STEP 3 -
Connect to the Console Server
The Console Server is addressable at either
of two IP addresses:
• Its built-in address of 192.168.0.1/24.
• The address its on-by-default DHCP client
accepts from a DHCP server on your network.
1. Using a browser on the same network
as the Console Server‘s NET1 ports with
an IP address in one of the Console Server‘s
network ranges (i.e., 192.168.0.x/24
or the range used by your DHCP server):
enter https://192.168.0.1/ or https://[DHCP-
supplied address]/ in the address bar and
press Enter.
NOTE: the Console Server has a self-signed
SSL certificate. “Untrusted connection”
errors will be present.
2. Click through these errors to load
the Console Server’s login page.
3. Enter the default system username
and password:
•
USERNAME: ROOT
• PASSWORD: DEFAULT
and click Submit or press Enter.
4. The Welcome page loads.
NOTE: the Welcome page logs you out after 20
inactive minutes. The current page stays loaded,
however, and clicking any UI element loads the
login page. Log back in and the requested page
loads.
Configuration and management options present
in expanded-by-default menus down the left-hand
edge. The top-level menus are Manage, Status,
Serial & Network, Alerts & Logging and System.
The rest of the page lists configuration tasks
required to turn the Console Server into a usable
unit. Some of these tasks will be marked as done
because of the Console Server‘s factory settings.
The following procedures document initial
configuration using the menus rather than the
task list.