Black Box 1101, User Manual

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Table of Contents
1. Specifications ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
2. Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
2.1
Introduction....................................................................................................................................................................................................10
2.2 Manual Organization....................................................................................................................................................................................10
2.3 Types of Users................................................................................................................................................................................................10
2.4 Management Console ..................................................................................................................................................................................11
2.5 Hardware Description....................................................................................................................................................................................11
2.5.1 LES1101A-R2 Front Panel .................................................................................................................................................................11
2.5.2 LES1101A-R2 Back Panel .................................................................................................................................................................12
2.5.3 LES1102A Front Panel.......................................................................................................................................................................13
2.5.4 LES1102A Back Panel .......................................................................................................................................................................13
2.6 What’s Included .....................................................................................................................................................................................14
2.6.1 LES1101A-R2..............................................................................................................................................................................14
2.6.2 LES1102A....................................................................................................................................................................................14
3. Installation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................15
3.1
Power Connection .........................................................................................................................................................................................15
3.2 Network Connection .....................................................................................................................................................................................15
3.3 Serial Port Connection ..................................................................................................................................................................................15
3.3.1 Non RS-232 Serial Port Pinouts—LES1102A..................................................................................................................................16
3.3.2 Non RS-232 Serial Port Pinouts—LES1101A-R2............................................................................................................................17
4. System Configuration...............................................................................................................................................................................................18
4.1 Management Console Connection .............................................................................................................................................................18
4.1.1 Connected PC/Workstation Setup ..................................................................................................................................................18
4.1.2 Browser Connection ..........................................................................................................................................................................19
4.2 Administrator Password ................................................................................................................................................................................20
4.3 Network IP Address.......................................................................................................................................................................................21
4.4 System Services ..............................................................................................................................................................................................22
4.5 Communications Software............................................................................................................................................................................24
4.5.1 SDT Connector ...................................................................................................................................................................................24
4.5.2 PuTTY ..................................................................................................................................................................................................25
4.5.3 SSHTerm..............................................................................................................................................................................................25
5. Serial Port, Host, Device, and User Configuration..............................................................................................................................................26
5.1
Configure Serial Ports ...................................................................................................................................................................................26
5.1.1 Common Settings...............................................................................................................................................................................27
5.1.2 Console Server Mode........................................................................................................................................................................28
5.1.3 SDT Mode ...........................................................................................................................................................................................31
5.1.4 Device (RPC, UPS, EMD) Mode.......................................................................................................................................................32
5.1.5 Terminal Server Mode.......................................................................................................................................................................32
5.1.6 Serial Bridging Mode .........................................................................................................................................................................32
5.1.7 Syslog...................................................................................................................................................................................................33
5.2 Add/Edit Users................................................................................................................................................................................................34
5.3 Authentication ................................................................................................................................................................................................36
5.4 Network Hosts ...............................................................................................................................................................................................36
5.5 Trusted Networks ..........................................................................................................................................................................................37
5.6 Serial Port Redirection...................................................................................................................................................................................37
5.7 Managed Devices ..........................................................................................................................................................................................38
6. Secure SSH Tunneling and SDT Connector .........................................................................................................................................................40
6.1 Configuring for SSH Tunneling to Hosts ....................................................................................................................................................41
6.2 SDT Connector Client Configuration ..........................................................................................................................................................41
6.2.1 SDT Connector Installation ...............................................................................................................................................................41
6.2.2 Configuring a New Console Server Gateway in the SDT Connector Client .............................................................................42
6.2.3 Auto-Configure SDT Connector Client with the User’s Access Privileges.................................................................................43
6.2.4 Make an SDT Connection through the Gateway to the Host ....................................................................................................44
6.2.5 Manually Adding Hosts to the SDT Connector Gateway ............................................................................................................44
6.2.6 Manually Adding New Services to the New Hosts .......................................................................................................................45
6.2.7 Adding a Client Program to be Started for the New Service......................................................................................................47
6.3 SDT Connector to Management Console..................................................................................................................................................49
6.4 SDT Connector–Telnet or SSH Connect to Serially Attached Devices ..................................................................................................49