KCS6000 Quick Start (520023-Rev 3.2)
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applications (such as Dell Open Manage or VMware VDI client) on your remote computer
that you want to use to manage a DRAC service processor or VMware virtual device on
one of your servers:
Select
Serial & Network: Network Hosts
and click
Add Host
Enter local
IP address/ DNS Name
of the Host and edit the
Permitted
Services
(or TCP/UDP port numbers) to be used for accessing this Host e.g.
HTTPS (port 443) or VNC (port 5990). Only these
permitted services
will be SSH
forwarded through the KCS6104/6116 to the Host. All other services will be
blocked. At this stage you may also specify the level of information to be logged
and monitored for each Host access. Click
Apply
Install the
SDT Connector
java application on your remote management
computer and set up the KCS6104/6116 as a gateway (entering the IP or DNS
Address,
the SSH port and
Username
and
Password
)
Click
Retrieve Hosts
and SDT Connector will auto load any limitations you may
have configured on the ports/host/services the remote user can access
Then simply
point
at the host to be accessed and
click
on the service to be used
in accessing that host - and an SDT connection will be setup from the remote PC
through the KCS6104/6116 to a connected host
Step 6
Advanced configurations
Please register your product
to activate the warranty and to
automatically receive advice of future firmware updates.
Go to:
http://opengear.com/product-registration.html
The KCS6104/6116 also offers many more advanced functions including:
The
Alerts & Logging: Alerts
facility
monitors serial ports, hosts, user logins,
power etc. External EMDs can be connected to the serial ports and a broad
selection of trigger can be specified. When triggered, a warning email, SMS,
Nagios or SNMP alert is sent
Management of third party UPSes and PDUs using open source
NUT
and
Powerman
tools. The
Manage: Power
facility enables both administrators and
regular users to manage attached power strips, and servers with embedded IPMI.
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
Other advanced features, such as
Serial Port Cascading
, remote
Authentication
,
Trusted Networks
,
Secure Tunneling
,
Nagios Distributed Monitoring
, the
Command
Line
interface – these are covered in detail in the
User Manual
on the CDROM.
Note:
On the CDROM you will find the
PortShare
and
SDT Connector
software tools.
SDT Connector
provides you with secure, point and click access to the console
server and all the attached devices
PortShare
connects the COM/tty port
applications on your Windows PC, Linux server or virtual machine to the serial
devices attached to the KCS6104/6116
Refer to the provided
Quick Starts
