Avocent ACS 5000 Server User Manual


 
TA BL E OF C ON TE N TS
Introduction 1
Overview 1
Connectors on the Console Server 1
Accessing the Console Server and Connected Devices 2
Web Manager 3
Prerequisites for Using the Web Manager 3
Types of Users 4
Security 4
Authentication 4
IPv6 6
Services not supporting IPv6 6
VPN 6
Packet Filtering 6
Structure of IP filtering 6
Add rule and edit rule options 7
SNMP 9
Notifications, Alarms and Data Buffering 9
Syslog servers 9
Managing Users of Connected Devices 10
Configuring access to connected devices 10
Console Server and Power Management 10
Configuring power management 12
Options for managing power 13
Hostname Discovery 13
Installation 15
Important Pre-installation Requirements 15
Basic Installation Procedures 15
Making an Ethernet connection 16
Making a direct connection to configure the network parameters. 17
Turning on the console server and the connected devices 18
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