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ABOUT THIS MANUAL
PRODUCTS COVERED
The Black Box User Manual describes the features and capabilities of the following Black Box product products, and provides
instructions to best take advantage of them:
LES1500 Series Console Servers: LES1516A, LES1532A, LES1548A
LES1600 Series Console Servers: LES1604A, LES1604A-V, LES1604A-T, LES1604A-R, LES1608A
LES1700 Series Console Servers: LES1708A, LES1716A, LES1732A, LES1748A
Each of these products is referred to generically in this manual as a console server.
Where appropriate, product groups may be referred to as console servers, gateways or by specific product line name or product
group (for example the LES1500 family).
WHO SHOULD READ THIS USER MANUAL?
You should read this manual if you are responsible for evaluating, installing, operating, or managing a Black Box appliance. This
manual assumes you are familiar with the internal network of your organization, and are familiar with the Internet, IP networks,
HTTP, FTP and basic security operations.
MANUAL ORGANIZATION
The Black Box User Manual is structured as follows:
Safety Precautions
1. Specifications: Technical specifications for the console servers.
2. Overview: An overview of the console server’s features and information regarding this manual.
3. Installation: Physical installation of the console server and the interconnecting of managed devices.
4. System configuration: Initial installation and configuration of the console server and the supported services.
5. Serial port, host, device and user configuration: Configuring serial ports and connected network hosts, and setting up users.
6. Firewall, failover, and OOB access: Set up the firewall and the high availability access features of the console server.
7. SSH tunnels and SDT connector: Secure remote access using SSH and configure for RDP, VNC, HTTP, HTTPS and access to
network- and serially-connected devices.
8. Alerts, auto-response and logging: Set up local and remote event and data logs. Configure auto-responses to trigger events.
9. Power, environment and digital I/O: Manage USB, serial and network attached power strips and UPS supplies. Also EMD
environmental sensor configuration.
10. Authentication: Access to the console server requires authenticated usernames and passwords.
11. Nagios Integration: Set Nagios central management. Configure console server as a distributed Nagios server.
12. System Management: Access to and configuration of services to be run on the console server.
13. Status reports: The dashboard summary and detailed status and logs of serial and network connected devices
(ports, hosts, power and environment).
14. Management: Port controls and user-accessible reports.
15. Configuration from the command line: Command-line installation and configuration using the config command.
16. Advanced Configuration: Advanced command-line configuration activities using Linux commands.
