Avocent CPS1610 Installer/User Manual Download Page 1

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Page 2: ...iangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to perso...

Page 3: ...registered trademarks of Avocent Corporation All other marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay c...

Page 4: ...nce to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own exp...

Page 5: ...cting to Attached Serial devices 23 TELNET Client Options 24 Command Line Interface Overview and Syntax The CPS Command Line Interface 29 Understanding CLI Syntax 34 Usernames and Passwords 36 CPS Com...

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Page 7: ...C H A P T E R Introduction and Product Overview Contents Getting Started 9 1...

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Page 9: ...S Configuration Serial port Configuration CPS Wiring Accessories Included with the CPS are the following accessories and software If you are missing any of the listed items contact Avocent Technical S...

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Page 11: ...tents CPS Hardware 13 CPS Hardware Installation 15 Configuring the CPS 16 Configuring IP Address and Subnet Mask 16 Initial Login to the CPS 19 Configuring Serial Port Settings 21 Connecting to Attach...

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Page 13: ...INIT button will interrupt operation of the CPS and cause re initialization to occur CPS Hardware INIT Pushing this button will restore the CPS to factory defaults RESET Pushing this button will rebo...

Page 14: ...CPS FLASH When the database has been erased the ONLINE LED begins to FLASH rapidly If you release the INIT button before the 5 second mark no action is taken and the CPS does not reinitialize If the...

Page 15: ...ed If not check the power cable to ensure that it is inserted snugly into the rear of the CPS The ONLINE LED will illuminate within one minute to indicate that the CPS self test is completed If the ON...

Page 16: ...d on most Windows and UNIX systems However the actual implementation of these features on your system may differ from the instructions provided In that case refer to your system s administrator guide...

Page 17: ...g command This example shows a ping command for a CPS with IP address 192 168 0 5 If the CPS has completed BOOTP protocol successfully you will see a display similar to the following ping 192 168 0 5...

Page 18: ...be assigned to the CPS The Ethernet MAC address of the CPS is located on the rear panel of the CPS above the LAN connector The format of the arp command is arp s ip address mac address For example to...

Page 19: ...nfigure your terminal or terminal emulation program settings as shown below Baud rate 9600 Baud Bits per character 8 Parity None Stop Bits 1 Flow Control None Press the Return key until a prompt appea...

Page 20: ...CPS configuration is required Enter CPS IP address 192 168 0 5 Enter the network subnet mask for the CPS using standard dot notation Enter CPS Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Enter the Admin password Passw...

Page 21: ...ontrol You can also use the PORT SET command to disable the Serial CLI and make Port 1 available for use with an attached serial device This section will describe how to use this command to change ser...

Page 22: ...asked if you want to reboot the CPS If you want the command to become effective enter Y to reboot the CPS Your session and all other sessions will be terminated and the CPS will reboot If you enter N...

Page 23: ...e your connection by requesting a username and password To access the attached device you must enter a valid username and password Once authentication is complete your connection will be confirmed If...

Page 24: ...ures supported by third party TELNET clients such as unique terminal emulation modes vConsole allows you to associate a unique TELNET client with each port on a CPS Secure TELNET sessions require use...

Page 25: ...y TELNET clients may be used to access the CPS directly without vConsole or DS management software This mode of operation requires SERVER SECURITY MODE PLAINTEXT Refer to the SERVER SECURITY MODE comm...

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Page 27: ...C H A P T E R Command Line Interface Overview and Syntax Contents The CPS Command Line Interface 29 Understanding CLI Syntax 34 Usernames and Passwords 36 3...

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Page 29: ...port configuration information is stored in the CPS Configuration Database The CPS has a User Database to store usernames passwords and access rights and can store a maximum of 64 usernames Most comma...

Page 30: ...wo levels of access rights user access and administrator access DSView users that have administrator access are granted all CPS access rights SCON SMON USER BREAK and access to all attached serial dev...

Page 31: ...anged from the default using the SERVER command For more information see Chapter 4 CONNECT Use this command to connect to a serial device from the Serial CLI session This command can only be used when...

Page 32: ...at the cursor and any characters to the right of the cursor are ignored The CPS will indicate at login the type of terminal emulation configured for the CLI session Two terminal emulation modes are s...

Page 33: ...ine in the CLI command line buffer is made available for edit If there is no next command line then the command line will be set to blanks and you may enter a new command Delete The character at the c...

Page 34: ...he command SET is a positional command that indicates that serial port settings are to be changed BAUD is a keyword parameter which is always followed by an equal sign so that a value can be assigned...

Page 35: ...following commands are not correct The errors displayed by the CPS are shown port 2 Set Baux 57600 flow xon ERR 26 SET keyword parameter invalid In this example the keyword parameter BAUD was misspel...

Page 36: ...values entered are stored exactly as you enter them For example the username Admin must be entered with an uppercase A and all other letters lowercase The username ADMIN would not be accepted by the C...

Page 37: ...A P T E R CPS Commands 4 Contents CPS Command Line Reference 39 Connect Command 39 Disconnect Command 41 Port Command 41 Quit Command 46 Resume Command 47 Server Command 48 Show Command 54 User Comman...

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Page 39: ...ECT command provides a means to establish connections from the CPS serial CLI port to serial devices attached to the CPS The CONNECT command provides a serial switching capability that allows you to a...

Page 40: ...is is a 58 byte line of data that is both TOP and BOTTOM BOTTOM OF BUFFER PORT HISTORY The serial CLI user is still connected to port 6 even while in the CLI mode The following commands entered at the...

Page 41: ...CONNECT command The DISCON NECT command will free the attached serial device and allow other users to access it The device s history buffer is cleared when you DISCONNECT from it PORT Command The POR...

Page 42: ...ely The following values must be set correctly or you will be unable to com municate with the attached serial device BAUD Specify the baud rate for the attached device Only those baud rates listed are...

Page 43: ...ault Port 1 has CLI ASCII but you may assign the serial CLI to any CPS port The value of the keyword indicates the type of terminal connected to the serial port This value can be set only on a single...

Page 44: ...ded In addition the history buffer may be manually cleared using the PORT HISTORY CLEAR command Data contained within the port history buffer may be viewed at any time using the PORT HISTORY command l...

Page 45: ...nt line to BOTTOM of history buffer For example PORT HISTORY s u Abort search upward for Abort PORT HISTORY s d Abort search downward for Abort If the text of the search is not found the CPS will disp...

Page 46: ...STORY command defines how the port history buffer will be processed when a user connects to an attached console device Refer to the SERVER CLI HISTORY command for additional details PORT BREAK Command...

Page 47: ...p address ip address is the IP address to be assigned to the CPS subnet mask is the subnet mask for the subnet on which the CPS resides gateway ip address is the IP address of a default gateway to be...

Page 48: ...CLI access character the following command would be used SERVER CLI CHAR V Serial Port Connections SERVER CLI CONNECT ON OFF Rights Required SCON The SERVER CLI CONNECT command enables or disables ser...

Page 49: ...e Serial CLI be enabled so the PORT SET CLI parameter must have been specified for a serial port When a modem init string is configured this string will be sent to the cabled modem upon the following...

Page 50: ...history buffer will be output to the connected user s TELNET session In this mode the contents of the port s history buffer can be reviewed in the TELNET client s scrolling window While in this mode...

Page 51: ...the program There are two program images in the CPS FLASH The BIOS Bootstrap image file called CPSBOOT IMG contains the CPS start up and self test logic The application image called CPSAPP IMG contai...

Page 52: ...y ip address is the IP address of the primary DSAuth server for this CPS When set only this DSAuthentication server can authorize connection to this CPS secondary ip address is the IP address of a sec...

Page 53: ...T traffic is encrypted The CPS will negotiate the strongest encryption algorithm that is supported by both sides The strongest algorithm is 128 followed by 3DES and DES The order that these algorithms...

Page 54: ...Command Use the SHOW command to display information about the CPS including a list of connected users CPS server statistics and serial port status Displaying Serial Port Status for One Port SHOW PORT...

Page 55: ...view the serial settings and status of all the ports Port Serial Port Settings TX Bytes RX Bytes Errors 1 9600 8 N 1 XON XOFF 600 0 0 0 2 57600 8 N 1 XON XOFF 600 0 0 0 3 9600 8 N 1 XON XOFF 600 0 0 0...

Page 56: ...about that user SHOW USER ALL Rights Required USER The SHOW USER ALL command displays a list of all users configured in the system and their corresponding access rights User Admin Access PALL USER SCO...

Page 57: ...12376 11 User2 00 00 21 30 3011 192 168 0 105 20637 CPS SECURITY security mode DSAUTH ip_addr ip_addr2 IP Input Output TCP UDP Packets 361 348 In Segs 105 In 253 Delivered 361 349 Out Segs 96 Out 0 Di...

Page 58: ...ghts for the username Pn indicates the user will have access rights to port n Px y indicates the user will have access rights to ports x through y inclusive PALL indicates the user will have access ri...

Page 59: ...access rights SMON indicates that the user has CPS monitor access rights BREAK indicates that the user can use the PORT BREAK command Rights Required USER To change another user s access rights use t...

Page 60: ...from a user the ACCESS keyword should be used All access rights that follow the minus will be removed from the user s access rights It is not possible to use both the and the on the same ACCESS comman...

Page 61: ...is no longer valid Changing Your Own Password USER SET PASSWORD password password is the new password for your username Required Rights none Use the USER SET PASSWORD command to change your login pas...

Page 62: ...ill be output to the user indicating that access is no longer permitted and the TELNET session will be dropped Terminating a Username s Active Sessions USER LOGOUT username username is the username to...

Page 63: ...C H A P T E R Technical Support and Troubleshooting Contents Technical Support 65 5...

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Page 65: ...assist you with your question version of CPS software use the SHOW SERVER command description of the problem Contacting Technical Support Our Technical Support staff is ready to assist you with any i...

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Page 67: ...C H A P T E R Appendicies Contents A CLI Error Messages 69 B Device Cabling 77 6...

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Page 69: ...oes not contain a required keyword parameter Some com mands require that you enter one or more keyword parameters and their values Refer to Chapter 4 for the correct syntax for the command ERR 4 Inval...

Page 70: ...name entered could not be found in the CPS User Database User names are case sensitive must be three to sixteen characters in length and contain only alphanumeric characters ERR 12 USERNAME already ex...

Page 71: ...id The subnet mask should be entered in standard dot notation i e 255 255 255 0 ERR 20 Invalid GATEWAY IP ADDRESS specified The keyword value of the GATEWAY keyword parameter is not valid The gateway...

Page 72: ...the correct syntax for the command ERR 28 SHOW Command parameter required The SHOW command is missing a required positional parameter Refer to Chapter 4 for the correct syntax for the command ERR 29 U...

Page 73: ...ut this is not the first time you have entered your CLI Access Character to enter the command line interface For information on the CLI Access Character see Changing the CLI Access Character in Chapte...

Page 74: ...d on the HOSTIP TFTP server is not the correct type It is possible that you are attempting to load an invalid filename into CPS FLASH Be sure that the file name entered is either an APP or BOOT image...

Page 75: ...r to the syntax of the SEARCH command ERR 54 Invalid Search Direction The valid SEARCH directions are d for down and u for up ERR 55 Search String is too long The SEARCH string is more than 64 charact...

Page 76: ...R 502 No match found The SEARCH parameters entered did not match any text in the PORT HISTORY buffer Check the SEARCH direction and retry the command ERR 503 No search string specified There is no cur...

Page 77: ...nal Ground 6 7 Signal Ground Transmit Data 5 3 Receive Data Receive Data 4 2 Transmit Data Data Carrier Detect 3 20 Data Terminal Ready Data Set Ready 2 8 Data Carrier Detect Request to Send 1 5 Clear...

Page 78: ...sing Modular Cable RJ 45 8 PIN DB 25 RS 232 RTS 8 4 RTS DSR 7 6 DSR CD 6 8 CD RD 5 3 RD TD 4 2 TD GND 3 7 GND DTR 2 20 DTR CTS 1 5 CTS RJ 45 8 PIN DB 25 RS 232 RTS 8 5 CTS DSR 7 20 DTR CD 6 6 DSR RD 5...

Page 79: ...25 foot 8 wire Reversing Modular Cable Pn 690227 75 foot 8 wire reversing Modular Cable Pn 690228 Other Accessories Rack mount Shelf Pn 790200 Wiring Starter Kit Pn 750122 This kit includes five adap...

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