Avocent ACS 5000 User Manual

Cyclades ACS 5000 Series

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A Complete Console Management Solution

Cyclades® ACS 5000 series of advanced console servers offers IT professionals and network operations center (NOC) personnel the ability to perform secure, remote data center management and out-of-band management of IT assets from anywhere in the world. Using a hardened Linux® operating system, Cyclades ACS 5000 console servers provide optimal performance, security and reliability. Combined with integrated Power Management and using DSView® 3 management software, Cyclades ACS 5000 console servers offer centralized management and a secure and consolidated out-of-band management solution.

Decreased Maintenance Costs and Enhanced Productivity

Available in 4-, 8-, 16-, 32- and 48-port models that ﬁ t in 1U of rack space, Cyclades ACS 5000 console servers help to maximize network and server availability with scalability and costeffectiveness.

Security features such as SSH v2, RADIUS authentication, IP ﬁ ltering, and user access lists per port allow data center managers and system administrators to remotely manage the network and servers with greater control and reliability.

Console management features such as data buffering, direct access methods to the serial ports (such as TCP port and server name) and event notiﬁ cation improve monitoring capabilities, allowing faster problem solving actions and higher network uptime.

Cyclades ACS 5000 console servers decrease network maintenance costs and helps maximize IT asset productivity while providing scalability, making it the right choice for secure in-band and out-of-band management for medium to large enterprise data centers.

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Applications

• Secure console and power management

• Server and network management

• Secure access to test and development

lab environments

• Legacy terminal server environments

• Industrial/commercial automation

Beneﬁ ts

• Secure in-band and out-of-band network

remote management

• Integrated centralized administration –

using DSView 3 management software

• Regulatory compliance and easy trouble

shooting – online and ofﬂ ine data logging with time stamps

• Power management – integrated power

control

• Easy Conﬁ guration and installation - Auto

Discovery of Host Names

• Windows® Server 2003 Emergency

Management Services (EMS) support

• Clustering – central access to multiple

console servers

• Improved network monitoring

• Rack space savings –1U form factor

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Hardware Speciﬁ cations

CPU: MPC855T (PowerPC Dual-CPU)

Memor y: 128 MB DIMM SDRAM/128 MB compact ﬂ ash

256 MB DIMM SDRAM/128 MB compact ﬂ ash (ACS5048 only)

Interfaces : 1 Ethernet 10/100BT on RJ-45, 1 RS-232 console on RJ-45,

RS-232 serial ports on RJ-45

Power: Internal 100–240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 35 W max.

Power Usage: for all ACS 5000 port models:

Power Consumption Nominal voltage 100-240VAC: Typical 0.15A, 18W Maximum 0.3A, 36W

Operating Temperature:

Storage Temperature:

Humidit y: 15% to 90% non-condensing

Dimensions: (WxDxH) ACS 5004, 5008, 5016, 5032, 5048

17.03 x 8.85 D x 1.70 in. (433mm x 225mm x 43mm)

Weight : 7.7 lbs. (3.5 Kg)

Certiﬁ cations: FCC Part 15A

EN55022, A (CE) EN55024 (CE) ICES-03 C-Tick Solaris Ready™ VCCI

In addition, the following certiﬁ cations for speciﬁ c models.

• GOSTR (Russia)*

• MIC (Korea)*

* Only speciﬁ c models are certiﬁ ed to the above certiﬁ cations.

50°F to 112°F (10°C to 44°C)

4°F to 158°F (–20°C to 70°C)

Features

Operating System

• Embedded Linux

Accessibility

• In-band (Ethernet) and out-of-band (dial-up modem) support

• Dedicated Console Port

Security

• SSHv1 and SSHv2

• Local, RADIU S, TACACS+, LDAP/AD

• Two-Factor Authentication (RSA SecurID

• PAP/CHAP

• Local backup user authentication support

• IP packet and security ﬁ ltering

• User access control lists per port

• System event syslog

• Dial up access (PPP)

• Dial up authentication for remote access

• IP forwarding support

Console Management

• Windows Server 2003 EMS support

• Sun break-safe (Solaris Ready Certiﬁ ed)

based SSH client

• Java

• Ofﬂ ine data buffering – local or remote (NFS /Syslog)

• Level-based syslog ﬁ lters

• Time stamp and rotations for data buffering

• Unlimited number of simultaneous sessions

• Simultaneous access on the same port (port snifﬁ ng) with ability to toggle

• Clustering (central access to multiple console servers)

• Event notiﬁ cation (e-mail, pager, SNMP trap)

• Global time zone support

• Multiple and customizable user levels of access

Port Access

• Directly by TCP port, IP address or server name

• Telnet/SSH with menu

• Simultaneous Telnet and SSH access

• HTTP/HTTP S

System Management

• Conﬁ guration wizard for ﬁ rst time users

• Auto discovery for automatic deployment

• Command line access (Linux shell)

• Web Management Interface (HTTP/HTTPS)

• SNMP

• Centralized Management using DSView 3 software

Power Management

• Power Integration using Cyclades PM

• Third-party power support using SPC

• ServerTech Switched CDU Power Strips

Cabling

• CAT5 compatible adapters for simpler cabling

Upgrades

• Upgrades available on FTP site, no charge

• Flash upgradeable

• TFTP support for network boot

Additional Protocols Supported

• DHCP for dynamic IP address assignment

• PPP/SLIP for dial-up

• NTP for time server synchronization

• RFC2217 support for remote serial port access

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Part Number Model Description

ACS 5004 Cyclades 4 Port ACS 5000 SAC

ACS 5008 Cyclades 8 Port ACS 5000 SAC

ACS 5016 Cyclades 16 Port ACS 5000 SAC

ACS 5032 Cyclades 32 Port ACS 5000 SAC

ACS 5048 Cyclades 48 Port ACS 5000 SAC

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