Avocent Cyclades ACS 6000 Installation & Administrators Manual page 65

To configure data buffer storage for ports configured with CAS Profile:
1. Select Appliance Settings - Ports - CAS Profile - Global Settings. The Global Settings screen
appears.
2. Configure local data buffer storage in the Local Data Buffering Settings section.
3. Configure data buffer storage on an NFS server in the NFS Data Buffering Settings section.
NOTE: RPC service must be enabled in the Security Profile screen before configuring NFS Data Buffering
Settings. NFS does not support IPv6.
4. Configure data buffer storage on a syslog server in the Syslog Data Buffering Settings section;
select a facility number from the pull-down menu: Log Local 0, Log Local 1, Log Local 2, Log
Local 3, Log Local 4 or Log Local 5.
5. Click Save.
To configure the protocol, authentication, auto discovery and other general
settings for ports configured with CAS profile:
1. Select Appliance Settings - Ports - CAS Profile - Default Settings - General. The General
screen appears.
NOTE: Default settings to the CAS profile are intended for new CAS ports. CAS ports with previously-configured
default settings will not be affected unless they are edited in Appliance Settings - Ports - Physical Ports or by
using the Multi-Edit Wizard in Appliance Settings - Ports - CAS Profile - Devices.
2. Select the desired protocol(s) (SSH, Telnet or Telnet/SSH) that can be used to access the serial
port/target device from the Protocol pull-down menu.
3. Select the desired authentication type from the pull-down menu.
NOTE: Port authentication authenticates the user for one session.
4. To enable auto discovery, select the Enable auto discovery checkbox.
5. Perform other configuration on the screen as required.
6. Click Save.
To enable and configure alerts for ports configured with CAS profile:
1. Select Appliance Settings - Ports - CAS Profile - Default Settings - Alerts. The Alerts screen
appears.
2. To activate the alert string fields, click the Enable alert strings checkbox.
3. Enter up to ten alert strings in the fields provided.
NOTE: Special event notifications are generated when input data matches one of the alert strings.
4. Click Save.
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