• The LED blinks amber when the appliance is shutting down. Once the LEDis off, it is safe to unplug the power
cords.
2.5.2 Rear panel Ethernet connection LEDs
On the appliance, the rear panel features two LEDs where the green LEDindicates Ethernet connection status:
• The solid green LEDdenotes an Ethernet link has been established.
• The blinking green LEDdenotes Ethernet activity.
• The solid amber LEDdenotes a target session is active.
• No LEDs illuminated denotes no activity.
2.5.3 Rear panel autosensing/dedicated IP port LEDs
The rear panel of the appliance features two LEDs, green or amber:
• If both LEDs are illuminated, autosensing is enabled.
• The green LED illuminates when there is a KVM or SP connection.
• The amber LED illuminates when there is a serial connection.
2.6 Configuring the Appliance
The appliance may be accessed through the CLI, console or Ethernet ports. All terminal commands are accessed through a
terminal or PC running terminal emulation software.
NOTE: To configure the appliance using Avocent® DSView™ software, see the Avocent® DSView™ 4 Management
Software Installer/User Guide. To configure using the appliance's web UI, see Administration on page 23. To
configure using Telnet or SSH, see the Avocent® Universal Management Gateway appliance Command Reference
Guide.
To connect a terminal to the appliance:
1. Using a null modem cable, connect a terminal or a PC that is running terminal emulation software to the
console port on the front panel of the appliance. An RJ45 to DB9 (female) cross adaptor is provided.
The terminal settings are 9600 bits per second (bps), 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity and no flow control.
2. Turn on the appliance. When the appliance completes initialization, the terminal will display the login banner
plus the login prompt.
2.7 Configuration Example
The following graphic and table illustrate a typical appliance configuration.
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