User Guide

12.....Avocent® Universal Management Gateway Appliance Installer/User Guide
Rear of the Appliance
Number Description
1 Power supplies.
2 Power Indication LED.
3 GB2 (eth1) 10/100M/1G Ethernet port. Can be connected to a second network or used for failover.
4 Sensors
5
Autosensing ports. On the Avocent® Universal Management Gateway 4000 and 6000 appliances,
all ports are autosensing. On the Avocent® Universal Management Gateway 2000 appliance, the
eight ports on the left are autosensing and the other 32 are dedicated.
Connectors on the Appliance Rear
Connecting targets
Service processor
Use a UTP cable to connect a service processor to either an autosensing or a dedicated port on the
appliance. See Port configuration on page 50 for more information on how to set up service
processors.
Serial
Use a UTP cable and a DB-9 or DB-25 console adaptor, as needed, to connect a serial target to an
autosensing port on the appliance.
The appliance supports both the Avocent and Cisco
®
serial port pinout configuration. The port will
autosense the pinout.
To connect serial devices and PDUs:
Make sure the crossover cable used to connect a device has the same pinout type that is
configured in the software for the port (either Avocent or Cisco).
1. Make sure the devices to be connected are turned off.