User Guide

4.....Avocent® Universal Management Gateway Appliance Installer/User Guide
IPv4 and IPv6 support
The appliance supports dual stack IPv4 and IPv6 protocols. The administrator can use the web UI
or CLI to configure support for IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses. The following list describes the IPv4
and IPv6 support provided in the appliance:
• DHCP
• DSView software integration
• Ethernet interfaces, GB1 (eth0) and GB2 (GB2 (eth1))
• Firewall (IP tables)
• HTTPS
• Linux kernel
• Remote authentication: AD and LDAP servers
• SSH and Telnet access
• Syslog server
NOTE: Remote authentication NFS, NIS and IPSec are not supported with IPv6.
Security
The Security settings allow administrators to determine which network services are enabled on the
appliance.
Data logging, notifications, alarms and data buffering
An administrator can set up data logging, notifications and alarms to alert administrators of
problems with email and syslog messages. An administrator can also store buffered data locally.
Messages about the appliance and connected servers or devices can also be sent to syslog
servers.
Power management
The Avocent® Universal Management Gateway appliance enables users who are authorized for
rack power distribution units (PDU) and service processor (SP) power management to turn power
on, turn power off and reset servers via their embedded SP devices plugged into a connected rack
PDU.
Auto discovery
An administrator can enable auto discovery to find the hostname of a target connected to a port.
Auto discovery’s default probe and answer strings have a broad range. An administrator can