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Optionally, you can enter a Descriptive Name to display instead of the IP or DNS address, and
any Notes or a Description of this gateway (such as its firmware version, site location or
anything special about its network configuration).
Click OK and an icon for the new gateway will now appear in the SDT Connector home page
Note
For an SDT Connector user to access a Console Server (and then access specific hosts or serial
devices connected to that Console Server), that user must first be set up on the Console Server,
and must be authorized to access the specific ports / hosts (refer to Chapter 5). Only these
permitted services will be forwarded through by SDT to the Host. All other services (TCP/UDP
ports) will be blocked.
6.2.3 Auto-configure SDT Connector client with the user’s access privileges
Each user on the Console Server has an access profile. This has been configured with the specific
connected hosts and serial port devices the user has authority to access, and a specific set of the
enabled services for each of them. This configuration can be auto-uploaded into the SDT Connector
client:
Click on the new gateway icon and select Retrieve Hosts. This will: