Server User Manual

The Services Access settings specify which services the Administrator can use over which network
interface to access the console server. It also nominates the enabled services that the Administrator and
the User can use to connect through the console server to attached serial and network connected
devices.
 The following general service access options can be specified:
HTTPS This ensures secure browser access to all the Management Console menus. It also
allows appropriately configured Users secure browser access to selected
Management Console Manage menus. If you enable HTTPS, the Administrator will be
able to use a secure browser connection to the Console server’s Management
Console. For information on certificate and user client software configuration, refer
to Chapter 9—Authentication. By default, HTTPS is enabled, and we recommend that
that you only use HTTPS access if the console server will be managed over any public
network (for example, the Internet).
HTTP By default HTTP is disabled. We recommend that the HTTP service remain disabled if
the console server will be remotely accessed over the Internet.
Telnet This gives the Administrator Telnet access to the system command line shell (Linux
commands). This may be suitable for a local direct connection over a management
LAN. By default, Telnet is disabled. We recommend that this service remain disabled
if you will remotely administer the console server.
SSH This service provides secure SSH access to the Linux command line shell. We
recommend that you choose SSH as the protocol where the Administrator connects
to the console server over the Internet or any other public network. This will provide
authenticated communications between the SSH client program on the remote
PC/workstation and the SSH server in the console server. By default SSH is enabled.
For more information on SSH configuration refer Chapter 9—Authentication.
 You can configure related service options at this stage:
SNMP This will enable netsnmp in the console server, which will keep a remote log of all
posted information. SNMP is disabled by default. This SNMP service is only available
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