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1. Specifications.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
2. Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
2.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................................................................10
2.2 Manual Organization ....................................................................................................................................................................................10
2.3 Types of Users..................................................................................................................................................................................................10
2.4 Management Console ....................................................................................................................................................................................11
2.5 Hardware Description .....................................................................................................................................................................................11
2.5.1 LES1101A Front Panel .........................................................................................................................................................................11
2.5.2 LES1101A Back Panel..........................................................................................................................................................................12
2.5.3 LES1102A Front Panel .........................................................................................................................................................................13
2.5.4 LES1102A Back Panel..........................................................................................................................................................................13
2.6 What’s Included ......................................................................................................................................................................................14
2.6.1 LES1101A.....................................................................................................................................................................................14
2.6.2 LES1102A.....................................................................................................................................................................................14
3. Installation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................15
3.1 Power Connection...........................................................................................................................................................................................15
3.2 Network Connection.......................................................................................................................................................................................15
3.3 Serial Port Connection ....................................................................................................................................................................................15
3.3.1 Non RS-232 Serial Port Pinouts—LES1102A .....................................................................................................................................16
3.3.2 Non RS-232 Serial Port Pinouts—LES1101A .....................................................................................................................................17
4. System Configuration ................................................................................................................................................................................................18
4.1 Management Console Connection................................................................................................................................................................18
4.1.1 Connected PC/Workstation Setup .....................................................................................................................................................18
4.1.2 Browser Connection ............................................................................................................................................................................19
4.2 Administrator Password ..................................................................................................................................................................................20
4.3 Network IP Address .........................................................................................................................................................................................21
4.4 System Services................................................................................................................................................................................................22
4.5 Communications Software.............................................................................................................................................................................24
4.5.1 SDT Connector.....................................................................................................................................................................................24
4.5.2 PuTTY....................................................................................................................................................................................................25
4.5.3 SSHTerm ...............................................................................................................................................................................................25
5. Serial Port, Host, Device, and User Configuration ...................................................................................................................................................26
5.1 Configure Serial Ports......................................................................................................................................................................................26
5.1.1 Common Settings................................................................................................................................................................................27
5.1.2 Console Server Mode ..........................................................................................................................................................................28
5.1.3 SDT Mode.............................................................................................................................................................................................31
5.1.4 Device (RPC, UPS, EMD) Mode...........................................................................................................................................................32
5.1.5 Terminal Server Mode .........................................................................................................................................................................32
5.1.6 Serial Bridging Mode ...........................................................................................................................................................................32
5.1.7 Syslog....................................................................................................................................................................................................33
5.2 Add/Edit Users .................................................................................................................................................................................................34
5.3 Authentication.................................................................................................................................................................................................36
5.4 Network Hosts .................................................................................................................................................................................................36
5.5 Trusted Networks ............................................................................................................................................................................................37
5.6 Serial Port Redirection .....................................................................................................................................................................................37
5.7 Managed Devices ............................................................................................................................................................................................38
6. Secure SSH Tunneling and SDT Connector...............................................................................................................................
...............................40
6.1 Configuring for SSH Tunneling to Hosts .......................................................................................................................................................41
6.2 SDT Connector Client Configuration.............................................................................................................................................................41
6.2.1 SDT Connector Installation..................................................................................................................................................................41
6.2.2 Configuring a New Console Server Gateway in the SDT Connector Client....................................................................................42
6.2.3 Auto-Configure SDT Connector Client with the User’s Access Privileges.......................................................................................43
6.2.4 Make an SDT Connection through the Gateway to the Host..........................................................................................................44
6.2.5 Manually Adding Hosts to the SDT Connector Gateway .................................................................................................................44
6.2.6 Manually Adding New Services to the New Hosts............................................................................................................................45
6.2.7 Adding a Client Program to be Started for the New Service ...........................................................................................................47
6.3 SDT Connector to Management Console .....................................................................................................................................................49
6.4 SDT Connector–Telnet or SSH Connect to Serially Attached Devices.........................................................................................................49
6.5 Using SDT Connector for Out-of-Band Connection to the Gateway..........................................................................................................50
6.6 Importing (and Exporting) Preferences ..........................................................................................................................................................52