Document Outline

• About this Guide
  • Purpose of this manual
  • Who this manual is for
• Fast Contents
• Contents
• Chapter 1 Introduction
  • About the Console Server
  • Typical applications summary
    • Managing devices over the LAN/WAN
    • Managing devices without accessing the LAN/WAN
    • Network security
    • Management and diagnostics
  • Console Server front and rear views
• Chapter 2 Installation
  • General installation procedure
  • Rack mounting your Console Server
  • Desk mounting your Console Server
  • Multiple stacking your Console Server
  • LED guide
  • Selecting AUI or 10/100 Base T interface
  • Setting up an IP address
    • Setting up an IP address automatically using DHCP
      • Set up procedure
      • About DHCP
    • Manually setting up an IP address
      • Set up procedure
      • Server form field descriptions
  • Accessing the Console Server configuration software
    • Logging onto your Console Server
  • Setting up your network parameters
    • Setting up the host table
      • Adding a Host
      • Changing a Host
      • Deleting a host
    • Changing the Admin Password
    • RADIUS configuration
      • Set up procedure
      • RADIUS parameters description
    • DNS configuration
    • WINS configuration
    • Configuring network gateways
      • Adding a gateway
      • Deleting a Gateway
    • Verifying your network installation
  • Saving configuration changes
    • Saving to non-volatile memory
    • Saving to a file
  • Setting date and time
  • Performing a soft reboot
  • Restoring factory default settings
    • Resetting to factory defaults using software
    • Resetting to factory defaults using reset switch
• Chapter 3 System administration
  • Security
  • Setting up the line on your Console Server
  • Viewing and editing your line settings
    • Lines set to reverse Telnet by default
  • Lost password
  • Configuring a dial in line
    • Introduction to SLIP and PPP connections
    • Deciding whether to use SLIP or PPP
    • Setting up the line
    • Configuring SLIP
    • Configuring PPP
      • PPP configuration procedure
      • PPP form field descriptions
    • Configuring a modem
  • Configuring users
    • About user accounts and RADIUS
      • Overview
      • Example RADIUS user file: telnet service
    • Adding a user account
    • Configuring a user account
      • Configuration procedure
      • User form field descriptions
      • About user levels
      • CLI prompts
    • Changing a user’s password
    • Deleting a user account
  • Configuring Break Pass Through
  • Resetting the line to default
  • Saving your settings
    • Saving settings to non-volatile memory
    • Saving settings to a file
• Chapter 4 Using your Console Server
  • Introduction
  • Accessing devices via Telnet from the LAN
    • Information required
    • Access procedure
  • Accessing devices via SSH
    • SSH Setup Procedure
    • Required Information
    • Access procedure
  • Accessing devices via modems using PPP
  • Accessing devices via modems using a dumb device
• Appendix A Cabling information
  • RJ45 RS232 serial ports
    • Pin locations RJ45connectors
    • AUI port
  • RJ45 10/100BaseT port
  • Admin Port
  • Direct (1:1) Connections
    • Example direct connections
      • Sun Microsystem servers
      • CISCO RJ45 console ports with software flow control
      • Black Box 833AS
      • Black Box Series router console port
      • IBM RS6000
  • PC serial port
    • PC, example connections,
    • Connection from the 25-pin Admin Port to a PC
  • Terminals
    • Terminals (slow speed or using software flow control)
    • Connection from the 25-pin Admin Port to a Terminal
  • Modems
    • Direct connections
• Appendix B The CLI commands
  • CLI commands
    • add community
    • add DNS
    • add gateway
    • add host
    • add modem
    • add radius
    • add trap
    • add user
    • add WINS
    • admin
    • debug
    • delete ARP
    • delete community
    • delete DNS
    • delete gateway
    • delete host
    • delete modem
    • delete radius
    • delete trap
    • delete user
    • delete WINS
    • heap
    • help
    • kill line
    • logout
    • netload
    • netsave
    • ping
    • reboot
    • reset factory
    • reset line
    • reset user
    • restart
    • resume
    • rlogin
    • save
    • screen
    • set contact
    • set date
    • set ethernet interface RJ45
      • Syntax
      • See also
    • set ethernet interface AUI
      • Syntax
      • See also
    • set gateway
    • set host
    • set line
    • set location
    • set ppp line
    • set radius
    • set server
    • set slip line
    • set telnet
    • set time
    • set user
    • show ARP
    • show date
    • show gateways
    • show hardware
    • show hosts
    • show interfaces
    • show line
    • show modems
    • show ppp line
    • show radius
    • show routes
    • show server
    • show slip line
    • show snmp
    • show telnet
    • show time
    • show user
    • start
    • telnet
    • version
• Appendix C SNMP
  • Overview
  • Configuring SNMP support
  • Summary of objects in the private MIB
  • Private MIB definitions
  • Network management
• Appendix D Upgrading your firmware
  • Introduction
  • Saving your existing Configuration
    • Example of saving a configuration file
    • Using TFTP from a host
    • TFTP configuration
    • Writing to FLASH memory
  • Using BOOTP from a boothost
  • Upgrade using JETset, the web browser interface
  • Enabling BOOTP/DHCP after upgrading software
  • Disable BOOTP/DHCP
• Appendix E Summary of Line Service Types
  • List of line service types
• Appendix F BOOTP
  • Introduction
  • How BOOTP works
  • How to setup BOOTP
    • The bootptab file entry
    • The bootfile
  • BOOTP messages output to screen
  • Disabling the BOOTP reply
  • Booting multiple units
  • Multiple BOOTP servers
  • Example of BOOTP
• Appendix G JETset
  • Introduction to JETset
  • Using JETset
  • JETset program summary
• Appendix H Troubleshooting
  • Introduction
  • General communication matters
  • Host problems
  • JETset problems
  • Login problems
  • Problems with terminals
  • Emergency recovery
  • Problems with framed Routing
• Index