User Guide

2.....Avocent® ACS 6000 Advanced Console Server
• Target device connection. An authorized user can make a Telnet, SSH v1, SSH v2 or Raw
connection to a target device. 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.
• 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 Microsoft
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Internet Explorer
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, Mozilla
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Firefox®, and
Apple
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Safari
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on any supported computer that has network access to the console server. The list
of supported client browsers and their versions are available in the release notes.
IPv4 and IPv6 support
The 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 and dial-out 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.