User Guide for Uplogix Local Managers Version 4.7 July 2014 uplogix.com Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2014 Uplogix, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Uplogix, the Uplogix logo, and SurgicalRollback are trademarks of Uplogix, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks referenced are those of their respective owners. Uplogix, Inc. 7600-B North Capital of Texas Highway Suite 220 Austin, Texas 78731 USA Contents About this guide ..................................................................................................... 1 Target audience .................................................................................................................... 1 Typographical conventions ..................................................................................................... 1 Safety summary ................................................................................................................... 2 Uplogix Glossary ................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction to the Uplogix Local Manager ............................................................ 4 Chassis views and indicator lights ........................................................................................... 4 Uplogix 5000 ..................................................................................................................... 4 Uplogix 500 ....................................................................................................................... 6 Uplogix 3200 ..................................................................................................................... 7 Uplogix 430 ....................................................................................................................... 8 Working with the keypad ....................................................................................................... 8 Working with the front panel .................................................................................................. 9 Power and reset operations ................................................................................................. 9 Working with the command line ............................................................................................ 12 Structure of the CLI .......................................................................................................... 12 Opening and closing a CLI session ...................................................................................... 13 Command types ............................................................................................................... 14 Command shortcuts .......................................................................................................... 14 Redirecting command output to a file .................................................................................. 15 Redirecting command output to Email ................................................................................. 15 Parsing Output ................................................................................................................. 15 Viewing context-sensitive help ........................................................................................... 16 Viewing the command history ............................................................................................ 17 Configuring the Uplogix Local Manager ................................................................ 18 Configuring communication settings ...................................................................................... 18 Configuring IP settings ...................................................................................................... 18 Configuring the management console port ........................................................................... 19 Configuring the Uplogix Local Manager to be managed by an Uplogix Control Center ................ 20 Configuring archiving ........................................................................................................ 21 Exporting Uplogix Local Manager Configuration ....................................................................... 21 Configuring CLI behavior ...................................................................................................... 21 Setting and clearing banners ............................................................................................. 21 Setting CLI page length ..................................................................................................... 23 Setting session timeout ..................................................................................................... 23 Configuring reporting information .......................................................................................... 23 Setting originating email address and SMTP server for alerts ................................................. 23 Setting date and time ....................................................................................................... 24 Setting environmental thresholds ....................................................................................... 25 Configuring properties ....................................................................................................... 26 Configuring syslog forwarding ............................................................................................ 26 Configuring SNMP settings ................................................................................................. 27 Configuring Out-of-Band Communication ............................................................. 29 Configuring Pulse settings .................................................................................................... 29 Configuring the modem ....................................................................................................... 30 Enabling dial-in and setting answering behavior ................................................................... 31 Optional: Specifying an external modem ............................................................................. 32 About this guide Configuring PPP .................................................................................................................. 33 Configuring VPN settings ...................................................................................................... 34 Configuring remote locations to be contacted by the Uplogix Control Center ............................... 35 PPP Cycle ........................................................................................................................... 35 Secondary Ethernet ............................................................................................................. 38 Physical Connection .......................................................................................................... 38 Bonded Mode ................................................................................................................... 38 Outband Mode ................................................................................................................. 39 Configuring Managed Devices and Power Control ................................................ 42 Initializing ports .................................................................................................................. 42 Configuring port settings for managed devices ........................................................................ 46 Fine-tuning the device's configuration .................................................................................... 49 Changing the device configuration manually ........................................................................ 49 Optimizing the device configuration automatically ................................................................ 50 Uplogix file system .............................................................................................................. 50 Viewing files .................................................................................................................... 51 User-defined file version names ......................................................................................... 51 Scheduling Jobs and Monitors ............................................................................................... 52 Changing device configuration after initial setup ..................................................................... 54 Customizing device hostname ............................................................................................... 55 Configuring the Uplogix Local Manager to assign DHCP addresses to connected devices ............... 55 Using dedicated Ethernet ports on switches ............................................................................ 56 Enhanced native mode ......................................................................................................... 56 Pull/Push SFTP and TFTP ...................................................................................................... 62 Pull TFTP or SFTP Usage .................................................................................................... 62 Push TFTP or SFTP Usage .................................................................................................