Installation
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Important Pre-installation Requirements
Before installing and configuring the console server, ensure you have the following:
• Root Access on your local UNIX machine to use the serial ports.
• An appropriate terminal application for your operating system.
• IP address, DNS, Network Mask and Gateway addresses of your server or terminal, the
console server and the machine to which the console server is connected.
• A internet browser that supports the console server web manager.
• Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE)version 1.4.2 or later.
Basic Installation Procedures
Mounting the console server
You can mount the console server on a wall, rack or cabinet or place it on a desktop or other flat
surface. Two brackets are supplied with six hex screws for attaching the brackets to the console
server for mounting.