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Advanced Console Server & RIM Gateway User Manual
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Types of users
The console server supports two classes of users:
I.
Firstly 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 embraces 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 are referred to as Users . These Users (when authorized) can access serial or network connected devices; and
control these devices using the specified services (e.g. Telnet, HHTPS, RDP, IPMI, Serial over LAN, Power Control).
An authorized
User also has a limited view 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 is referring 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 to the console server .
Management Console
The Management Console runs in a browser and provides a view of the console server and all the connected devices.
Administrators can use the Management Console, either locally or from a remote location, to manage the console server ,
users, ports, hosts, power devices and associated logs and alerts.
A User can also use the Management Console, but has limited menu access to control select devices, review their logs
and access them using the in-built Web terminal or control power to them.