User guide

Chapter 4: Configuring the Cyclades CS Console Server in Wizard Mode 23
To change a password:
CAUTION: Leaving the default root password unchanged leaves the console server and connected devices
open to anyone who knows the default password and the console server’s IP address. For security reasons,
change the root password from the default avocent as soon as possible.
1. Select Step 3: Access. The Access form displays.
2. Select the name of the user whose password you wish to change.
3. Click Change Password. The Change User Password dialog box displays.
4. Enter the new password in both fields and click OK.
5. Click apply changes.
Step 4: Data Buffering
Selecting Step 4: Data Buffering displays a form to allow logging the console data to a data buffer
file either locally in the console server or remotely to an external storage source such as an NFS
server or Syslog server. Once Enable Data Buffering is selected, the form displays a number of
fields. The displayed fields depends on whether selected Destination is Local or Remote.
The values set in this form apply to all serial ports. Data buffering allows a site to save a record of
all communication during a serial port connection session. You can set up data buffer files to be
stored either in local files on the console server’s Flash memory or on the hard disk of an external
server, such as an NFS or Syslog server.