portmanager Supporte d comma nd lin e options are: Force portma n ager to run in the foregro[...]

Chap te r 1 5: A dv anced Co n figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 145 fi </ e t c/ con fig /pm sh el l -s t a rt .s h >                           ?[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 146 If the sta nd ard system firewall confi guration is no t a d equate f o r your n eeds y ou can b ypass it s afe ly b y crea ting a fil e at /etc /config /filt e r-cust om contai ning comm ands t o build a s p ecial i zed fi rewall. This fi rewall scr ipt will run whenever[...]

Chap te r 1 5: A dv anced Co n figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 147 T o s et t he Us er na me fi e l d (S N MP v ers i on 3 o nl y) : co n f ig - -s e t con fi g. sys t em . snm p .u se rn am e2 = yo u ru s e rn am e . . r e plac i ng your u sername wi th th e use rn am e conf ig . sy st e m. sn mp .u sern am e2 (3 on l y) To set the En[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 148 Th e k e y f in g erp ri n t i s : 28:aa: 29 :38:ba:40:f 4 :11:5e:3f:d4:fa:e 5:36:14:d6 u ser@serve r $ C rea te a new di re ct ory t o s t ore yo ur ge ne ra te d ke ys . Yo u ca n a ls o na me t he fi le s a fte r t he dev ic e t he y wi ll be us e d f or . For e xa mpl[...]

Chap te r 1 5: A dv anced Co n figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 149 Figu r e 1 5 -1 . If th e Bl a c k B ox d evi c e s e l ect ed to b e th e s er v er w il l on ly h a ve o n e c li en t d e vi c e, th en th e aut ho rized_keys f ile is s imply a c op y of t he publ ic key f o r t ha t de v ic e . If one or mor e de v ice s wi l l be [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 150 htt p ://www.openbs d .org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ss h& sektion=1 htt p ://www op enbs d .org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ss hd .  !                       [...]

Chap te r 1 5: A dv anced Co n figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 151 U se Wi nSC P to co py t hi s "a uth or iz e d_ ke ys " fi le int o t he u se rs home dir e ct ory : e . g. /etc/confi g /users /test u ser/. ssh/authorize d_keys of the Black Box ga te w a y wh i ch w i ll be th e S SH s er v er. Yo u w i ll n eed to ma k e s[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 152 I f t he h os t key has bee n le git i mat e ly c ha nge d, i t ca n be re mov e d fr om t he ~/.ss h/k nown_hosts f ile a nd t he ne w fi nge r pr i nt a dde d. I f it ha s n ot chan g ed, this indicates a seri ou s problem that should be investi g ated imm ediately. [...]

Chap te r 1 5: A dv anced Co n figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 153 Figu r e 1 6 -6 . K ey s . To ge n erate the keys using OpenBSD's OpenSSH suite, we us e the ssh-key gen pr ogra m: $ ssh-ke ygen -t [rsa |dsa] Generati ng pub lic/private [rsa |dsa] key pair. En te r fil e in wh i ch to sa v e th e ke y ( / ho me/ use r/ .s s h/i [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 154 Each clie n t will then n eed its own set of keys upl o aded through the sam e page. Take care to ensure that the correct type of key s (DSA or R SA) go in th e co rr e ct sp o ts , and th at th e pu b li c an d p ri v a t e ke y s a r e in th e co rr e c t spo t. (* &quo[...]

Chap te r 1 5: A dv anced Co n figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 155 To crea te a 10 24 bit R SA key a nd a self - signe d certific ate, iss u e t h e followi n g openssl c omm a nd fr om t he hos t y ou ha ve op enssl installe d on: openssl re q -x509 -nodes -d ays 1000 -newkey rsa:1024 -key ou t ss l_key.pem - ou t ss l_cert.pem You [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 156 Opti on s -1, - -o n Pow er O N t a rg et s . -0, - -o ff Pow e r OF F ta rg ets . -c , --cycle Pow e r c y cl e ta rg e ts . -r, --reset Asse rt ha rdware rese t for t argets ( if i mplemente d by RP C). -f, --flas h Tu rn b ea co n ON fo r t a rg et s ( if i mp l e m en[...]

Chap te r 1 5: A dv anced Co n figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 157 status Th i s acti on re t rie ve s t he cu rr e nt st at us of t he de v ice or ou t let Exa mp les: To turn outlet 4 of the pow er device connecte d to serial port 2 on : # pmpower -l port02 -o 4 on To turn an IPM I device off loca ted at IP a dd ress 192.168.1. 100 ([...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 158           Th e co ns ol e s e rve r i n cl ud es t h e ipmitool uti li ty f or managing a nd configuri ng devices that support the Inte llig en t Pl a tfo rm Man ag em en t Int e r f ace (IP M I) ver sion 1.5 and ver sion[...]

Chap te r 1 5: A dv anced Co n figu ra ti on 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 159 -p < port > Rem o te ser ver UDP port to connect t o . D efault is 623. -P < pa ss w or d > Rem o te server p assw ord i s specified on the command line. If supported, it will be ob scure d in the process list. Note! S p ecifying t h e p assword as a command[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 160 exec Run lis t of co m m and s fro m file set Set runti m e va r i ab l e fo r sh e ll and exec ipm i too l ch a ss i s h el p Chassis Commands: stat u s, power, id entif y, pol icy, restart_ca u se, poh, bootd ev ipm i too l ch a ss i s p o w er h elp chassi s power Com [...]

Appendi x A : Linu x Com ma nd s and Sou rc e Code 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 161 App end i x A . L inux Com m a n d s a nd S ou rc e Cod e Th e co ns ol e s e rve r platf o rm is a dedicated Linux computer, optimized to provid e monitori ng and secure access to serial and network consoles of crit ical server systems a nd their s uppo rti ng po[...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 162 ip6 ta ble s Admini strati on to ol for IPv 6 packet fi lteri ng ipta ble s -re s to re Rest o re IP Tables ipt a bles-save Save IP Ta bl es kill * Se nd a signal t o a process to end g racefully ln * Make link s b etween files logi n Begi n sessi on on the sy stem loopba[...]

Appendi x A : Linu x Com ma nd s and Sou rc e Code 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 163 sl ee p * Delay f or a specif ied a mount of time s m bmnt Help er utility f or mounting SM B file sys tems sm b moun t Mount an SM B FS f il e sy stem sm bu moun t SMB F S u mo u n t fo r no rm a l u s er s snm p d SN M P d a emo n snm p tra p S en d s an SN M P [...]

1101 a n d 11 02 Secur e Devi ce Ser ve rs 724-746-5 5 00 | blackbox.co m 164 T h e re ar e a ls o a num ber of ot he r CL I c omm a nd s re la te d to othe r ope n s our ce to ol s e mbe dde d i n t he console serv er in cludi ng : PowerMan pr o vides po w er manageme n t fo r m any prec on fi gured rem o te p ow er co n trolle r (R PC) d evices .[...]