Avocent 5224 User Manual

 Chapter 2: Accessing the MergePoint 5224/5240 Appliance and Target Devices        31

NOTE:  The MergePoint 5224/5240 SP manager’s administrator must provide the appropriate IP address for this 
procedure, which is not the same as the public IP address assigned to the MergePoint 5224/5240 SP manager’s 
public interface. The IP address is either the appliance side IP address configured for the private subnet where 
the target device resides or a virtual IP address configured for the MergePoint 5224/5240 SP manager.

1.

Create a VPN tunnel. See To create an IPSec VPN tunnel: on page 30 or To create a PPTP 
VPN tunnel: on page 31 if needed.

2.

To enable native IP access through a browser, perform the following steps.

a.

Enter the private IP address or virtual IP address assigned to the MergePoint 5224/5240 
SP manager in a browser.

b.

Log into the MergePoint 5224/5240 SP manager.

c.

Select Target devices in the Web Manager’s left menu.

d.

Find the entry for the desired target device and click Enable Native IP access.

3.

To enable native IP access using the ssh command, perform the following steps.

a.

Enter the 

 command with the following syntax: ssh -t username:@privateIP.

The following command line example uses user AllSPs and a virtual IP address of 
172.20.0.1.

b.

Select Access Devices from the menu.

c.

Select the target device from the target devices menu.

d.

Select Enable native IP from the list of management actions.

An authorized user can create PPTP VPN connections on Linux, Windows or Macintosh 
operating systems.

1.

Configure a PPTP VPN connection profile with the following information obtained from the 
MergePoint 5224/5240 SP manager administrator:

•

The IP address assigned to the MergePoint 5224/5240 SP manager’s public interface. 

•

The PPTP username and password assigned to the user. 

2.

Create the PPTP VPN connection.

1.

After creating a PPTP VPN tunnel, enter the ifconfig or ipconfig command on your 
workstation to discover the PPTP address assigned from the MergePoint 5224/5240 SP 
manager’s IP address pool in the PPTP connection.