Typical Applications Summary; Managing The Terminal Server; Managing/Accessing Devices Attached To The Terminal Server; Network Security - Black Box Terminal Server User Manual

Typical Applications Summary

Managing the Terminal Server

The Terminal Server can be managed and configured by administrators through various
methods, allowing them full configuration capabilities and easy access to management statistics
and tools. Administrators can access the Terminal Server using the following methods:
Connection through ethernet using the DeviceManager, a Windows-based configuration
application.
Connection through ethernet using WebManager, via a web browser.
Direct connection to the serial port using a Serial Terminal or Terminal Emulation Software.
From the network through the ethernet interface using reverse Telnet (Port 23).
Through an SNMP agent, using the Terminal Server MIB.

Managing/Accessing devices attached to the Terminal Server

The Terminal Server can be configured to allow users or administrators to view or manage
specific devices on the Terminal Server's serial port across the Ethernet interface using two
different methods.
Direct Connect—users can directly connect to the device on the serial port by Telnet (
Service
the serial device's assigned TCP port number.
Easy Port Access—users can connect to the Terminal Server using the configured
Terminal Server's IP address by reverse Telnet (port number 23), and are provided with a
device menu displaying the name of the device that the user has access to. This feature
eliminates the need for administrators and users to recall the specific port number
associated with a certain device connected to the Terminal Server. The user can simply
connect to a specific device based upon the name of the device and then return to the
device menu without disconnecting its initial reverse Telnet connection.

Network Security

The Terminal Server provides a comprehensive suite of security features to allow an organization
to implement robust security planning to prevent unauthorized access. These include trusted
host filtering and the ability to disable individual services.
must be set to
Rev Telnet
) using the Terminal Server's configured IP address and
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