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Chapter 4: Managing Your Appliance

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To unlock an account:

1.

Click the Users category in the AMP.

2.

Select the user to unlock.

3.

Click the Unlock button. The lock icon next to the user name will disappear.

4. Click

OK or Apply. The user will be able to attempt to log in again.

-or-
Click Cancel to exit without saving.

To specify the length of time a user account remains locked:

1.

Click the Users category in the MP.

2. Click

the

Enable Lock-outs checkbox.

3.

Enter the number of hours that a user will be locked out (1 to 99).

To disable the Security Lockout feature:

1.

Click the Users category in the MP.

2. Uncheck

the

Enable Lock-outs checkbox. The Duration fi eld is disabled.

NOTE: Disabling Security Lockout will have no affect on users that are already locked out.

Viewing the AVRIQ adaptors

The AVRIQs category lets you view the AVRIQ adaptors in your system, their port

and EID numbers as well as the computer type and keyboard language. You can

also view the AVRIQ status. A green circle indicates that the AVRIQ is online. A

yellow circle means the AVRIQ is being upgraded and a red X indicates that the

AVRIQ is offline.

Enabling and configuring SNMP

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a protocol used to communicate

management information between network management applications and

appliances. Other SNMP managers (such as Tivoli and HP OpenView) can

communicate with your appliance by accessing MIB-II (Management Information

Base) and the public portion of the enterprise MIB. MIB-II is a standard MIB that

many SNMP servers support. When you select the SNMP category for the first

time, the AMP will retrieve the SNMP parameters from the unit.

In this dialog box, you can enter system information and community strings.

You may also designate which stations can manage the appliance as well as

receive SNMP traps from the switch. For more information on traps, see

Enabling individual SNMP traps in this chapter. If you check Enable SNMP, the