104 Cyclades® ACS 5000 Installation/Administration/User Guide
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General form
Under Ports - Physical Ports in Expert Mode, if you select one or more ports from the ports list and click the Modify button, the General form appears.
The General form allows you to define general port settings, connect to an IPDU port and select the connection type to a serial port (SSH, Telnet or both).
The number of the selected port or ports displays next to the Done button at the bottom of the form in the format: Selected ports #:N, where N stands for the port number.
Connection profiles
The following sections describe the available connection protocols for each connection to the serial ports.
Console Access Server (CAS) profile connection protocols
When a serial port is connected to the console port on a device, a CAS profile must be defined for the serial port.
Clicking Ports - Physical Ports - General and selecting the appropriate connection protocol on the is part of defining the CAS profile.
The CAS connection protocols apply in the following cases:
•When a user accesses the serial port through the web manager, the session automatically uses the specified protocol to connect to the console of the connected device.
•When a user logs in remotely to the serial port, access is allowed only for the selected protocol. If another protocol is used then access is denied. For example, if you specify the Console (SSH) protocol, the user can use SSH but cannot use Telnet to access the serial port.
The following table shows the options from the list of connection protocols when the console server serial port is connected to the console port of a server or a device.
Table 9.1: Connections Protocols When a Serial Port is Connected to a Device Console Port
Protocol Name | Result |
Console (Telnet)
Authorized users can use Telnet to connect to the console of the connected device.
Console (SSH)
Authorized users can use SSH to connect to the console of the connected device.
