Avocent Cyclades ACS 6000 - Date and Time

Chapter 9: Global Settings, Syslog, Event Notification and Firewall 75
Date and Time
The ACS 6000 console server provides two options for setting date and time. You can set the
console server to retrieve data and time from a network time protocol (NTP) server, or in situations
where that is impractical or prohibited, you can set the time manually so that the console server’s
internal clock is used to provide time and date information.
NOTE: The Current Time displayed in the Date & Time screen shows only the time when the screen was
opened. It does not continue to update in real time.
To set the time and date using NTP:
1. Click Applications Settings - Date And Time. The Date & Time screen is displayed.
2. Select Enable network time protocol to activate the NTP server field.
3. Enter the NTP server site of your choice.
4. Click Save.
To set the time and date manually:
1. Click Applications Settings - Date And Time. The Date & Time screen is displayed.
2. Select Set manually to activate the fields used to enter date and time data.
Authentication Method Authentication method used, either RSA Public Keys or Shared Secret.
Remote (“Right”) Side
- and -
Local (“Left”) Side
Enter the required address or text for each of the four fields for both
Remote Side and Local Side:
ID: This is the hostname that a local system and a remote system use for
IPSec negotiation and authentication. It can be a fully qualified domain
name preceded by @. For example, hostname@xyz.com
IP Address: The IP address of the host.
NextHop: The router through which the console server (on the left side) or
the remote host (on the right side) sends packets to the host on the other
side.
SubNet: The netmask of the subnetwork where the host resides.
Use CIDR notation. The IP number followed by a slash and the number of
‘one’ bits in the binary notation of the netmask. For example, 192.168.0.0/
24 indicates an IP address where the first 24 bits are used as the network
address. This is the same as 255.255.255.0.
RSA Key (If RSA Key is selected) For IPSec(VPN) authentication, you need to generate a public key for the
console server and find out the key used on the remote gateway. Copy and
paste for copying the RSA key from another source is supported.
Pre-Shared Secret (If Secret is
selected)
Pre-shared password between left and right users.
Table 9.4: Field and Menu Options for Configuring IPSec(VPN) (Continued)
Field Name Definition