Avocent CCM4850 - Manual (Page 5)

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List of Figures ................................................................................................................ vii
List of Tables ................................................................................................................... ix
Chapter 1: Product Overview.......................................................................................... 1
Features and Benefits ........................................................................................................................ 1
Safety Precautions ............................................................................................................................. 2
Rack mount safety considerations .............................................................................................. 2
Using AVWorks Software................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration ..................................................................... 5
Hardware Overview........................................................................................................................... 5
Installing the CCM Appliance ........................................................................................................... 6
Configuring the CCM Appliance ....................................................................................................... 7
Configuring the network address settings .................................................................................. 7
Initial CCM appliance login....................................................................................................... 9
Reinitializing the CCM Appliance ..................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 3: Operations ................................................................................................... 11
Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 11
Configuring Serial Port Settings...................................................................................................... 11
Connecting to Serial Devices........................................................................................................... 12
Connecting to devices using Telnet .......................................................................................... 12
Connecting to devices from the console port............................................................................ 13
Configuring and using dial-in connections .............................................................................. 14
Connecting to devices using PPP ............................................................................................. 15
Connecting to devices using SSH ............................................................................................. 15
Enabling plain text Telnet and SSH connections...................................................................... 18
CLI mode.......................................................................................................................................... 19
Ending Device Sessions ................................................................................................................... 19
Session time-out ........................................................................................................................ 20
Preemption................................................................................................................................ 20
Managing User Accounts................................................................................................................. 20
Access rights and levels ............................................................................................................ 21
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