IM4004-5 Quick Start (520001-Rev 3.2)
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Advanced configurations
The console server offers many more advanced functions including:
The
Alerts & Logging: Alerts
facility
monitors serial ports, hosts, user logins,
UPSes (Uninterruptible Power Supplies), RPCs (Remote Power Controllers, such as
PDUs and IPMI devices) and EMDs (Environmental Monitoring Devices). A broad
selection of trigger events (such data patterns, temperature or battery levels) can
be specified. When triggered, a warning email, SMS,
Nagios or SNMP alert is sent
to a nominated destination.
Extensive management of UPSes and RPCs using open source
NUT
and
Powerman
tools. The
Manage: Power
facility enables both administrators and users to
monitor and control PDU power strips, and servers with embedded IPMI BMCs.
Connect EMDs to any serial port (with an adapter) and remotely monitor the
temperature, humidity, physical access, smoke alarms, etc. Details are provided in
the
EMD5000 Quick Start
supplied with the EMD.
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. Logs can be viewed from the
Status
and
Manage
menus.
Other advanced features, such as
Serial Port Cascading
, remote
Authentication
,
Trusted Networks
,
Secure Tunneling
,
Nagios Distributed Monitoring
,
Failover
and
Out-of-Band Access
, 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 console server.
Refer to the provided
Quick
Starts
for details
