User guide

36 Cyclades ACS 6000 Advanced Console Server Installation/Administration/User Guide
To configure or to edit one or more serial ports with a connected PDU:
1. Select Ports - Serial Ports.
2. Click the checkbox for one or more serial ports with a connected PDU.
3. Click the Set Power button and use the drop-down menus to configure the physical settings.
4. Click Next or click the Power link.
a. Use the drop-down menu to select the PDU type.
b. Check the box to enable speed auto detection.
c. Configure the polling rate.
d. For Avocent/Cyclades PDUs, enter the power cycle interval and then use the drop-down
menus to enable or disable Syslog, Buzzer and SW Overcurrent Protection.
Local IPv4/IPv6
Address
Configures the local IPv4/IPv6 address for this PPP connection.
Remote IPv4/IPv6
Address
Configures the remote IPv4/IPv6 address for this PPP connection.
PPP Authentication
Protocol
Uses the radio button to select: none, PAP, CHAP or EAP.
• None - no authentication.
• PAP - use PAP protocol and the authentication type configured in
the PPP authentication type (it is configured in the Authentication /
Unit Authentication page).
• CHAP - use CHAP protocol. The configuration of the CHAP
secrets should be done while editing the file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets.
• EAP - use EAP protocol. Available authentications: CHAP, SRP-
SHA1 and TLS. The configuration of the secrets for CHAP should
be done while editing the file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets. The
configuration of the secrets for SRP-SHA1 should be done while
editing the file /etc/ppp/srp-secrets.
Default: None.
CHAP Configure the CHAP-interval, CHAP-max-challenge and CHAP-
restart.
Default values:
CHAP Interval = 0.
CHAP Max Challenge = 10.
CHAP Restart = 3.
PPP Idle Timeout Number of seconds being idle before PPP times out. Default: 0 (no
time-out).
Table 3.6: Dial-in Parameters (Continued)
Parameter Description