User guide

2 Cyclades ACS 6000 Advanced Console Server Installation/Administration/User Guide
• Target device connection. An authorized user can make a Telnet, SSH v1 or SSH v2
connection to a target device through the Web Manager. For Telnet or SSH to be used for target
device connections, the Telnet or SSH service must be configured in the security profile that is
in effect.
• ACS 6000 console server console connection. An administrator can log in either from a local
terminal or from a computer with a terminal emulation program that is connected to the
console port and can use the CLI utility. The CLI utility prompt (--|- cli>) displays at login.
More than one administrator can log into the console server and have an active CLI or Web
Manager session. All sessions receive the following warning message when the configuration is
changed by another administrator or by the system: The appliance configuration has been altered
from outside of your session. Upon receipt of this message, each administrator needs to verify that
changes made during the session were saved.
Web Manager
Users and administrators can perform most tasks through the Web Manager (accessed with HTTP
or HTTPS). The Web Manager runs in Internet Explorer
®
6.0 and 7.0, and Firefox
®
2 and 3 on any
supported computer that has network access to the console server.
An administrator can use the Web Manager to create user accounts, authorize groups and configure
security and ports. Authorized users can access connected devices through the Web Manager to
troubleshoot, maintain, cycle power, reboot connected devices and change their password. For
more information on the Web Manager, see Chapters 3 and 4.
IPv4 and IPv6 support
The ACS 6000 console server supports dual stack IPv4 and IPv6 protocols. The administrator can
use the Web Manager or CLI to configure support for IPv4 addresses only or for both IPv4 and
IPv6 addresses. The following list describes the IPv6 support provided in the console server:
• DHCP
• Dial-in sessions (PPP links)
• DSView software integration
• eth0 and eth1 Ethernet interfaces
• Firewall (IP tables)
• HTTP/HTTPs
• Linux kernel
• Remote authentication: Radius, Tacacs+, LDAP and Kerberos servers
•SNMP
• SSH and Telnet access
• Syslog server
NOTE: Remote authentication NFS, NIS and IPSec are not supported with IPv6.