Chapter 4 Configuring The Terminal Server; Introduction; Configuring The Terminal Server; General Terminal Server Configuration - Black Box Terminal Server User Manual

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Introduction

This chapter provides general information about configuring the Terminal Server for your
production environment. Although this chapter is not specific to any configuration method, there
should be enough information that you can apply the information to any of the configuration
methods.
When you are configuring the Terminal Server, remember that none of your configuration
changes will be permanent until you submit/apply your changes, save to FLASH, and reboot the
Terminal Server.

Configuring the Terminal Server

General Terminal Server Configuration

At this point, you should already have assigned the Terminal Server an IP address. Therefore,
you have your choice of how to configure the Terminal Server; using the DeviceManager,
WebManager, Menu, CLI, or SNMP.

Terminal Server Services

In order to be as flexible and accessible as the Terminal Server is, it can run several predefined
daemon and client applications. The Terminal Server can run the following daemon applications:
TelnetD
SPCD (the COMredirect daemon)
DeviceManagerD
HTTPD
SNMPD
If you disable any of the daemons, it can affect how the Terminal Server can be used or
accessed. For example, if you disable HTTPD, you will not be able to access the Terminal Server
with the WebManager. If you disable DeviceManagerD, the DeviceManager will not be able to
connect to the Terminal Server. If you do not want to allow users to Telnet to the Terminal Server,
you can disable TelnetD; therefore, disabling daemons can also be used as an added security
method for accessing the Terminal Server.
The following client applications can run on the Terminal Server:
Syslog
DHCP/BOOTP
If you do not have a DHCP/BOOTP server in your network, we recommend that you disable the
DHCP/BOOTP service to speed up Terminal Server reboots (otherwise, the Terminal Server
waits for a DHCP/BOOTP packet until it times out on a reboot).
By default, all daemon and client applications are enabled and running on the Terminal Server.
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