ADDERnet Manual

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Appendix 1 - What are Secure Tickets?
The ADDER.NET application has been created to achieve a 
sensible balance between usability, flexibility and security. It 
needs to provide a quick and easy method for registered users 
to access a wide range of host computers while maintaining 
complete enterprise-level security. One of the unique solutions 
employed to make this possible is the system of Secure Tickets. 
On request, ADDER.NET...

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Appendix 2 - What are S3 connections?
ADDER.NET allows an alternative mechanism, called S3, to 
be used for authenticating to devices. Using S3, ADDER.NET 
contacts the device to inform it directly that the connection is 
authorised and then passes matching credentials to the client’s 
VNC viewer. The credentials time-out after a few seconds. This 
has the following advantages:
•	 Unlike	tickets,	which	(if	the	device’s	clock	can	be...

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Appendix 3 - Backing up and restoring
ADDER.NET performs an automatic daily database backup procedure and also\
 
allows you to create additional backups on demand. You can restore any a\
utomatic 
backup from the last seven days using a straightforward selection proces\
s.
To access the backup and restore controls
1 On the ADDER.NET Manager menu bar, place your mouse pointer over 
Tools and then choose Backup & Restore from the drop...

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Restore
The restore section of the page lists all the database backup files lo\
cated within 
in the ‘backups’ directory. Files located within sub-directories o\
f the backup 
directory are not shown in the page. 
To restore a file, click the Restore button to the left of the file \
name. Note: 
The restore action will overwrite the active database and can potentiall\
y cause 
problems (see ‘Potential loss of admin access’ right)....

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Appendix 4 - Firmware upgrades
ADDER.NET allows you to remotely upgrade the firmware of any suitable \
KVM-
over-IP device under its management. To use this feature, you need to ob\
tain the 
relevant firmware update files for the device(s).
To upgrade the firmware of a device
1 Obtain the firmware update file(s) for the device(s) to be upgra\
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Appendix 5 - Configuring firewalls
If a Windows Firewall is enabled (with a default configuration) on t\
he 
system running ADDER.NET, you will need to carry out the following 
procedure to open special ports and scopes within the firewall to allo\
w 
all ADDER.NET traffic to pass.
For each port that you add to the firewall, you will need to determine\
 
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Appendix 6 - Console server connections
Certain devices (such as specialist servers, ethernet switches, etc.),\
 use secure  
RS-232 serial links for the purposes of configuration and reporting. K\
VM-over-IP 
switches such as the AdderView CATxIP 5000 can support up to sixteen ser\
ial 
connections using Serial CAM modules. 
In order to maintain security, ADDER.NET uses the SSH (Secure SHell) protocol 
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Index
A
Active Directory
import  31
import options  32
setting  30
synchronisation  33
Add device
manually  10
Admin access
loss of  43
Advanced Control
hardware manager  12
Alerts  30
Auto-configuration  35
B
Backing up  42
Backup & Restore  30
Base DN  31
Browser requirements  5
C
Configuration  30
of power control device  14
Configure Workstation  30
Connection	browser		36
Connection	Search		36
Connector		36
intro  3
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© 2011 Adder Technology Limited
All trademarks are acknowledged.
Release 1.10d
September 2011
Part	No.	ADD0076
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