Avocent CYCLADES ACS 6000 Installation & Administrators Manual page 50

42 Cyclades™ ACS 6000 Advanced Console Server Installation/Administration/User Guide
Parameter
PPP Authentication Pro-
tocol
CHAP
PPP Idle Timeout
To configure or to edit one or more serial ports with a connected PDU:
1. Select Ports - Serial Ports.
2. Click the checkbox for one or more serial ports with a connected PDU.
3. Click the Set Power button and use the drop-down menus to configure the physical
settings.
4. Click Next or click the Power link.
a. Use the drop-down menu to select the PDU type.
b. Check the box to enable speed auto detection.
c. Configure the polling rate.
Description
Uses the radio button to select: none, PAP, CHAP or EAP.
• None - no authentication.
• PAP - use PAP protocol and the authentication type configured in
the PPP authentication type (it is configured in the Authentication /
Unit Authentication page).
• CHAP - use CHAP protocol. The configuration of the CHAP
secrets should be done while editing the file /etc/ppp/chap-
secrets.
• EAP - use EAP protocol. Available authentications: CHAP, SRP-
SHA1 and TLS. The configuration of the secrets for CHAP should
be done while editing the file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets. The con-
figuration of the secrets for SRP-SHA1 should be done while edit-
ing the file /etc/ppp/srp-secrets.
Default: None.
Configure the CHAP-interval, CHAP-max-challenge and CHAP-
restart. Default values:
• CHAP Interval = 0.
• CHAP Max Challenge = 10.
• CHAP Restart = 3.
Number of seconds being idle before PPP times out. Default: 0 (no
time-out).