Types Of Users; Management Console - Tripp Lite B092-016 Owner's Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

Types of users

The Console Server supports two classes of users:
I. Administrative users: Those who will be authorized to configure and control the Console Server; and to access and control
all the connected devices. These administrative users will be set up as members of the admin user group. Any user
in this class is referred to generically in this manual as an Administrator. An Administrator can access and control the
Console Server using the config utility, the Linux command line or the browser-based Management Console. By default
the Administrator has access to all services and ports to control all the serial connected devices and network connected
devices (hosts).
II. Users: Embraces those who have been set up by the Administrator with specific limits on their access and control
authority. These users are set up as members of the user's user group (or some other user groups the Administrator may
have added). They are only authorized to perform specified controls on specific connected devices and are referred to as
Users. These Users (when authorized) can access serial or network connected devices; and control these devices using
the specified services (e.g. Telnet, HHTPS, RDP , IPMI, Serial over LAN, Power Control). An authorized User can also use the
Management Console to access configured devices and review port logs.
In this manual, when the term user (lower case) is used, it is referring to both the above classes of users. This document
also uses the term remote users to describe users who are not on the same LAN segment as the Console Server. These
remote users may be Users, who are on the road connecting to managed devices over the public Internet, or it may be an
Administrator in another office connecting to the Console Server itself over the enterprise VPN, or the remote user may be in
the same room or the same office but connected on a separate VLAN to the Console Server.

Management Console

The Console Server Management Console runs in a browser. It provides a view of your Console Server Management Switch
(B096-016/048), Console Server with PowerAlert (B092-016) or Console Server (B095-004/003 and B094-008-2E-M-F)
product and all the connected equipment.
Administrators can use the Management Console, either locally or from a remote location, to configure the Console Server, set
up Users, configure the ports and connected hosts, and set up logging and alerts.
An authorized User can use the Management Console to access and control configured devices, review port logs, use the
in-built Web terminal to access serially attached consoles and control power to connected devices.
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