User guide

Preface
16 BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server
Glossary Entries
Terms that can be found in the glossary are underlined and slightly larger than the rest of
the text. These terms have a hypertext link to the glossary.
Quick Steps
Step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console
Server are numbered with a summarized description of the step for quick reference. Under-
neath the quick step is a more detailed description. Steps are numbered 1, 2, 3, etc. Addition-
ally, if there are sub-steps to a step, they are indicated as Step A, B, C, and are nested within
the Step 1, 2, 3, etc. For example:
Step 1: Modify files.
You will modify four Linux files to let the BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server
know about its local environment.
Step A: Modify pslave.conf.
Open the file plsave.conf and add the following lines . . .
Parameter Syntax
This manual uses standard Linux command syntaxes and conventions for the
parameters described within it.
Brackets and Hyphens (dashes)
The brackets ([])indicate that the parameter inside them is optional, meaning that the
command will be accepted if the parameter is not defined. When the text inside the brackets
starts with a dash (-) and/or indicates a list of characters, the parameter can be one of the
letters listed within the brackets.
Example:
iptables [-ADC] chain rule-specification [options]
Ellipses
Ellipses (...) indicate that the latest parameter can be repeated as many times as needed.
Usually this is used to describe a list of subjects.