Avocent ACS 5000 Server User Manual


 
Selecting a security profile
Select a pre-defined security profile or define a custom profile for specific services. The profiles
are:
Secured - Disables all protocols except sshv2, HTTPS and SSH to serial ports.
Moderate - Enables sshv1, sshv2, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, SSH and Raw connections to
serial ports, ICMP and HTTP redirection to HTTPS.
Open - Enables Telnet, sshv1, sshv2, HTTP, HTTPS, SNMP, RPC, ICMP, SSH and Raw
connections to serial ports.
Default - Sets the profile to the same configuration as Moderate profile.
Custom - Allows custom configuration of individual protocols and services.
For detailed information on security profiles, see Security Profiles on page 98.
The administrator can perform the following tasks using the web manager.
Administer the console server and its connected devices.
Configure user and group permissions.
Access the serial ports and the connected devices.
Adding users and configuring ports using the web manager
NOTE: From thefactory, theconsoleserver isconfigured withallserialportsdisabled.
The administrator can add users, enable or disable the serial ports and select and assign specific
users to individual ports. For more information on managing users and ports, see Security Menu
and Forms on page 89 and Ports Menu and Forms on page 103
Other Methods of Accessing the Web Manager
You can access the web manager using either DHCP or the default IP address.
NOTE: Accessingthewebmanager usingeither DHCPor thedefaultIPaddressrequiresadditionalsetup and
configurationspecificto your site’snetworkconfiguration.
To use a dynamic IP address to access the webmanager:
This procedure assumes that DHCP is enabled and that you are able to obtain the dynamic IP
address currently assigned to the console server.
1. Mount the console server.
2. Connect servers and other devices to be managed through the console server.
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