User Guide

Initial Appliance Setup
The Avocent® Universal Management Gateway appliance provides extensive access to attached
devices. Consider the following security parameters and default values and how they align with
your organizational security policies.
The Avocent® Universal Management Gateway appliance ships with the following default settings:
• DHCP, SSHv2 and HTTPSare enabled.
• All autosensing ports are enabled.
• Ethernet and CLISetup ports are enabled.
• The following are default user accounts within the appliance.
Username Role Password
admin admin admin
operator power-user operator
user user user
Default User Accounts
• Shell access is permitted for admin roles only.
NOTE: Avocent strongly recommends you change the default passwords after initial setup and create
individual user accounts. For information on changing passwords, see Adding a user on page 41.
Connecting to Your Network
Connect a UTPcable from the primary network port to your network. For redundancy, connect both
network ports and configure the fail-over network mode. For more information, see Defined
networks on page 92.
Assigning an IPAddress
An IPaddress can be obtained via DHCP, or a static IPaddress can be assigned.
Connecting Locally or Through the Console Port
You can configure and manage the appliance via the network from a supported web browser, via
the VGAconsole from an LCDtray or KVM switch, or via the CLI Setup port using a serial cable and
terminal emulation software. Use the provided RJ-45 to DB9Fadapter to connect a terminal or
workstation to the CLISetup port. Terminal settings are:9600, 8, N and 1 with no flow control and
ANSIemulation.