Table of Contents
6 Console Server & RIM Gateway User Manual
5.7.3 Cellular routing 109
5.7.4 Cellular CSD dial-in setup 109
5.8 Firewall & Forwarding 110
5.8.1 Configuring network forwarding and IP masquerading 111
5.8.2 Configuring client devices 113
5.8.3 Port / Protocol forwarding 115
5.8.4 Firewall rules 116
SSH TUNNELS & SDT CONNECTOR 120
6.1 Configuring for SSH Tunneling to Hosts 121
6.2 SDT Connector Client Configuration 121
6.2.1 SDT Connector client installation 121
6.2.2 Configuring a new gateway in the SDT Connector client 122
6.2.3 Auto-configure SDT Connector client with the user’s access privileges 124
6.2.4 Make an SDT connection through the gateway to a host 124
6.2.5 Manually adding hosts to the SDT Connector gateway 125
6.2.6 Manually adding new services to the new hosts 126
6.2.7 Adding a client program to be started for the new service 128
6.2.8 Dial in configuration 129
6.3 SDT Connector to Management Console 130
6.4 SDT Connector - telnet or SSH connect to serially attached devices 131
6.5 Using SDT Connector for out-of-band connection to the gateway 132
6.6 Importing (and exporting) preferences 133
6.7 SDT Connector Public Key Authentication 134
6.8 Setting up SDT for Remote Desktop access 134
6.8.1 Enable Remote Desktop on the target Windows computer to be accessed 134
6.8.2 Configure the Remote Desktop Connection client 136
6.9 SDT SSH Tunnel for VNC 138
6.9.1 Install and configure the VNC Server on the computer to be accessed 138
6.9.2 Install, configure and connect the VNC Viewer 140
6.10 Using SDT to IP connect to hosts that are serially attached to the gateway 141
6.10.1 Establish a PPP connection between the host COM port and console server 142
6.10.2 Set up SDT Serial Ports on console server 144
6.10.3 Set up SDT Connector to ssh port forward over the console server Serial Port 145
6.11 SSH Tunneling using other SSH clients (e.g. PuTTY) 145
ALERTS, AUTOMATED RESPONSE AND LOGGING 150
7.1 Configure Auto-Response 150
7.2 Check Conditions 152
7.2.1 Environmental 152
7.2.2 Alarms and Digital Inputs 153
7.2.3 UPS / Power Supply 153
7.2.4 UPS Status 154
7.2.5 Serial Login/Logout 154
7.2.6 ICMP Ping 155
7.2.7 Cellular Data 156
7.2.8 Custom Check 156
7.2.9 SMS Command 157
7.3 Trigger Actions 158
7.3.1 Send Email 158
7.3.2 Send SMS 158
7.3.3 Perform RPC Action 159
7.3.4 Run Custom Script 159
7.3.5 Send SNMP Trap 159
7.3.6 Send Nagios Event 159
7.4 Resolve Actions 160
7.5 Configure SMTP, SMS, SNMP and/or Nagios service for alert notifications 160
7.5.1 Send Email alerts 160