Avocent DSView 3, Installer/User Manual

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To change the PPP settings for a CCM or CPS appliance:
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 88), click on the CCM or CPS appliance name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Ports .
3. Click CLI in the side navigation bar, then click PPP . The Appliance CLI PPP Settings window
will open.
4. Click PPP Enabled to enable a modem connection to a serial device using the appliance serial
CLI/console port. Do not click this checkbox if you want to use the CLI/console port with the
local terminal.
If you enable PPP, you may optionally:
a. In the Local IP Address field, type the IP address, in standard dot notation
(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx), to be used with a PPP session to the appliance.
b. In the Remote IP Address field, type the IP address, in standard dot notation
(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx), to be assigned to the PC dialing into the PPP connection on
the appliance.
c. Type a subnet mask, in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx), on which both the local
IP address and remote IP address must reside.
5. Click Save and then click Close . The Units View window will open.
CCM appliance SoL ports
To display a list of CCM appliance SoL ports or initiate a push/pull name operation:
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 88), click on the CCM or CPS appliance name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar, click Ports and then click SoL in the side
navigation bar. The Appliance SoL Ports window will open.
3. To initiate a pull or push name operation (see Name Synchronization on page 103).
a. Click the checkboxes to the left of one or more device name(s). To select all names on the
page, click the box to the left of Appliance Name at the top of the list.
b. For a pull operation, click Pull Name .
c. For a push operation, click Push Name .
Customizing the Appliance SoL Ports window
The Port, Interface Name and Name in DSView fields are always displayed in the Appliance SoL
Ports window. You may also display the BMC IP, User Name, Password, Telnet port, CLI access
character and Timeout Value fields. Use the Customize link to add or remove fields in the display.
See
Using the Customize link in windows on page 12.