Management; Device Management; Port And Host Log Management; Terminal Connection - Tripp Lite B092-016 Owner's Manual

Chapter 13: Management
The Console Server has a small number of Manage reports and tools that are available to both Administrators and Users:
• Access and control authorized devices
• View serial port logs and host logs for those devices
• Use SDT Connector or the Web Terminal to access serially attached consoles
• Power control

13.1 Device Management

To display all the connected Serial devices, Network Hosts and Power devices:
• Select Manage: Devices. By selecting the Serial/ Network/ Power item, the display will be reduced to only those
devices
The user can take a range of actions on each of these Serial/Network/Power devices by selecting the Action icon or the related
Manage menu item. Selecting the Manager Power icon or the Manage: Power menu is covered in Chapter 8.

13.2 Port and Host Log Management

Administrators and Users can view logs of data transfers to connected devices.
• Select Manage: Port Logs and the serial Port # to be displayed
• To display Host logs select Manage: Host Logs and the Host to be displayed

13.3 Terminal Connection

There are two methods available for accessing the console server command line and devices attached to the console server
serial ports, directly from a web browser:
• The Web Terminal service uses AJAX to enable the web browser to connect to the console server using HTTP or HTTPS, as
a terminal - without the need for additional client installation on the user's PC
• The SDT Connector service launches a pre-installed SDT Connector client on the user's PC to establish secure SSH
access, then uses pre-installed client software on the client PC to connect to the console server
Web browser access is available to users who are a member of the admin or users groups.

13.3.1 Web Terminal

The AJAX based Web Terminal service may be used to access the console server command line or attached serial devices.
Note: Any communication using the Web Terminal service using HTTP is unencrypted and not secure. The Web Terminal
connects to the command line or serial device using the same protocol that is being used to browse to the Management
Console, i.e. if you are browsing using an https:// URL (this is the default), the Web Terminal connects using HTTPS.
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