Avocent CPS810 - Manual (Page 5)

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List of Figures ................................................................................................................ vii
List of Tables ................................................................................................................... ix
Chapter 1: Product Overview.......................................................................................... 1
Features and Benefits ........................................................................................................................ 1
Safety Precautions ............................................................................................................................. 2
Using DSView Software..................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration ..................................................................... 5
Hardware Overview........................................................................................................................... 5
Installing the CPS Network Appliance .............................................................................................. 6
Configuring the CPS Appliance......................................................................................................... 7
Configuring the network addresses ............................................................................................ 7
Initial CPS appliance login ........................................................................................................ 9
Reinitializing the CPS Network Appliance ...................................................................................... 10
Chapter 3: Operations ................................................................................................... 11
Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 11
Configuring Serial Port Settings...................................................................................................... 11
Connecting to Serial Devices........................................................................................................... 13
Connecting to devices using Telnet .......................................................................................... 13
Connecting to devices from the serial CLI port........................................................................ 14
Configuring and using dial-in connections .............................................................................. 15
Connecting to devices using PPP ............................................................................................. 15
Connecting to devices using SSH ............................................................................................. 16
Enabling plain text Telnet and SSH connections...................................................................... 19
Telnet CLI mode ....................................................................................................................... 20
Ending Device Sessions ................................................................................................................... 20
Session time-out ........................................................................................................................ 21
Preemption................................................................................................................................ 21
Managing User Accounts................................................................................................................. 22
Access rights and levels ............................................................................................................ 23
Using Authentication Methods......................................................................................................... 24
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