Server User Manual

Chapter 6 Secure SSH Tunneling & SDT Connector

SECURE SSH TUNNELING AND SDT CONNECTOR

Introduction

Each Black Box console server has an embedded SSH server and uses SSH tunneling so remote users can

securely connect through the console server to Managed Devices—using text-based console tools (such

as SSH, telnet, SoL) or graphical tools (such VNC, RDP, HTTPS, HTTP, X11, VMware, DRAC, iLO).

The Managed Devices you access can be located on the same local network as the console server or they

can be attached to the console server via a serial port. The remote User/Administrator connects to the

console server thru an SSH tunnel via dial-up, wireless or ISDN modem; a broadband Internet

connection; the enterprise VPN network; or the local network.

To set up the secure SSH tunnel from the client PC to the console server, install and launch SSH client

software on the User/Administrator’s PC. Black Box recommends you use the SDT Connector client

software supplied with the console server for this. SDT Connector is simple to install and auto-configure

and it provides all your users with point-and-click access to all the systems and devices in the secure

network. With one click, SDT Connector sets up a secure SSH tunnel from the client to the selected

console server, then establishes a port forward connection to the target network connected host or

serial connected device. Next, it executes the client application that it uses in communicating with the

host.

This chapter details the basic SDT Connector operations:

 Configuring the console server for SSH tunneled access to network attached hosts and setting up

permitted Services and user access (Section 6.1).

 Setting up the SDT Connector client with gateway, host, service, and client application details,

and making connections between the Client PC and hosts connected to the console server

(Section 6.2).

 Using SDT Connector to access the Management Console via a browser (Section 6.3).

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