Avocent CCM4850 Network Card User Manual


 
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Table of Contents
List of Figures ................................................................................................................ vii
List of Tables................................................................................................................... ix
Chapter 1: Product Overview.......................................................................................... 1
Features and Benefits ........................................................................................................................1
Safety Precautions .............................................................................................................................2
Rack mount safety considerations ..............................................................................................2
Using AVWorks Software...................................................................................................................3
Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration ..................................................................... 5
Hardware Overview...........................................................................................................................5
Installing the CCM Appliance ...........................................................................................................6
Configuring the CCM Appliance .......................................................................................................7
Configuring the network address settings ..................................................................................7
Initial CCM appliance login....................................................................................................... 9
Reinitializing the CCM Appliance .....................................................................................................9
Chapter 3: Operations ................................................................................................... 11
Overview ..........................................................................................................................................11
Configuring Serial Port Settings......................................................................................................11
Connecting to Serial Devices...........................................................................................................12
Connecting to devices using Telnet ..........................................................................................12
Connecting to devices from the console port............................................................................13
Configuring and using dial-in connections ..............................................................................14
Connecting to devices using PPP.............................................................................................15
Connecting to devices using SSH ............................................................................................. 15
Enabling plain text Telnet and SSH connections......................................................................18
CLI mode.......................................................................................................................................... 19
Ending Device Sessions ................................................................................................................... 19
Session time-out........................................................................................................................20
Preemption................................................................................................................................20
Managing User Accounts.................................................................................................................20
Access rights and levels............................................................................................................21
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