Tripp Lite B092-016 User manual

1
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Console Server Management Switch
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Console Server with PowerAlert
Model: B092-016
Console Server
Models: B095-004-1E / B095-003-1E-M
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INDEX
1.
INTRODUCTION
9
2.
INSTALLATION
14
2.1
Models
14
2.1.1
Kit C
omponents: B096
-
048 and B096
-
016 Console Server Management Switch
14
2.1.2
Kit C
omponents: B092
-
016 Console Server with PowerAlert
15
2.1.3
Kit C
omponents:
B095
-
004
-
1E and B095
-
003
-
1E
-
M
Console Server
15
2.2
Power C
onnection
16
2.2.1
Power: Console Server Management Switch
16
2.2.2
Power: Console Server with PowerAlert
16
2.2.3
Power: Console Server Management Switch
17
2.3
Network C
onnection
17
2.4
Serial Port C
onnection
17
2.5
USB Port Connection
18
2.6
Rackmount Console / KVM Connection (
B092
-
016
only)
18
3.
INITIAL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
19
3.1
Management Console Connection
19
3.1.1
Connected Computer Set U
p
19
3.1.2
Browser C
onnection
20
3.1.3
Initial B092
-
016 C
onnection
22
3.2
Administrator Password
22
3.3
Network IP A
ddress
23
3.3.1
IPv6 C
onfiguration
24
3.4
System Services
25
3.5
Communications Software
28
3.5.1
SDT Connector
28
3.5.2
PuTTY
28
3.5.3
SSHTerm
29
3.6
Managemen
t Network Configuration (
B096
-
048
/016 only)
30
3.6.1
Configure Managem
ent Switch as a Management LAN G
ateway
30
3.6.2
Configure
Management Switch for Failover or Broadband OoB
33
4.
SERIAL PORT AND NETWORK HOST
34
4.1
Configuring Serial Ports
34

3
4.1.1
Common Settings
35
4.1.2
Console Server Mode
36
4.1.3
SDT Mode
40
4.1.4
Device (RPC, UPS, EMD) Mode
40
4.1.5
Terminal Server Mode
40
4.1.6
Serial Bridging Mode
41
4.1.7
Syslog
42
4.2
Add/Edit Users
42
4.3
Authentication
45
4.4
Network Hosts
45
4.5
Trusted Networks
47
4.6
Serial Port Cascading
48
4.6.1
Automatically Generate and Upload SSH K
eys
48
4.6.2
Manually Generate and U
pload S
SH K
eys
49
4.6.3
Configure the Slaves and their Serial P
orts
51
4.6.4
Managing the Slaves
52
4.7
Serial Port Redirection
52
4.7.1
Install VirtualPort Client
52
4.7.2
Configure the VirtualPort Client
53
4.7.3
Remove a Configured Port
56
4.7.4
Configure the Remote Serial Device Connection
56
4.8
Managed Devices (B095
-
004/003 only)
57
5.
FAILOVER AND OUT
-
OF
-
BAND ACCESS
60
5.1
OoB Dial
-
In Access
60
5.1.1
Configure Dial
-
I
n PPP
61
5.1.2
Using SDT Connector Client for Dial
-
I
n
62
5.1.3
S
et Up Windows XP/ 2003/Vista/7 Client for Dial
-
I
n
62
5.1.4
Set
Up Earlier Windows Clients for Dial
-
I
n
63
5.1.5
Set Up Linux Clients for Dial
-
I
n
64
5.2
OoB Broadband Access (
B096
-
048
/016 only
)
64
5.3
Broadband Ethernet Failover (
B096
-
048
/016 only)
64
5.4
Dial
-
Out Failover
66
6.
SECURE TUNNELING AND SDT CONNECTOR
68
6.1
Configuring for SDT Tunneling to Hosts
69

4
6.2
SDT Connector C
onfiguration
69
6.2.1
SDT Connector Client I
nstallation
70
6.2.2
Configuring a New Gateway in the SDT Connector C
lient
71
6.2.3
Auto
-
Configure SDT Connector Client with the User’s Access P
rivileges
72
6.2.4
Make an SDT Connection Through the Gateway to a H
ost
73
6.2.5
Manually Adding Hosts to the SDT Connector G
ateway
74
6.2.6
Manually Adding New Services to the New H
osts
75
6.2.7
Adding a Client Program to be Started for the New S
ervice
77
6.2.8
Dial
-
In C
onfiguration
78
6.2.9
Choosing an Alternate SSH C
lient (e.g. PuTTY)
78
6.3
SDT Connector to Management Console
83
6.
4
SDT Connector
-
Telnet or SSH Connect to Serially Attached D
evices
84
6.5
Using SDT Connector for Out
-
of
-
Band Connection to the G
ateway
85
6.6
Importing (and exporting) P
references
87
6.7
SDT Connector Public Key Authentication
87
6.8
Setting up SDT for
Remote Desktop Access
88
6.8.1
Enable Remote Desktop on the Target Windows Computer to be A
ccessed
88
6.8.2
Configure the Remo
te
Desktop Connection C
lient
89
6.9
SDT SHH Tunnel for VNC
93
6.9.1
Install and Configure the VNC Server on the Computer to be A
ccessed
93
6.9.2
Install, Configure and C
onnect the VNC Viewer
94
6.10
Using SDT to IP Connect to Hosts that are Serially A
ttac
he
d to the G
ateway
96
6.10.1
Establish a PPP Connection Between the Host COM P
ort and Console Server
96
6.10.2
Set up SDT Seri
al Ports on Console Server
100
6.10.3
Set up SDT Connector to SSH Port F
orward O
ver the Console Server Serial Port
100
7.
ALERTS AND LOGGING
102
7.1
Configure SMTP/SMS/SNMP/Nagios Alert S
ervice
102
7.1.1
Email A
lerts
102
7
.1.2
SMS A
lerts
103
7.1.3
SNMP A
lerts
104
7.1.4
Nagios Alerts
105
7.2
Activate Alert Events and Notifications
105
7.2.1
Add a New A
lert
106
7.2.2
Select G
eneral
Alert T
ype
107
7.2.3
Configuring Environment and Power Alert T
ype
108

5
7.3
Remote Log Storage
109
7.4
Serial Port Logging
110
7.5
Network TCP or UDP Port Logging
111
8.
POWER & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
112
8.1
Remote Power Control (RPC)
112
8.1.1
RPC C
onnection
112
8.1.2
RPC A
lerts
114
8.1.3
RPC S
tatus
114
8.1.4
User Power M
anagement
114
8.2
Uni
nterruptible Power Supply Control (UPS)
115
8.2.1
Managed UPS C
onnections
115
8.2.2
Configure UPS P
owering the Console Server
118
8.2.3
Configuring Powered Computers to M
onitor a Managed UPS
119
8.2.4
UPS A
lerts
120
8.2.5
UPS S
tatus
120
8.2.6
Overview of Network UPS Tools (NUT)
120
8.3
Environmental Monitoring
122
8.3.1
Connecting the EMD
123
8.3.2
Environmental A
lerts
124
8.3.3
En
vironmental S
tatus
124
9.
AUTHENTICATION
1
26
9.1
Authentication Configuration
126
9.1.1
Local A
uthentication
127
9.1.2
TACACS A
uthentication
127
9.1.3
RADIUS A
uthentication
128
9.1.4
LDAP A
uthentication
129
9.1.5
RADIUS/TACACS User C
onfiguration
130
9.2
PA
M (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
131
9.3
Secure Management Console Access
132
10.
NAGIOS INTEGRATION
134
10.1
Nagios Overview
134
10.2
Central M
anagement
135
10.2.1
Se
t Up Central Nagios
S
erver
135
10.2.2
Set Up D
istributed Console Servers
136

6
10.3
Configuring Nagios Distributed Monitor
ing
138
10.3.1
Enable Nagios on the Console Server
138
10.3.2
Enable NRPE Mo
nitoring
140
10.3.3
Enable NSCA M
onitoring
141
10.3.4
Configure S
e
lected Serial Ports for Nagios M
onitoring
141
10.3.5
Configure S
el
ected N
etwork Hosts for Nagios M
onitoring
142
10.3.6
Configure the Upstream Nagios Monitoring H
ost
143
10.4
Advanced Distributed Monito
ring Configuration
144
10.4.1
Sample Nagios C
onfiguration
144
10.4.2
Basic Nagios Plug
-
I
ns
147
10.4.3
Additional Plug
-
I
ns
147
11.
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
149
11.1
System Administration and Reset
149
11.2
Upgrade Firmware
150
11.3
Configure Date and Time
151
11.4
Configuration Backup (B095
-
004/003 only)
152
11.5
FIPS Mode (B095
-
004/003 only)
154
12.
STATUS REPORTS
156
12.1
Port Access and Active Users
156
12.2
Statistics
156
12.3
Support Reports
157
12.4
Syslog
157
12.5
Dashboard
158
12.5.1
Configuring the Dashbo
ard
159
12.5.2
Creating Custom W
idgets for the Dashboard
160
13.
MANAGEMENT
162
13.1
Device Management
162
13.2
Port & Host Management
162
13.3
Power Management
163
13.4
Serial Port Terminal Connection
163
13.5
Remote Console Access (B092
-
016 only)
165
14
.
BASIC CONFIGURATION
-
LINUX COMMANDS
167
14.1
The Linux Command L
ine
168
14.2
Administration Configuration
170

7
14.2.1
System Settings
170
14.2.2
Authentication Configuration
170
14.3
D
ate and Time Configuration
171
14.4
Network Configuration
172
14.4.1
IP Configuration
172
14.4.2
Dial
-
I
n Configuration
173
14.4.3
Services Configuration
174
14.5
Serial Port Configuration
175
14.5.1
Serial Port Settings
175
14.5.2
Supported Protocol Configuration
176
14.5.3
Users
176
14.5.4
Trusted Networks
177
14.6
Event Logging Configuration
178
14.6.1
Remote Serial Port Log Storage
178
14.6.2
Alert Configuration
178
14.7
SDT Host Configuration
179
14.7.1
SDT H
ost TCP Ports
179
14.8
Configuration
B
ackup and R
estore
180
14.9
General Linux
Command U
sage
181
15.
ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
184
15.1
Advanced Portmanager
185
15.2
External Scripts and Alerts
187
15.3
Raw Access to Serial Ports
189
15.4
IP
-
Filtering
190
15.5
Modifying SNMP Configuration
192
15.5.1
Adding More than One SNMP S
erver
193
15.6
Secure Shell (SSH) Public Key Authentication
194
15.6.1
SSH Overview
194
15.6.2
Generating Public Ke
ys (Linux)
195
15.6.3
Installing the SSH Public/Private Keys (Clustering)
196
15.6.4
Installing SSH Public Key Authentication (L
inux)
196
15.6.5
Generating Public/Private K
eys for SSH (Windows)
198
15.6.6
Fingerprinting
200
15.6.7
SSH Tunneled Serial B
ridging
201

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15.6.8
SDT Connector Public Key Authentication
204
15.7
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Su
pport
205
15.8
HTTPS
206
15.9
Power Strip Control
208
15.9.1
P
owerMan
208
15.9.2
pmpower
21
0
15.9.3
Adding New RPC D
evices
210
15.10
IPMItool
212
15.11
Scripts for Managing Slaves
216
16.
THIN CLIENT (B092
-
016)
218
16.1
Local Client Service
Connections
218
16.1.1
Connect
-
Serial T
erminal
220
16.1.2
Connect
-
B
rows
er
220
16.1.3
Connect
-
VNC
221
16.1.4
Connect
-
SSH
222
16.1.5
Connect
-
IPMI
223
16.1.6
Connect
-
Remote Desktop (RDP)
224
16.1.7
Connect
-
Citrix ICA
225
16.1.8
Connect
-
PowerAlert
226
16.2
Advanced Control Panel
226
16.2.1
System: Terminal
226
16.2.2
System: Shutdown / Reboot
227
16.2.3
System: Logout
227
16.2.4
C
ustom
227
16.2.5
Status
227
16.2.6
Logs
227
16.3
Remote C
ontrol
228
Appendix A
Hardware Specification
229
Appendix B
Serial Port Connectivity
230
Appendix C
End User Licence Agreement
232
Appendix D
Service and Warranty
239

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1.
INT
RODUCTION
This Ma
nual
This User
Manual
is provided to help you get the mostfrom
your
B096
-
016 /
B096
-
048
Console Server
Management Switch
,
B092
-
016
Console Server
with PowerAlert
or B095
-
004
-
1E /
B095
-
003
-
1E
-
M
Console Server
product
. T
hese products are referred to generi
cally in this manual as
Console Server
s
.
Once configured, you will be able to use your
Console Server
to securely monitor
,
access and control the
computers, networking devices, telecommunications equipment,
power supplies
and operating
environment in your
data center
, branch office or communications room
. This manual guides you in
managing this infrastructure locally (
at the rack side or
across your operations or management LAN or
through the local serial console port), and remotely (across the Internet, p
rivate network or via dial up).
FCC Information
This is an FCC Class A product. In a domesticenvironment this product may
cause radio interference in
which case the user may be requiredto take
adequate measures.
This equipment has been tested and
found t
o comply with the limits for a Class
A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These
limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when
the equipment
is operated in a commercial environment.
This equipment
genera
tes
,
uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in
accordance with the instruction manual, maycause harmful
interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause h
armful interference
,
in which case
the user
will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
RoHS
This product is RoHS compliant.
User Notice
All information, documenta
tion
and specifications contained in this manual
are subject to change
w
ithout prior notification by the manufacturer. The
manufacturer makes no representations or
warranties, either expressed or
implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims
any
warranties as to merchantability or fitness for any part
icular purpose. Any of
the manufacturer's
software described in this manual is sold or licensed `as is'.
Should the programs prove defective
following their purchase, the buyer (and
not the manufacturer, its distributor, or its dealer), assumes the
entire
cost of all
necessary servicing, repair and any incidental or consequential damages
resulting from
any defect in the software.
The manufacturer of this system is not responsible for any radio and/or TV
interference caused by
unauthorized modifications to t
his device. It is the
responsibility of the user to correct such interference.
The manufacturer is not responsible for any damage incurred in the operation
of this system if the
correct operational voltage setting was not selected prior
to op
eration.
RODU
CTION

10
Please take care to follow the safety precautions below when installing and
operating the
Console Server
:

Do not remove the meta
l covers. There a
re no operator
-
serviceable
components inside. Opening or removing the cover may expose you to
dangerous voltage which may cause fire or electric shock. Refer all service
to Tripp Lite
qualified personnel

To avoid electric shock the power cord protective gr
ounding conductor
must be connected through to ground

Always pull on the plug, not the cable, when disconnecting
the power cord
from the socket

Do not connect or disconnect the
Console Server
during an electrical storm

Also it is recommended you use a surg
e suppressor or UPS to protect the
equipment from transients
Manual
Organization
This
Owner’s
M
anual
covers all aspects of installation, configuration and operation and an overview of
the information found in the manual is provided below.
1.
Introduc
tion
An overview
of
the features
of
the
Console Server
and information on
this manual
.
2
.
Installation
Details p
hysical installation of
the
Console Server
and
the
interconnection
of
controlled devices
.
3. System Configuration
Describes the initial
instal
lation
and configuration
using the
Manageme
nt Console
of the
Console Server
on the network and the
services that will be supported
.
4. Serial and
Network
Covers configuring serial ports and connected network hosts
, and
setting up User
s and Groups
.
5. Fail
over and OoB d
i
al
-
i
n
Describe
s
setting up the high
-
availability access features of the
Console
Server
.
6. Secure Tunn
eling (SDT)
Covers
secure remote access using SSH and configuring for RDP, VNC,
HTTP, HTTPS
,
etc
.
access to network and serially connecte
d devices
.
7.
Alerts and Logging
Explains the setting up
of
local and remote event/ data logs and
triggering SNMP and email alerts
.
8. Power
&
Environment
Management
of
USB,
serial and network attached P
ower
Distribution
U
nits
and UPS
units
including Netw
ork UPS Tool
(NUT) operation
a
nd
IPMI power control
and
EMD environmental sensor configuration
.
9. Authentication
All access to the
Console Server
requires usernames and passwords
which are locally or externally authenticated
.

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10. Nagios Integration
Settin
g
Nagios central management
with SDT extensions
and
c
onfiguring the
Console Server
as a distributed Nagios server
.
1
1
. System Management
Covers access to and configuration of services to be run on the
Console
Server
.
1
2
. Status Reports
View the status and
logs
of serial and network connected devices (ports,
hosts, power and environment)
.
1
3
. Management
Includes port controls and reports that can accessed by Users
.
1
4
.
Basic Configuration
Command
line
install
ation
and config
ur
ation
using the
config
comman
d
.
1
5
.
Advanced Config
M
ore advanced
command line
configuration activities
where you will
need to use Linux commands
.
1
6
.
Thin Client
Configuration and use of the thin client and other applications
(including
Power Alert)
embedded in the
Console Server
wit
h PowerAlert (
B092
-
016
)
produc
t
.
Types of U
sers
Th
e
Console Server
supports two
class
es of users:
I.
A
dministrative
users
:
Those
who will be
authorized to
configure and
control
the
Console Server
;
and
to
access and control all the
connected
devices
. These
a
dministrative users
will be set up as members
of the
admin
user group
.
A
ny user in this class is
referred to
generically
in this manual
as an
Administrator
.
An
Administrator can access and control the
Console Server
using the
config
utility,
the Linux comm
and line or the
browser
-
based
Management Console
. By default the Administrator
has access to all services and ports to control
all
the serial
connected devices
and network connected
devices
(
hosts
)
.
II.
U
sers
: E
mbraces those
who have been set up by the Admin
istrator with specific
limits on
their
access and control authority. The
se u
sers
are set up as members of the
users
user group
(or some
other user groups the Adminis
trator may have added). They
are
only
authorized to perform
specified
controls on
specific
connected devices
and
are referred to as
Users
. These Users (when authorized)
can access serial or network connected devic
es;
and control these devices using the specified
services (e.g.
Telnet
, HHTPS, RDP,
IPMI, Serial over LAN,
Power Control)
.
An authori
zed User can also
use the Management Console to ac
cess configured devices and reviewport logs
.
In this manual, when the term
user
(lower case)
is used, it
is
refer
ring
to both the above classes of users.
This document also
uses the term
remote users
to de
scribe users who are not on the same LAN segment
as the
Console Server
. These remote users may be
Users
,
who are
on the road connecting
to managed
devices
over the public Internet, or
it may be an Administrator
in
another office connecting
to the
Console S
erver
itself
over the enterprise VPN
, or
the remote user
may be in the same room or
the same
office but connected on a
separate VLAN
to the
Console Server
.
Management Console
T
he
Console Server
Management Console runs in a browser
.
It
provides a view of
your
Console Server
Management Switch (B096
-
016/048
)
, Console
Server
with PowerAlert (
B092
-
016
)
or
Console Server
(B095
-
004/003)
product
and
all the
connected
equipm
ent
. Administrators can use the Management

12
Console, either locally or from a remote locatio
n, to configure
the
Console Server
, set up
Users
,
configure
the
ports
and connected hosts
, and set up logging and alerts
.
An authorized User can
use the Management Console to
access
and control configured devices, review
port logs, use the in
-
built java
terminal to access serially attached console
s
and control power to
connected devices.
The
Console Server
runs an embed
ded Linux operating system
.
E
xperienced Linux and UNIX users may
prefer to undertake configuration at the command line.
As an Administrato
r y
ou can get command line
access by connecting through a terminal emulator or communications program to the console serial
port;
or
by
SSH
or
Telnet
connecting
to the
Console Server
over
the LAN; or
by connecting
to the
Console Server
through an SSH tunne
l
using the SDTConnector
.
The
B092
-
016
Console Server
also has PowerAlert software and a selection of thin clients embedded
(RDP, Firefox etc)
.
You
will be able to use these consoles as well as the standard Management Console
for access and control
.
Man
ual Conventions
This manual uses different fonts and typefaces to show specific actions:
Note
Text presented lik
e this indicates issues which need to be noted
.

13
Text presented like this highlights important issues and it is
essential you read
and take hee
d of these warnings
.

Text presented with an arrowhead indent indicates an action you should take as part of the
procedure.
Bold text
indicates text th
at you type, or the name of a screenobject (
e.g.
a menu or button)
on the
Management Console.
Italic text
is also used to indicate
a text command to
be entered at the
command line level.
Publishing H
istory
Date
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0.9
Initial
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February 2009
0.91
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-
release
January 2010
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Add
B095
-
004/003 Console Server and Firmware 3.0.1 features

14
2.
INSTALLATION
Introduction
This chapter describes
the physical
install
ation
of the
Console Server
hardw
are
and co
nnection to
controlled devices
.
2.1
Models
T
here are
a number of
Console Server
models
,
each with a different
number of
network
,
USB
and
serial
ports
and power supplies
:
Serial
Ports
Network
Ports
Console
Port
USB
Port
Modem
Power
B096
-
048
48
2
1
1
In
ternal
Dual AC Universal Input
B096
-
016
16
2
1
1
Internal
Dual
A
C Universal Input
B092
-
016
16
1
1+KVM
4
-
Single AC Universal Input
B095
-
004
-
1E
4
1
1
1
-
External DC Supply
B095
-
003
-
1E
-
M
3
1
1
1
Internal
External DC Supply
2.1.1
K
it
C
omponents
:
B096
-
048
and
B096
-
016
Console Server
Management Switch
B096
-
048
or
B096
-
016
Console Server
Management Swit
ch
2 x Cable UTP Cat5 blue
Connector
s
DB9F
-
RJ45S straight
and
cross
-
over
Dual IEC AC power cord
s
Quick Start Guide and CD
-
ROM

15

Unpack your
C
onsole Server
Management Swit
ch
kit and verify you have all the parts shown
above, and that they all appear in good working order
.

If you are installing your
Console Server
Management Swit
ch
in
a rack you will need to attach
the rack mounting brackets supp
lied with the unit, and install theunit in the rack. Take care to
head the Safety
Precautions
.

C
onnect your
Console Server
Management Swit
ch
to the network, to the serial ports of the
controlled devices,
and to
power as outlined below
.
2.1.
2
K
it
C
omponen
ts
:
B092
-
016
Console Server
with PowerAlert
B092
-
016
Console Server
with PowerAlert
2 x Cable UTP Cat5 blue
Connector DB9F
-
RJ45S straight
and DB9F
-
RJ45S cross
-
over
AC power cable
Quick Start Guide and CD
-
ROM

Unpack your
Console Server
and verify y
ou have all the parts shown above, and that they all
appear in good working order
.

If you are installing your
Console Server
in a rack
,
you will need to attach the rack mounting
brackets supplied with the unit, andinstall the un
it in the rack. Take care t
o hee
d the Safety
Precautions listed
earlier
.

Proceed to connect your
B092
-
016
to the network, to the serial and USB ports of the controlled
devices, to any rack side LCD console or KVM switch and to power as outlined below
.
2.1.3
K
it
C
omponents
:
B095
-
00
4
-
1E and B095
-
003
-
1E
-
M
Console Server
B095
-
004
-
1E
4
-
port Console Server with
single
NIC
or B095
-
003
-
1E
-
M 3
-
port
Console Server with single
NIC
and modem
2 x Cable UTP Cat5 blue

16
Connector
s
DB9F
-
RJ45S st
raight and
cross
-
over
External
power
supply
Quick Start Guide and CD
-
ROM

Unpack your
Console Server
kit and verify you have all the pa
rts shown above, and that they all
appear in good working order
.

If you are installing your
Console Server
in a rack you will need to attach therack mounting
brackets supplied with the unit, andinstall the unit in the rack. Take care to head the Safety
P
recautions
.

Proceed to connect your
Console Server
to the network, to the serial ports of the controlled
devices, and to power as outlined below
.
2.2
Power
C
onnection
2.2
.1
Power:
Console Server
Management Switch
The
B096
-
048
/
16
Console Server
Management S
wit
ch
has
dual
universa
l AC power supplies with auto
failover built in. The
s
e power supplies
each accept
AC input voltage between 100 and 240 VAC with a
frequency of 50 or 60
Hz and the total power consumption per
Console Server
is less than 30W. Two IEC
A
C power sockets are lo
cated at the rear of the
metal case, and these IEC power inlets use conventional
IEC AC power cords.
A
North American power cord is provided by default.
P
ower cords for
other
regions
are available
separately from Tripp Lite
.
2.2.2
P
ower
:
Console Server
with PowerAlert
The standard
B092
-
016
Console Server
has
a built
-
in universal auto
-
switching AC power supply. This
power supply accepts AC input voltage between 100 and 240 VAC with a frequency of 50 or 60 Hz and
the power consumption
is less than 40W.

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The
AC power socket
is
located at the rear of the
B092
-
016
. This power inlet uses a conventional AC
power cord
.
A
North American power cord is provided by default.
P
ower cords for
other
regions are
available
separately from Tripp Lit
e.
2.2.
3
Power:
Console Server Management Switch
The
B095
-
004/003
Console Server has
an external wall mount power supply. Thi
s
power supply
accept
s
AC input voltage between 100 and 240 VAC with a frequency of 50 or 60 Hz and the totalpower
consumption p
er console server
is less than 2
0W.
The DC
power sockets
on the
B095
-
004/003
Console
Server
are
located
on the side
of the metal case
marked PXR
.
2.3
Network C
onnection
The RJ45
10/100
LAN port
is
located on the rear of the
B092
-
016
Console Server
,
on
the front of
the
B096
-
048
/
0
16
Console Server
Management Swit
ch
and on the side panel of t
he
B095
-
004/003
Console
Server
.
All physical conn
ections are made using industry
standard
Cat5
e
patch cables
(Tripp Lite N001
-
and N002
-
series cables)
.
Ensure you onl
y connect the LAN port to an Ethernet network that supports
10Base
-
T/100Base
-
T.
For the initial configuration of the
Console Server
you must connect a
computer
to
the
Console Server
’s
principal network port
.
2.4
Serial Port
C
onnection
The
RJ45
serial po
rts are
located
on the rear of the
B092
-
016
Console Server
,
on the
front
of
the
B096
-
048
/
0
16
Console Server
Management Swit
ch
and on the side panel of t
he
B095
-
004/003
Console
Server.
These
Console Server
s
use
the
RJ45 pinout
used by Cisco
.
Use
straight t
hrough RJ45 cabling
to
connect to
equipment such as
Cisco, Juniper, SUN, and more.
PIN
SIGNAL
DEFINITION
DIRECTION
1
CTS
Clear To Send
Input
2
DSR
Data Set Ready
Input
3
RXD
Receive Data
Input
4
GND
Signal Ground
NA
5
GND
Signal Ground
NA
6
TXD
Transmit Data
Output
7
DTR
Data Terminal Ready
Output
8
RTS
Request To Send
Output
Conventional Cat5 cabling with RJ45 jacks are used for serial connections. Before connecting the console
port of an external device to the
Console Server
serial port, confirm that the device support
s
standard
RS
-
232C (EIA
-
232)
.
The
Console Server
also
h
as
a
DB9
L
OCAL
(
C
onsole
/M
odem) port.
This
DB
-
9 connector
is
on the rear
panel of the
B092
-
016
Console Server
, and on the front panel of
the
B096
-
0
48
/
0
16
Console Server
Management Swit
ch.

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2.5
USB Port Connection
The
B096
-
048
/
0
16
Console Server
Management
Swit
ch
has one USB port on the front panel
. External
USB devices can be plugged into this USB port
. T
he
B096
-
048
/
0
16
Console Server
Management Swit
ch
ship
s
with a USB memory stick
so
that
it will be installed in this
port
f
or extended log file storage.
T
h
ere are four USB 2.0 ports on the rear panel of the
B092
-
0
16
Console Server
and one USB
2.0 port
located under the RJ45 10/100 LAN connector on t
he
B095
-
004/003
Console Server
. These ports are
used
to connect
to USB consoles (of managed
UPS hardware) and
t
o
other external devices (such as a
USB memory stick or keyboard).
External USB devices
(including USB hubs)
can be plugged into any
Console Server
USB port.
2.6
Rack
mount Console / KVM
Connection (
B092
-
0
16
only
)
B092
-
0
16
Console Server
w
ith PowerAlert
can be connected directly to a
r
ack
mount c
onsole (
such as
B021
-
000
-
17
or B021
-
019 by Tripp Lite
) to
provide direct local management
right at the
rack.
Con
nect
the rack
mount console
’s PS/2 Keyboard
/Mouse
and
VGA connectors
directly
to the
PS/2 and
VGA
conne
ctors
on the
B092
-
0
16
.
The default
video resolution is 1024
x
768
.
The
B092
-
0
16
Console Server
also supports
the use of
a
USB keyboard/mouse.
Alternately
,
the
B092
-
016
Console Server
can
also be connected locally to a
KVM (or
KVMoIP)
switch
at
the rack. T
he
B092
-
016
Console Server
w
ith PowerAlert
will
enable you then to use this
KVM
infrastructure
to run PowerAlert
,
to
manage you
r
power devices and to run the thin clients
to
manage
other devic
es.
Note
Care should be taken in handling all
Console Server
pr
oducts. There are no operator
-
serviceable
components inside, so do not remove cove
r
.
R
efer
any
service to qualified personnel
.

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3.
INITIAL S
YSTEM CONFIGURATION
Introduction
This chapter provides step
-
by
-
step instructions for
the initial configuration o
f your
Console Server
and
connecting
it
to your
management or operational network
.
T
his in
volves
the Administrator
:

Ac
tivating
the
Management Console

Changi
ng the
Administrator
password

Setting the
IP address
for the
Console Server
’s principal LAN port

Selecting
the
network services
to be supported
This chapter also discusses the communications software tools th
at the Administrator may use to access
the
Console Server
.
It also covers
the configuration
of the
additional
LAN ports on the
B096
-
016/048
Cons
ole Server
Management Switch
.
3.1
Management C
onsole
C
onnection
Your
Console Server
has
a default IP Address 192.168
.0.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

Directly c
onnect a
computer
to the
Console Server
.
Note
For initial configuration it is recommended that
the
Console Server
be connected directly to a
single
computer
. However, if you choose to connect your LAN before completing the initial setup
steps,
it is important that
:

Y
ou ensure there are no other devices on the LAN with an
address of 192.168.0.1

T
he
Console Server
and the
computer
are on the same LAN segment, with no interposed router
appliances
3.1.1
Connected
C
omputer
Set U
p
T
o
configure the
Console Server
with a browser,
t
he connected
computer
should
have an IP address in
the same range as the
Console Server
(e.g. 192.168.0.100):

To configure the IP a
ddress of your Linux or Unix
computer
simply run
ifconfig

For Windows computers
(Win9x/Me/2000/XP/
Vista/
NT):

Clic
k
Start
-
> (
Settings
-
>)
Control Panel
and double click
Network Connections
(for
95/98/Me, double click
Network
)

Right
-
click on
Local Area Connection
and select
Properties

Select
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
and click
Properties

Select
Use the following IP
address
and enter the following details:

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o
IP address:
192.168.0.100
o
Subnet mask:
255.255.255.0

If you wish to retain your existing IPsettings for this network connection, click
Advanced
and
Add
the abo
ve as a secondary IP connection

If it
is not convenient
to change your
computer
network address, you can use th
e
ARP
-
Ping
comman
d
to reset the
Console Server
IP address
. To do this from
a Windows
computer
:

Click
S
tart
-
>
R
un

Type
cmd
and click
OK
to bring up the command line

Type
arp
–
d
to
flush the ARP cache

Type
arp
–
a
to
view the current ARP cache which should be empty
Now add a static entry to the ARP table and
ping
the
Console Server
to have it
get
the IP
address.
In the e
xample below we have a
Console Server
with a MAC a
ddress 00:13:C6:00:02:0F
(designated on the label on the bottomof the unit) and we are setting its IP address to
192.168.100.23.
T
he
computer
issuing the
arp
command must be on the same network segment
as
the
Console Server
(i.e. have an
IP address of 192.168.100.xxx)
.

Type
arp
-
s 192.168.100.23 00
-
13
-
C6
-
00
-
02
-
0F
(Note for UNIX the syntax is:
arp
-
s
192.168.100.23 00:13:C6:00:02:0F
)

Type
ping
-
t 192.18.100.23
to start a
continuous ping to the new IP a
ddress

Turn on the
Console Server
and wait for it to configure itself with thenew IP address. It will
start replying to the ping at this point

Type
arp
–
d
to
flush the ARP cache again
3.1.2
Browser C
onnection

Activate your preferred browser on the connected
computer
and enter
http
s
://192.168.0.1
The
Console Server
supports
all current versions of the popular browsers (Netscape
,
Internet
Ex
plorer, Mozilla Firefox
and more)
.