2.0System Overview
2.1Connect Up to Thirty-two RS-232C Compatible Ports
The ConsoleServer 3200 is plug-compatible with any RS-232C device. These may be a variety of network servers, routers, or any other LAN/WAN computers on the network. Connections are made by routing the device signals through the switch cards to the appropriate user interface port.
2.264K FIFO Audit Trail
The ConsoleServer 3200 stores the equivalent of approximately 100 screens worth of data per device port in a FIFO buffer. This data is viewed 'off-line' at any time by users accessing the device port buffer.
2.3Connections
With the maximum number of terminal and/or network cards installed, the system is capable of 16 simultaneous full-duplex connections to the connected devices. With the addition of a modem card, 17 full-duplex connections may be made. The administration functions may be accessed through a local serial connection or through a network connection. Each network card supports four users connections and one connection to the administration functions.
2.4Security Passwords
Each user is assigned a unique password by the system administrator. The system forces the user to change the password the first time the user attempts to connect to any servers. After the users have changed their passwords, the system will not prompt for a change. The users change their passwords at whatever interval they feel is necessary.
2.5Interface
Interfaces to the device and terminal cards are all RS-232C compliant. These ports are configured through the system administration port on the control card. Port 'A' on the control card is the system administration port. Each port has settings for baud rate, stop bits, parity, number of data bits, flow control, and port type (i.e., DTE or DCE). The communication settings for control card port A are configured using DIP switch settings on the control card surface (see section 4.5).
Interfaces to the network card must be done over a network using TCP/IP on 10-base T at 10 Mbits (no auto-negotiation). Each network card is assigned an IP address, a subnet mask, a default gateway, and an optional secondary destination path (see section 6.5 for more information) by the control card at start-up, and may be configured using port ‘A’ on the control card.