Remote Console Manager (LES1204A-3G) Quick Start Guide
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the
Failover & Out-of-Band
tab on the
Status: Statistics
page, will
show your carrier allocated the Remote Console Manager a Private
IP
Address
(that is, in the range 10.0.x.x, 172.16.x.x or 192.168.x.x). For
an inbound OOB connection with such a plan, you will need to set up a
VPN (see the user‘s manual for details).
NOTE: In out of band access mode, the internal cellular modem will
continually stay connected. The alternative is to set up
Failover
mode.
This will tell the internal cellular connection to remain idle in a low power
state. If the primary and secondary probe addresses are not available, it
will bring up the cellular connection and connect back to the cellular
carrier (see the user’s manual for details).
Step 8: Advanced configurations.
The Remote Console Manager offers many more advanced functions
including:
The “Alerts & Logging: Alerts” facility monitors serial ports, hosts, user
logins, UPSs (uninterruptible power supplies), and RPCs (remote power
controllers such as PDUs and IPMI devices). A broad selection of trigger
events (such as data patterns, temperature, or battery levels) can be
specified. When triggered, a warning e-mail, SMS, Nagios®, or SNMP
alert is sent to a nominated destination.
Extensive management of UPSs and RPCs using Open Source NUT and
Powerman tools. The “Manage: Power” facility enables both
administrators and regular users to monitor and control attached PDU
power strips, and servers with embedded IPMI BMCs.
Historical logs of all communications with serial and network-attached
devices, system activity, UPS and PDU power status, environmental
status, etc. The level of logging is set as ports and devices are
configured. “Alerts & Logging: Port Log” allows this history to be saved
locally or remotely. Logs can be viewed from the “Status” and “Manage”
menus.
Other advanced features, such as serial port cascading, remote
authentication, trusted networks, secure tunneling, Nagios distributed
monitoring, and the command line interface are covered in detail in the
user manual on the CD-ROM.
