Avocent CCM - 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
Rack mount safety considerations .............................................................................................. 2
Using AVWorks Software................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration ..................................................................... 5
Hardware Overview........................................................................................................................... 5
CCM850 and 1650 appliance hardware .................................................................................... 5
CCM4850 appliance hardware .................................................................................................. 6
Installing the CCM Appliance ........................................................................................................... 7
Configuring the CCM Appliance ....................................................................................................... 8
Configuring the network address settings .................................................................................. 8
Initial CCM appliance login..................................................................................................... 10
Rebooting and Reinitializing the CCM Appliance........................................................................... 10
Rebooting.................................................................................................................................. 10
Reinitializing............................................................................................................................. 11
Chapter 3: Operations ................................................................................................... 13
Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 13
Configuring Global Settings ............................................................................................................ 13
Updating the Appliance Clock......................................................................................................... 14
Configuring Serial Port Settings...................................................................................................... 15
Connecting to Serial Devices........................................................................................................... 17
Connecting to devices using Telnet .......................................................................................... 17
Connecting to devices from the console port............................................................................ 18
Configuring and using dial-in connections .............................................................................. 19
Using PPP ................................................................................................................................ 19
Using SSH................................................................................................................................. 20
Enabling plain text Telnet and SSH connections...................................................................... 23
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