
Chapter 9: Ports Menu and Forms 109
2.Click the General tab. The General form appears with the number(s) of the selected port(s) next to the Done button at the bottom of the form and the active tabs are in yellow.
3.To change the connection protocol, select a Terminal Server connection from the Connection Protocol
4.To configure a terminal to automatically connect to the console server, perform the following steps:
a.Select Local Terminal from the Connection Protocol
b.Define a terminal profile menu. Terminal Profile Menu form is at Expert - Applications - Terminal Profile Menu.
5.To configure a terminal to automatically connect to a server, perform the following steps:
a.Select Telnet, SSHv1, SSHv2 or Raw Socket from the Connection Protocol
b.Specify authorized users/groups and the authentication method in the Access form.
c.Specify the TCP Port number, the IP address of the remote host and the terminal type using the Other form. The Other form is located at Ports - Physical Ports - Modify Selected Ports - Other.
6.If you are finished, click Done.
7.Click apply changes.
To configure a serial port connection protocol for an external modem:
This procedure assumes that the selected serial port is physically connected to an external modem.
1.Go to Ports - Physical Ports in Expert mode, select a port or ports to modify, click the appropriate Modify Ports button. The General form appears.
2.Click the General tab. The General form appears with the number(s) of the selected port(s) next to the Done button at the bottom of the form and the active tabs are in yellow.
3.To change the connection protocol, select one of the options from the Connection Protocol
4.If you wish to change any of the other current settings, see To configure serial port settings to match the connected devices: on page 111.
NOTE: Most modems have hardware flow control configured; this requires configuration of hardware flow control in the serial port settings.