Sdt Connector Configuration; Sdt Connector Client Installation - Tripp Lite B092-016 Owner's Manual

Chapter 6: Secure SSH Tunneling & SDT Connector
6.2

SDT Connector Configuration

The SDT Connector client works with all Console Servers. Each of these remote Console Servers has an embedded OpenSSH
based server. This server can be configured to port forward connections from the SDT Connector client to hosts on their
local network, as detailed in the previous chapter. The SDT Connector can also be pre-configured with the access tools and
applications that will be available when access to a particular host has been established.
SDT Connector can connect to the Console Server using an alternate OoB access. It can also be configured to access the
Console Server itself and to access devices connected to serial ports on the Console Server.
6.2.1

SDT Connector client installation

• The SDT Connector set up program (SDTConnector Setup-1.n.exe or sdtcon-1.n.tar.gz) is included on the CD supplied
with your Console Server
• Run the set-up program:
Note: For Windows clients, the SDTConnectorSetup-1.n.exe application will install the SDT Connector 1.n.exe and the
config file defaults.xml. If a config file already exists on the Windows computer, then it will not be overwritten. To remove an
earlier config file, run the regedit command, search for "SDT Connector" and then remove the directory with this name.
For Linux and other Unix clients, SDTConnector.tar.gz application will install the sdtcon-1.n.jar and the config file defaults.xml
Once the installer completes, you will have a working SDT Connector client installed on your machine and an icon on your desktop:
• Click the SDT Connector icon on your desktop to start the client
Note: SDT Connector is a Java application so it must have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed. This can be freely
downloaded from http://java.sun.com/j2se/ . It will install on Windows 2000, XP , 2003, Vista computers and on most Linux
platforms. Solaris platforms are also supported however they must have Firefox installed. SDT Connector can run on any
system with Java 1.4.2 and above installed, but it assumes the web browser is Firefox, and that xterm -e Telnet opens a Telnet
window
To operate SDT Connector, add the new gateways to the client software by entering the access details for each Console Server
(refer to Section 6.2.2). Then let the client auto-configure with all host and serial port connections from each Console Server
(refer Section 6.2.3). Now point-and-click to connect to the Hosts and serial devices (refer to Section 6.2.4)
Alternately you can manually add network connected hosts (refer Section 6.2.5) as well as manually configure new services
to be used when accessing the Console Server and the hosts (refer Section 6.2.6). Manually configure clients to run on the
computer that will use the service to connect to the hosts and serial port devices (refer to Section 6.2.7 and 6.2.9). SDT
Connector can also be set up to make an out-of-band connection to the Console Server (refer to Section 6.2.9)
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