Server User Manual

Black Box provides the SDT Connector Java applet as the recommended client software tool. You can use
other generic tools such as PuTTY and SSHTerm. These tools are all described below as well.
3.5.1 SDT Connector
Each console server has an unlimited number of SDT Connector licenses to use with that console server.
SDT Connector is a lightweight tool that enables Users and Administrators to securely access the console
server and the various computers, network devices, and appliances that may be serially or network
connected to the console server.
SDT Connector is a Java applet that couples the trusted SSH tunneling protocol with popular access tools
such as Telnet, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, VNC, and RDP to provide point-and-click secure remote management
access to all the systems and devices being managed.
Information on using SDT Connector for browser access to the console server’s Management Console,
Telnet/SSH access to the console server command line, and TCP/UDP connecting to hosts that are
network connected to the console server is in Chapter 6—Secure Tunneling.
SDT Connector can be installed on Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and Windows 7 PCs, and on most
Linux, UNIX, and Solaris computers.
3.5.2 PuTTY
You can also use communications packages like PuTTY to connect to the console server command line
(and to connect serially attached devices as covered in Chapter 4). PuTTY is a freeware implementation
of Telnet and SSH for Windows and UNIX platforms. It runs as an executable application without needing
to be installed onto your system. PuTTY (the Telnet and SSH client itself) can be downloaded from
http://www.tucows.com/preview/195286.html
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