Logical Solutions Secure Console Servers SCS-R - Manual (Page 15)

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Intended Application S
ECURE
C
ONSOLE
S
ERVERS
2 Product Overview
Optimize your System Administration and Network Resources
2.1 Intended Application
The Logical Solutions Secure Console Servers are used to securely monitor and
centrally manage up to 48 of your networking systems (servers, routers, switches, etc.).
They do so by monitoring the Console Port of your network center’s devices and sys-
tems. Each attached component must have an EIA-232 compatible serial console port.
The SCS160 and SCS160R support 16 ports, SCS320 and SCS320R support 32 ports,
and the SCS480 supports 48 ports. Security is maintained through encryption and user
passwords.
The SCS160R and SCS320R systems are used where redundant power concerns
exist, where hot-swap replacement of Power Modules is a concern, or where more than
one Network connection or more than one Console Port connection are required.
User accounts are set up by the root user, who acts as the system administrator of
the SCS. A user can access the attached servers using commands from a local terminal,
or through an ssh-protocol (secure) network connection. In order to interact with a
device, the user must have rights for read, review or write access to that port.
Users can interact with each of the attached network devices by logging into the
SCS, and entering the
connect
command and the Port number or Port name at the
command prompt; the SCS acts as a conduit for the connection but does not interfere.
When the user is not interacting with a network system, the SCS can log the output of
the Console port to a file, so that data may be reviewed later.
User commands are discussed in Section 9, User Operations, beginning on page 71.