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11. System Management
Covers access to and configuration of services that will run on the
console server.
12. Status Reports
View a dashboard summary and detailed status and logs of serial and
network connected devices (ports, hosts, power, and environment)
13. Management
Includes port controls that
Users
can access.
14 Basic Configuration
Command line installation and configuration using the
config
command.
15. Advanced Config
More advanced command line configuration activities where you will
need to use Linux commands.
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Types of users
The
console server
supports two classes of users:
I.
First, there are the administrative users who will be authorized to configure and control the
console
server
; and to access and control all the connected devices. These administrative users will be set up
as members of the
admin
user group and any user in this class is referred to generically in this
manual as the
Administrator
. An
Administrator
can access and control the
console server
using the
config
utility, the Linux command line, or the browser-‐based Management Console. By default, the
Administrator
has access to all services and ports to control all the serial connected devices and
network connected devices (
hosts
).
II.
The second class of users are those who have been set up by the
Administrator
with specific limits of
their access and control authority. These users are set up as members of the
users
user group (or
some other user groups the
Administrator
may have added). They are only authorized to perform
specified controls on specific connected devices and are referred to as
Users
. These
Users
(when
authorized) can access serial or network connected devices; and control these devices using the
specified services (for example, Telnet, HHTPS, RDP, IPMI, Serial over LAN, Power Control). An
authorized
User
also has a limited view of the Management Console and can only access authorized
configured devices and review port logs.
In this manual, when the term
user
(lower case) is used, it refers to both the above classes of users. This
document also uses the term
remote users
to describe users who are not on the same LAN segment as
the
console server
. These remote users may be
Users,
who are on the road connecting to managed
devices over the public Internet, or it may be an
Administrator
in another office connecting to the
console server
itself over the enterprise VPN, or the remote user may be in the same room or the same
office but connected on a separate
VLAN than the
console server
.
Management Console
The Management Console provides a view of the
console server
and all the connected devices.
Administrators
can use any browser to log into the Management Console either locally or from a remote
location. They can then use Management Console to manage the
console server
, the users, the serial
ports and serially connected devices, network connected hosts, and connected power devices; and to
view associated logs and configure alerts.
