Avocent ACS 5000 manual Physical Ports, 103, To select one or more serial ports

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Ports Menu and Forms

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Physical Ports

By selecting Ports - Physical Ports in Expert mode, you can enable or disable ports and configure parameters for individual or a group of serial ports.

You can select contiguous serial ports on the form by using the Shift key or non-contiguous ports by using the Ctrl key on your keyboard. You can Enable Selected Ports or Disable Selected Ports by pressing the corresponding button.

You can select the Modify All Ports button to specify the same parameters for all the serial ports or you can select the Modify Selected Ports button and set values for an individual or a group of ports.

To select one or more serial ports:

1.Go to Ports - Physical Ports in Expert mode. The Physical Ports form appears.

2.To select a port or ports, do one of the following steps.

a.To select a single port, click the port.

b.To select multiple ports in a range, click the first port in the list and then hold down the Shift key while selecting another port or ports.

c.To select multiple ports that are not in a range, click the first port in the list and then hold down the Ctrl key while selecting another port.

To enable or disable serial ports:

1.Go to Ports - Physical Ports and select a port or ports to modify.

2.To enable selected ports, click the Enable Selected Ports button.

3.To disable selected ports, click the Disable Selected Ports button.

NOTE: By default, all serial ports are disabled from the factory. The administrator can activate and assign specific users to individual physical ports.