Avocent Cyclades ACS Installation/Administration/User Manual page 138

122 Cyclades ACS Advanced Console Server Installation/Administration/User Guide
Also, work with the Kerberos server's administrator to ensure that following types of accounts are
set up on the Kerberos server and that the administrators of the console server and connected
devices know the passwords assigned to the accounts:
• An account for admin
• If Kerberos authentication is specified for the console server, accounts will be needed for all
users who need to log into the console server to administer connected devices
• If Kerberos authentication is specified for the serial ports, accounts for users who need
administrative access to connected devices
Make sure an entry for the console server and the Kerberos server exist in the console server's /etc/
hosts file.
1. Go to Network - Host Table in Expert mode. The Host Table form appears.
2. Add an entry for the console server if none exists and an entry for the Kerberos server.
a. Click Add. The New/Modify Host dialog appears.
b. Enter the address in the IP Address field.
c. Enter the name in the Name field.
d. Enter an optional alias in the Alias field.
3. Make sure that time, date and timezone settings are synchronized on the console server and on
the Kerberos server.
NOTE: Kerberos authentication depends on time synchronization. Time and date synchronization can be
achieved by setting both the console server and the Kerberos server to use the same NTP server.
4. To specify an NTP server, see To configure time and date using an NTP server: on page 165.
5. To set the time and date on the console server manually, see To set the time and date manually:
on page 165.
6. Work with the Kerberos authentication server administrator to synchronize the time and date
between the console server and the Kerberos server.
7. Set the timezone on the console server by going to Administration - Time/Date in Expert mode
as shown in the following figure. The default is GMT.