User Guide
Installation.....15
• The LED illuminates green when the appliance is turned on and operating normally.
• The LED blinks green when the appliance is booting.
• The LED illuminates amber if a fault condition occurs, such as power supply failure, elevated
ambient temperature or fan failure. The LED will continue to illuminate amber as long as the
failure persists.
• The LED blinks amber when the appliance is shutting down. Once the LEDis off, it is safe to
unplug the power cords.
Rear panel Ethernet connection LEDs
On the appliance, the rear panel features two LEDs where the green LEDindicates Ethernet
connection status:
• The solid green LEDdenotes an Ethernet link has been established.
• The blinking green LEDdenotes Ethernet activity.
• The solid amber LEDdenotes a target session is active.
• No LEDs illuminated denotes no activity.
Rear panel autosensing/dedicated IP port LEDs
The rear panel of the appliance features two LEDs, green or amber:
• If both LEDs are illuminated, autosensing is enabled.
• The green LED illuminates when there is a KVM or SP connection.
• The amber LED illuminates when there is a serial connection.
Configuring the Appliance
The appliance may be accessed through the CLI or the console or Ethernet ports. All terminal
commands are accessed through a terminal or PC running terminal emulation software.
NOTE: To configure using DSView™ software, see the DSView™ 4 Management Software Installer/User
Guide. To configure using the appliance's web UI, see Administration on page 31. To configure using Telnet
or SSH, see the appliance Command Reference Guide.
To connect a terminal to the appliance:
1. Using a null modem cable, connect a terminal or a PC that is running terminal emulation
software to the console port on the front panel of the appliance. An RJ-45 to DB9 (female)
cross adaptor is provided.