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Chapter 4: Serial Port, Device and User Configuration
4.3 Authentication
Refer to
Chapter 9.1 - Remote Authentication Configuration
for authentication configuration details
4.4 Network Hosts
To access a locally networked computer or device (referred to as a Host) you must identify the Host and specify the TCP or
UDP ports/services that will be used to control that Host:
• Selecting
Serial & Network: Network Hosts
presents all the network connected Hosts that have been enabled for
access, and the related access TCP ports/services
• Click
Add Host
to enable access to a new Host (or select
Edit
to update the settings for existing Host)
• Enter the
IP Address
or
DNS Name
and a
Host Name
(up to 254 alphanumeric characters) for the new network
connected Host (and optionally enter a
Description
-up to characters)
• Add or edit the
Permitted Services
(or TCP/UDP port numbers) that are authorized to be used in controlling this host. Only
these
permitted services
will be forwarded through by SDT to the Host. All other services (TCP/UDP ports) will be blocked.
• The
Logging Level
specifies the level of information to be logged and monitored for each Host access (refer
Chapter 7 -
Alerts and Logging
)
• If the Host is a networked server with IPMI power control, then specify
RPC
(for IPMI and PDU) or
UPS
and the
Device
Type
. The Administrator can then configure these devices and enable which users have permissions to remotely cycle
power etc (refer
Chapter 8
). Otherwise leave the Device Type set to None
• If the Console Server has been configured with distributed Nagios monitoring enabled then you will also be presented with
Nagios Settings
options to enable nominated services on the Host to be monitored (refer
Chapter 10 – Nagios Integration
)
• Click
Apply
. This will create the new Host and also create a new Managed Device (with the same name)