Tripp Lite B0930082E4UV Owners Manual for B093- B097- and B098-Series Console - Page 56

4. Serial Port, Host, Device and User Configuration 4.6.4 Managing the Secondary Serial Ports The Primary console server is in control of the Secondary units' serial ports. For example, when changing a User's access privileges or editing any serial port setting on the Primary unit, the updated configuration files will be sent out to each Secondary in parallel. Each Secondary unit will then automatically make changes to their local configurations (and only make those changes that relate to its particular serial ports). You can still use the local secondary management console to change the settings on any Secondary serial port (e.g., alter the baud rates). However, these changes will be overwritten the next time the Primary console server sends out a configuration file update. Also, while the Primary unit is in control of all Secondary serial port related functions, it is not Primary over the Secondary network host connections or over the Secondary console server system itself. So Secondary functions such as IP, SMTP & SNMP Settings and Date & Time, DHCP server must be managed by accessing each Secondary unit directly. These functions are not overwritten when configuration changes are propagated from the Primary console server. Similarly, the Secondary unit's Network Host and IPMI settings have to be configured at each Secondary unit. The Primary unit's management console also provides a consolidated view of the settings for both serial ports as well as the serial ports for the entire Secondary units. However, the Primary unit does not provide a fully consolidated view. For example, if you want to view who has logged in to cascaded serial ports from the Primary unit, you will see that Status: Active Users only displays those users active on the Primary unit's ports and you may need to write custom scripts to provide this view. For more information, refer to 10. Nagios Integration. 4.7 Managed Devices Managed devices present a consolidated view of all connections to a device that can be accessed and monitored through the console server. To view the connections to devices: • Select Serial & Network: Managed Devices. This screen displays all the managed devices with their Description/Notes and lists of all configured connections: • Serial Port # (if serially connected) or • USB (if USB connected) • IP Address (if network connected) • Power PDU/outlet details (if applicable) and any UPS connections Devices such as servers will commonly have more than one power connection (e.g., dual power supplied) and more than one network connection (e.g., for BMC/service processor). All users can view (but not edit) these managed device connections by selecting Manage: Devices. Only the Administrator can edit and add/delete managed devices and their connections. 56