ADDERLink Digital ipeps Manual

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Serial port configuration
This page allows you to configure the baud rate of the Digital iPEPS s\
erial port 
that is used to control power switch devices. A full range of standard b\
aud rates 
are available.
To get here
1 Using VNC viewer or a browser, log on as the ‘admin’ user.
2 Click the ‘Configure’ button in the top right corner.
3 Click the ‘Serial port Configuration’ option.
Baud Rate
Determines the communication speed of the...

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Host configuration
This page provides the opportunity to configure various details for ea\
ch of the 
host systems that may be connected to the Digital iPEPS. Each entry can \
be 
configured with a name, the permitted users, the hot key combinations \
required 
to switch to it and, if required, appropriate power control commands.
To create a new host entry
1 Click one of the host entries to reveal a Host configuration dialogue.\
 
 Name...

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Power switching configuration
Power switch configuration comprises two main steps:
•	 Configure	the	OPTIONS serial port to the same speed as used by the power 
switch box(es), using the Serial port configuration menu. 
•	 Configure	power	ON	and	OFF	strings	for	each	relevant	host	computer.
For each power port there needs to be a valid ‘Power ON string’ an\
d similarly an 
appropriate ‘Power OFF string’. In each case, the strings are a sh\...

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Logging and status
This screen provides various details about the user activity on the Digi\
tal iPEPS 
unit. 
To get here
1 Using VNC viewer or a browser, log on as the ‘admin’ user.
2 Click the ‘Configure’ button in the top right corner.
3 Click the ‘Logging and Status’ option.
To copy and paste the log
You	can	copy	the	information	listed	within	the	log	and	paste	it	into	another	
application.
1 While viewing the log screen, press Ctrl...

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LDAP configuration
The Digital iPEPS can optionally use the industry standard LDAP (Lightw\
eight 
Directory Access Protocol) to allow user authentication to occur in con\
junction 
with an externally held database. This screen allows you to configure \
details 
related to the creation of an LDAP link to an external directory service\
, such as 
an Active Directory server.
To get here
1 Using VNC viewer or a browser, log on as the ‘admin’...

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Appendix 5 - Networking issues
Thanks to its robust security the Digital iPEPS offers you great flexi\
bility in how 
it integrates into an existing network structure. The Digital iPEPS is d\
esigned to 
reside either on an internal network, behind a firewall/router or alte\
rnatively 
with its own direct Internet connection. 
Positioning Digital iPEPS in the network
Every network setup is different and great care needs to be taken when...

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Internet
ADDERLINK
ADDER®
Addressing
When the Digital iPEPS is situated within the local network, you will ne\
ed to give 
it an appropriate local IP address and IP network mask. This is achieved\
 most 
easily using the DHCP server option which will apply these details autom\
atically. 
If a DHCP server is not available on the network, then these details nee\
d to be 
applied manually in accordance with the network administrator.
The...

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Placing Digital iPEPS alongside the firewall
Digital iPEPS is built from the ground-up to be secure. It employs a sop\
histicated 
128bit public/private key system that has been rigorously analysed and f\
ound 
to be highly secure (a security white paper is available upon request f\
rom 
Adder Technology Ltd). Therefore, you can position the Digital iPEPS alongside\
 
the firewall and control a computer that is also IP connected within t\...

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Appendix 6 - An introduction to IPv6 
During the initial design of the Internet, 4.3 billion seemed like an im\
possibly 
large number of device addresses, possibly more than would ever be neede\
d. 
It took nearly forty years, but finally the last remaining vacant addr\
ess blocks 
within the current Internet Protocol scheme (called IPv4) were assigned in 
February 2011.
The Internet Protocol is a crucial element of Internet operation and...

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Mixing IPv4 and IPv6  
Although IPv6 is based upon, and shares a number of similarities with IP\
v4, 
there are great differences in their address spaces and other key detail\
s which 
mean that they are not directly compatible. This means that while comput\
ers 
and their operating systems can support both types, IPv4 and IPv6 networ\
ks exist 
essentially as two parallel, independent entities with numerous cross ov\
er points 
(known as...