Common Tasks

The following are common tasks that KVM administrators perform.

1.	Configure Security Profiles

2.	Set up users to access connected devices without being able to make changes to the KVM configuration.

•	To Add a User [Wizard]

•	To Add a User [Expert]

3.	Assign users or groups to specific ports, restricting access to a limited set of devices

•	To Assign KVM Port Access to a User or Group

4.	Enable direct login to ports from the WMI login screen

•	To Enable Direct Access to KVM Ports

5.	Set up logging of system messages to a syslog server

•	To Add a Syslog Server [Wizard]

•	To Delete a Syslog Server [Wizard]

•	To Configure Syslogging for KVM Ports and Specify Message Filtering [Expert]

•	To Configure Creation of Alarms and Syslog Files for IPDUs

6.	Configure power management for the AUX port (if the port is connected to an optional AlterPath PM)

•	To Configure the AUX Port for Use With an IPDU or an External Modem

•	To Configure a KVM Port for Power Management

7.	Manage power on an optional AlterPath PM)

•	To Manage Power Outlets

•	To View and Reset IPDU Information

•	To Configure Users to Manage Specific Power Outlets

•	To Specify or Change the Alias of an IPDU

•	To Configure Creation of Alarms and Syslog Files for IPDUs

•	To Upgrade Firmware on an AlterPath PM

8.	Choose among authentication methods and specify authentication servers for logins to the KVM and for logins to devices connected to the KVM’s ports

9.	Specify encryption levels for KVM ports

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Network

10.	Configure rules for the KVM to filter packets like a firewall

•	To Add a Chain for IP Filtering

•	To Edit A Chain for IP Filtering

•	To Add a Rule for IP Filtering

•	To Edit a Rule for IP Filtering