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Each Black Box console server has an embedded SSH server and uses SSH tunneling so remote users can securely connect through
the console server to Managed Devices using text-based console tools (such as SSH, telnet, SoL) or graphical tools (such VNC, RDP,
HTTPS, HTTP, X11, VMware, DRAC, iLO).
The Managed Devices being accessed can be located on the same local network as the console server or they can be attached to
the console server via a serial port. The remote User/Administrator connects to the console server thru an SSH tunnel via dial-up,
wireless or ISDN modem; a broadband Internet connection; the enterprise VPN network or the local network.
Secure Remote
Management
Secure OOB (Dial-In or
Broadband)
Secure Local
Management
Network
Connected
Serial
Connected
FIGURE 7-1.
To set up the secure SSH tunnel from the Client PC to the console server, you must install (if necessary) and launch SSH client
software on the User’s or Administrator’s PC.
Black Box recommends that you use the SDT Connector client software that is supplied with the console server for this. SDT
Connector is simple to install and auto-configure and it will provide all your users with point-and-click access to all the systems and
devices in the secure network.
With one click, SDT Connector sets up a secure SSH tunnel from the client to the selected console server, then establishes a port
forward connection to the target network connected host or serial connected device, then executes the client application that will be
used in communicating with the host.
This chapter details the basic SDT Connector operations:
Configuring the console server for SSH tunneled access to network attached hosts and setting up permitted Services and user
access.
Setting up the SDT Connector client with gateway, host, service and client application details and making connections between the
Client PC and hosts connected to the console server.
Using SDT Connector to browser access the Management Console.
Using SDT Connector to Telnet or SSH connect to devices that are serially attached to the console server.
CHAPTER 7: SSH TUNNELS AND SDT CONNECTOR
