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6. Outlet groups

a. Outlet groups can be configured as a set of one or more outlets, which can be defined as <IPDU

ID>[<outlet number>] or <outlet name>.

b. Groups of outlets that belong to a server from a CAS port, which were called "multi-outlets" in previous

versions, will be treated as special outlet groups and will be automatically generated as part of port

configuration.

7. User access list

a. Information about the outlet permissions for each user will be consolidated in a simple file

(/etc/pmd.users), which will assign a list of outlets for each user.

b. The access list accepts a variety of entry types, such as "all", <IPDU ID>[<outlet number>], <outlet

name>, or <outlet group>.

8. Real-time answer to PM commands

a. Previous implementations made the answer for complex PM commands (pmCommand and pm) available

to the user only after the command had been completely processed. Now, partial answers are shown almost

immediately after the appliance starts receiving answers from the IPDU.

9. Outlets in Web Interface grouped by IPDU

a. The previous Web Interface showed the list of all outlets (from all IPDUs) in one page, making the

performance low when too many IPDUS were attached to the appliance. Now the user chooses the IPDU

before entering the outlet management page, which will contain only outlets from that IPDU hence making

outlet management extremely easy.

IX. Flexible Day Light Savings Configuration

a. Cyclades OnSite appliance v.3.1.0 supports generic way of configuring Day Light Savings feature.

b. A user can configure any month (Jan-Dec), week (1, 2, 3, 4 & 5), day (Mon-Sun) and any time of the day

for Day Light Savings.

c. With the passing of Energy Policy Act of 2005 by the United States Congress (which is effective since

March 2007), this feature will allow easy configuration of such changes in Day Light Savings laws.

X. Linefeed suppression extended to SSH

a. Linefeed suppression option was extended to SSH sessions.

b. Configuration is the same as for Telnet sessions:

- when configured as 0, linefeed suppression will not be performed;

- when configured as 1, linefeed suppression (after a CR) will be performed;

- when configured as 2, NULL suppression (after a CR) will be performed.

XI. Backup Appliance access via dial-up

a. PPP authentication over a PCMCIA modem or ISDN card can be configured independently of the Unit

Authentication. This new parameter will allow access to the appliance when the primary network is down

and the unit authentication is performed in a remote server. The default value follows the unit authentication

(unit-auth).

XII. Flexible Configuration of TACACS+ Group Authorization

a. Any Port can be mapped to a host name or IP address and to the number of the Serial port that the user

has authorization to access.

b. Any Port can be mapped to a host name or IP address and to any user that has authorization to access

all serial ports of Cyclades OnSite appliance.

c. Following is the new syntax for raccess attribute that will be accepted by OnSite:

portXX=<OnSite hostname or OnSite IP address>/ttySnn

portXX=<OnSite hostname or OnSite IP address>/ttynn

portXX=<OnSite hostname or OnSite IP address>/any

Where:

XX - anything

nn - number of the serial port that the user has authorization to access.

any - the user has authorization to access all serial ports of the OnSite appliance.

XIII. Inactivity timeout for ts_menu