Common Tasks

The following are common tasks that KVM/net administrators perform.

1.	Configure Security Profiles

2.	Set up users to access connected devices without being able to make changes to the KVM/net 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/net and for logins to devices connected to the KVM/net’s ports

•	To Configure an Authentication Method for KVM/net Logins

•	Configuring Authentication Servers for Logins to the KVM/net and Connected Devices.

9.	Specify encryption levels for KVM ports

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Network

10.	Configure rules for the KVM/net 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