User Guide
122.....Avocent® Universal Management Gateway Appliance Installer/User Guide
Number Installation Step
9
Physically connect KVM, serial or PDUtargets to the appliance. See Connecting targets on page
12
10
To connect SPs to the appliance,
First, consult the appliance release notes for a list of supported SP types and firmware versions.
Second, access the SPdirectly to ensure the SPis a DHCPclient or has a static IPappropriate for
the public network it is connected to or appropriate for the private ports on the appliance.
Third, ensure that IPMIis enabled on the SP.
Fourth, ensure that you know or change the SPlog-in credential to one that is or will be configured
within the appliance.
Fifth, access the Targets-SPManagement-Default Users page and add a credential to the list
matching the one configured in the SP.
Sixth, physically connect the SPto a private appliance port if it is not already connected to another
network.
Seventh, if necessary, create a discovery range for the network that contains the SP. See
Connecting targets on page 12
11
Rename target devices aliases to user/human meaningful names. For example, hostname,
DNSname, physical location name or other. See Port configuration on page 50
12
Change the default account credentials, create additional user accounts or add AD/LDAP or
DSView™ software as an authentication service. Create user groups and assign target
permissions. See Power User group on page 46
13
Test launching a KVM, vKVM, vMedia, serial, SOL, SSH, browser session to each new target
device. Verify power on/off/cycle functionality for non-production systems. See Sessions on page
88
14
Create a system backup to preserve the appliance configuration in case of emergency. See
Firmware on page 80