User Guide
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You can use the buttons at the top of the screen to reboot, shut down or launch an SSH session to
the appliance.
WARNING: Always execute the shutdown command through the web UI, CLI or DSView™ software under
the Overview/Tools node before turning the appliance off, then on again. This will ensure the reset doesn't
occur while the file system in Flash is being accessed, and it helps to avoid Flash memory corruptions.
SSH
Click SSH to launch an SSH-based CLIconsole session from your PCto the appliance. From here
you can access the Administration CLI, target sessions and power actions, as well as access the
appliance Linux Shell.
Help File
You can access the online help for the appliance by clicking the Help button in the top right of the
screen.
If your client PCsdo not have internet access, you may download a PDFof the appliance user
guide and host it on an internal web server. To download the user guide, go to the following
address:http://pcs.mktg.avocent.com/@@content/manual/5901071501b.pdf.
Once you've downloaded the user guide and hosted it on a server, enter its pathin the Help File
URL field.
Email Settings
The appliance can generate email alerts for events that occur on the appliance or its associated
target devices. Once an SMTP/email server is configured, alerts can be sent to as many as four
email addresses.
See the Monitoring and Notification destination sections to configure alerts and their email
recipients.
Defaults
From the Defaults tab, you can restore the appliance to its factory default settings.
You can also configure the date and time, NTP server settings as well as setting the time zone and
daylight savings. If you do not have access to an NTP server, you can manually set the date and
time.
NOTE: You have to set the time on the appliance before enrolling it in the Trellis™ Real-Time
Infrastructure Optimization platform.