To install IRISconsole software, install these subsystems:

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Note: You must choose the sts.xx.xx subsystems or the el_serial.xx.xx subsystems, or both, depending upon which multiplexer(s) your site is using.

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If you install IRISconsole software and then attempt to configure your system and use IRISconsole and do not run the cdmknods command, you may receive an error message similar to the following:

/dev/ttyd055 no such device

If you encounter this problem, run the following commands:

rm -f /dev/tty[mfd]???

then

cdmknods

The rm command removes any existing device nodes. The cdmknods command is run to make the device nodes associated with your system. The cdmknods simplifies and automates the process of making device nodes for Digi International scsiTerminalServer and EtherLite Terminal Server products. It may be used to make single nodes with specific features, to generate all the necessary nodes for a particular product, or to make nodes for all scsiTerminal Server products found on a particular system. See the cdmknods(1) man page for more information.

To add an IRISconsole administrator, type as root

icpass -add icadmin 

The window shown in Figure 2-1 appears.

Figure 2-1. Adding an IRISconsole Administrator

Enter the new user's login and password. Note that they are independent of that user's system login and password. Click the Apply button.

To add an IRISconsole user, you must be an IRISconsole administrator. Type

icpass -add icuser 

The window shown in Figure 2-2 appears.

Figure 2-2. Using the IRISconsole Security Window

After you enter your IRISconsole login and password and click the Apply button, the window shown in Figure 2-3 appears.

Figure 2-3. Adding an IRISconsole User

Enter the new user's login and password. Note that they are independent of that user's system login and password. Click the Apply button.

As described in the section “IRISconsole Security” in Chapter 1, IRISconsole can be used to limit access to the capabilities of IRISconsole. To determine whether IRISconsole security is on, type

icpass -security get 

The software returns off or on.

To set IRISconsole security on or off, you must be an IRISconsole administrator. To set IRISconsole security on, type

icpass -security set on 

To set IRISconsole security off, type

icpass -security set off 

In either case, the security window shown in Figure 2-2 appears. After you enter correct information, a confirmation window appears with the message

Access Control status changed to `ON'

or

Access Control status changed to `OFF'

IRISconsole uses files to either allow or deny access to particular systems within a site. These files are Achill and icdeny. They are located in the /usr/IRISconsole/adm directory. Each entry in these file has the following format:

user_id : site_name : system_name [, system_name ]

The icallow and icdeny files work like the allow and deny functionality of the cron command. If the entry is in the icallow file, user user_id is allowed access to the system site_name : system_name. If the entry is in the icdeny file, that user is denied access to that system. If both the icallow and icdeny files contain entries, then only the entry in the icallow file is used.

In preparation for installing systems for IRISconsole, you need to obtain a SCSI ID and port connections numbers by looking at the multiplexer and its cable connections. Follow these steps:

Beginning with the IRISconsole 1.3 release, the way special tty devices such as the SCSI multiplexers (ST-1600, ST-1616, and so on) or EtherLite multiplexers (EL-8 and EL-16) are created and used has changed. This section describes how to determine the device name for your multiplexer(s).

SCSI Multiplexers

To determine the name of a SCSI multiplexer, use:

/dev/ttyd{bus}{scsi_id}{port}

where:

• bus is 0, 1, or 2 corresponding to the first, second, or third SCSI multiplexer found.

• scsi_id is the ID of the ST-xxxx number on the SCSI multiplexer.

• port is 0 - 9 or a - v, which corresponds to the port on the SCSI multiplexer numbered 1 through 32 (for example, port 1 = 0, port 11 = a).

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Note: On the ST-1616 multiplexer, the ports are numbered 1 through 16, which correspond to ports 0 - 9 and a - f on the tty device. On the ST-1032 multiplexer, the ports are numbered 1 through 32, which correspond to ports 0 - 9 and a - v on the tty device.

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You can use the command ictelnet, which is a version of telnet adapted for IRISconsole, to access the IRISconsole text-based menu from another system. Follow these steps to prepare the IRISconsole system for remote access using ictelnet: