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3 Operations

Overview

The CPS serial over IP network appliance and its ports are easily configured and managed to meet your requirements for device connection, user authentication, access control, power status monitoring, port history information display and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) compliance for use with third party network management products. Support for SSH access using third party clients is also provided.

Configuring Serial Port Settings

You may configure a CPS port to support one of two types of target devices (TDs): SPC and console. The SPC power control device provides enhanced security options, including password protection, port-specific access rights and port groupings. For more information, see the SPC Installer/User Guide. A console TD may be a router, firewall, server or other supported serial device.

By default, ports are configured with the settings listed in Table 3.1.

Table 3.1: Default Port Settings

Parameter

Value

 

 

Target device

Console

 

 

Name

xx-xx-xx Pn (last 3 octets of MAC address plus the port number)

 

 

Baud rate

9600

 

 

Bits per character

8

 

 

Parity

None

 

 

Stop bits

1

 

 

Flow control

None

 

 

Time-out

15 minutes

 

 

CLI access character

User Server CLI setting (^D)