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Chapter 6
Secure SSH Tunneling & SDT Connector
SECURE SSH TUNNELING AND SDT CONNECTOR
Introduction
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 you access 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.
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To set up the secure SSH tunnel from the client PC to the
console server
, install and launch SSH client
software on the User/
Administrator
’s PC. Black Box recommends you use the
SDT Connector
client
software supplied with the
console server
for this.
SDT Connector
is simple to install and auto-‐configure
and it provides 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. Next, it executes the client application that it uses 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 (
Section 6.1
).
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
(
Section 6.2
).
Using SDT Connector to access the Management Console via a browser (
Section 6.3
).
