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10.4.2
Basic
Nagios
Plug-Ins.......................................................................................................................................................................103
10.4.3 Number of Supported Devices .......................................................................................................................................................103
10.4.4 Distributed Monitoring Usage Scenarios......................................................................................................................................104
11. System Management.............................................................................................................................................................................................106
11.1 System Administration and Reset..............................................................................................................................................................106
11.2
Upgrade
Firmware .......................................................................................................................................................................................107
11.3 Configure Date and Time...........................................................................................................................................................................108
11.4 Configuration Backup .................................................................................................................................................................................108
12. Status Reports ........................................................................................................................................................................................................110
12.1 Port Access and Active Users ....................................................................................................................................................................110
12.2
Statistics ........................................................................................................................................................................................................110
12.3
Support
Reports ...........................................................................................................................................................................................111
12.4
Syslog ............................................................................................................................................................................................................112
12.5
Dashboard ....................................................................................................................................................................................................112
12.5.1 Configuring the Dashboard............................................................................................................................................................113
12.5.2 Creating Custom Widgets for the Dashboard.............................................................................................................................114
13. Management ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................115
13.1
Device
Management...................................................................................................................................................................................115
13.2 Port and Host Logs......................................................................................................................................................................................115
13.3 Serial Port Terminal Connection................................................................................................................................................................116
13.4
Power
Management ...................................................................................................................................................................................117
14. Configuration from the Command Line ..............................................................................................................................................................118
14.1 Accessing Config from the Command Line..............................................................................................................................................118
14.2
Serial
Port
Configuration ............................................................................................................................................................................120
14.3 Adding and Removing Users ......................................................................................................................................................................122
14.4 Adding and Removing User Groups..........................................................................................................................................................124
14.5
Authentication..............................................................................................................................................................................................124
14.6 Network Hosts .............................................................................................................................................................................................125
14.7
Trusted
Networks ........................................................................................................................................................................................126
14.8
Cascaded
Ports ............................................................................................................................................................................................127
14.9 UPS Connections .........................................................................................................................................................................................127
14.10 RPC Connections .......................................................................................................................................................................................128
14.11 Managed Devices......................................................................................................................................................................................129
14.12
Port
Log.......................................................................................................................................................................................................129
14.13
Alerts ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................130
14.14 SMTP and SMS .........................................................................................................................................................................................131
14.15
SNMP ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................132
14.16
Administration ............................................................................................................................................................................................132
14.17
IP
Settings...................................................................................................................................................................................................132
14.18 Date and Time Settings............................................................................................................................................................................133
14.19
DHCP
Server ..............................................................................................................................................................................................134
14.20
Services .......................................................................................................................................................................................................134
14.21
NAGIOS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................135
15. Advanced Configuration .......................................................................................................................................................................................136
15.1
Custom
Scripting..........................................................................................................................................................................................136
15.1.1 Custom Script to Run When Booting ............................................................................................................................................136
15.1.2 Running Custom Scripts When Alerts are Triggered ..................................................................................................................136
15.1.3 Example Script—Power Cycling on Pattern Match.....................................................................................................................137
15.1.4 Example Script—Multiple Email Notifications on Each Alert .....................................................................................................137
15.1.5 Deleting Configuration Values from the CLI................................................................................................................................138
15.1.6 Power Cycle Any Device When a Ping Request Fails .................................................................................................................140
15.1.7 Running Custom Scripts When a Configurator is Invoked.........................................................................................................141
15.1.8 Backing Up the Configuration and Restoring Using a Local USB Stick ...................................................................................141
15.1.9 Backing Up the Configuration Off-Box .........................................................................................................................................142
15.2
Advanced
Portmanager ..............................................................................................................................................................................143
15.2.1
Portmanager
Commands ................................................................................................................................................................143
15.2.2 External Scripts and Alerts .............................................................................................................................................................144
15.3 Raw Access to Serial Ports.........................................................................................................................................................................145
15.3.1
Access
to
Serial
Ports......................................................................................................................................................................145
15.3.2 Accessing the Console/Modem Port.............................................................................................................................................145
15.4
IP
Filtering .....................................................................................................................................................................................................145