Selecting A Proxy Server; Setting The Date And Time - Extreme Networks Sentriant AG Software User's Manual

Enter one or more DNS resolver IP addresses, separated by commas, semicolons, or spaces in the
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DNS IP addresses text box. For example:
3 Click ok.

Selecting a Proxy Server

Connecting to the Internet is necessary for updating tests, validating license keys, and sending support
packages.
To select a proxy server:
Home window>>System configuration>>Management server
1 Select Use a proxy server for Internet connections.
2 Enter the IP address or hostname of the server that will act as the proxy for Internet connections in
the Proxy server IP address text field.
3 Enter the port used for connecting to the proxy server in the Proxy server port text field.
4 If your proxy server requires authentication, select the Proxy server is authenticated check box.
a Authentication method—Select the scheme used to authenticate credentials on the proxy server.
The following methods are supported:
Basic (not recommended)—The original and most compatible authentication scheme for HTTP.
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Also the least secure because it sends the user ID and password to the server unencrypted.
Digest—Added in the HTTP 1.1 protocol, this scheme is significantly more secure than basic
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authentication because it never transfers the actual password across the network, but instead
uses it to encrypt a "nonce" value sent from the server.
Negotiable—Using this scheme, the client and the proxy server negotiate a scheme for
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authentication. Ultimately, either the basic or digest scheme will be used.
b Enter the ID of a user account on the proxy server in the User name text box.
c Enter the password of the user account specified in the User name text box in the Password text
box.
d Re-enter the password.
5 Click ok.

Setting the Date and Time

The Date and time area allows you to configure the following:
Allow automatic synchronization with an NTP server
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Manually set date and time for the MS
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Edit date and time:
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Set time zone
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Sentriant AG Software Users Guide, Version 5.3
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