Tripp Lite B092-016 - SDT Connector Configuration

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Chapter 6: Secure SSH Tunneling & SDT Connector
6.2 SDT Connector Configuration
The SDT ConnectorclientworkswithallConsoleServers.EachoftheseremoteConsoleServershasanembeddedOpenSSH
based server. This server can be configured to port forward connections from the SDT Connector client to hosts on their
localnetwork,asdetailedinthepreviouschapter.TheSDT Connectorcanalsobepre-conguredwiththeaccesstoolsand
applications that will be available when access to a particular host has been established.
SDT ConnectorcanconnecttotheConsoleServerusinganalternateOoBaccess.Itcanalsobeconguredtoaccessthe
Console Server itself and to access devices connected to serial ports on the Console Server.
6.2.1 SDT Connector client installation
• TheSDT Connectorsetupprogram(SDTConnector Setup-1.n.exe or sdtcon-1.n.tar.gz)isincludedontheCDsupplied
with your Console Server
• Runtheset-upprogram:
Note: For Windows clients, the SDTConnectorSetup-1.n.exe application will install the SDT Connector 1.n.exe and the
config file defaults.xml. If a config file already exists on the Windows computer, then it will not be overwritten. To remove an
earlier config file, run the regedit command, search for “SDT Connector” and then remove the directory with this name.
For Linux and other Unix clients, SDTConnector.tar.gz application will install the sdtcon-1.n.jar and the config file defaults.xml
Oncetheinstallercompletes,youwillhaveaworkingSDTConnectorclientinstalledonyourmachineandanicononyourdesktop:
• ClicktheSDT Connector icon on your desktop to start the client
Note: SDT Connector is a Java application so it must have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed. This can be freely
downloaded from http://java.sun.com/j2se/ . It will install on Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista computers and on most Linux
platforms. Solaris platforms are also supported however they must have Firefox installed. SDT Connector can run on any
system with Java 1.4.2 and above installed, but it assumes the web browser is Firefox, and that xterm -e Telnet opens a Telnet
window
To operate SDT Connector,addthenewgatewaystotheclientsoftwarebyenteringtheaccessdetailsforeachConsoleServer
(refertoSection6.2.2).Thenlettheclientauto-congurewithallhostandserialportconnectionsfromeachConsoleServer
(referSection 6.2.3).Nowpoint-and-clicktoconnecttotheHostsandserialdevices(refertoSection 6.2.4)
Alternatelyyoucanmanuallyaddnetworkconnectedhosts(referSection 6.2.5)aswellasmanuallycongurenewservices
tobeusedwhenaccessingtheConsoleServerandthehosts(referSection 6.2.6).Manuallycongureclientstorunonthe
computerthatwillusetheservicetoconnecttothehostsandserialportdevices(refertoSection 6.2.7 and 6.2.9).SDT
Connectorcanalsobesetuptomakeanout-of-bandconnectiontotheConsoleServer(refertoSection 6.2.9)