Managing directcommand connections – Avocent 5240 User Manual
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3.
If the VPN connection is made using PPTP, discover and use the IP address that is assigned on
your workstation to the PPTP interface.
a.
If your workstation has a Windows operating system, enter the ipconfig command on the
workstation’s command line.
-or-
If your workstation has a UNIX-based operating system, enter the ifconfig command on
the workstation’s command line.
b.
In the command output, locate the IP address assigned to the connection.
c.
Enter the PPTP IP address in a browser to bring up the Web Manager.
4.
Log into the Web Manager as an authorized user and select the Target devices menu option.
5.
On the Action pull-down menu for the target device on which you want native IP access, click
the Native IP Enable link.
The Go to native web interface link becomes active.
6.
Perform one of the following actions, as desired:
•
Click the Go to native web interface link to bring up the native web application.
-or-
•
From your local workstation, launch a previously installed SP management application for
the server, if desired.
7.
When you are done, always click the Disable link as a security precaution.
Managing DirectCommand connections
After a DirectCommand connection is created during a Web Manager session, the Java applet that
creates the secure tunnel between the user and the MergePoint 5224/5240 SP manager and that
manages DirectCommand connections stays loaded until the Web Manage login session is ended,
even if all DirectCommand connections are closed.
The Web Manager provides two ways to manage DirectCommand connections, which are listed
below and described in this section:
•
Through the Direct Command connection list
•
Through the Go to Direct Command Interface link
As mentioned in Accessing Native Features on a Target Device on page 45, the first time a user
creates a DirectCommand connection by clicking the DirectCommand Enable link in the Action
pull-down menu, a DirectCommand Connected link appears in the upper right of the Web Manager
under the IP Address and a Go to DirectCommand Interface link becomes active in the Action
pull-down menu, as shown in Figure 3.9 on page 48.