User Guide

Product Overview.....3
IP addresses can also be assigned statically to SPs, and the appliance can scan IP ranges to
discover them.
When a port is in serial mode, the amber LED will be illuminated. The appliance will assign the
console port class by default and auto-detect whether to apply the Avocent or Cisco
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soft pinout.
The speed, flow control, parity and data-size are all predefined for connectivity to standard RS-232
server consoles but can be modified on a per-port basis. In addition to console mode, a supported
Avocent PDU can be connected to and managed from the appliance.
Web user interface (UI)
Users and administrators can perform most tasks through the web UI(accessed with HTTPS). The
web UI runs in Microsoft Internet Explorer® and Mozilla Firefox® browsers on any supported
computer that has network access to the appliance.
An administrator can use the web UI to create user accounts, authorize groups and configure
security and ports. Authorized users can access connected devices through the web UI to
troubleshoot, maintain, cycle power, or to reboot connected devices and change their password.
For more information on the web UI, see Chapter 3.
VGA and USB connections
Standard VGA and USB connections can be used to attach an LCD tray. These ports are located
on the front of the appliance. The VGA console port can be used for launching sessions to targets
or for performing NetBoot firmware recoveries. The USB ports are used for connecting USB
keyboard, mouse, smart card reader, CD, DVD or mass storage devices.
Key Combination Operation
Alt + Tab
Toggle to next view in a cyclic list
Alt + F1
View web UI
Alt + F2
View User Shell
Alt +Esc
Close current view and session
VGA Console Hotkeys
NOTE: Press ALT-F1 during the appliance boot progress screen to display verbose output.
CLI setup port
The serial setup port provides access to the CLI and Shell. The appliance does not support root
access to the Bash Shell. The CLI is intended for managing and configuring the appliance.