Chapter 5: Local Management

2.Press the SPACE bar to choose either ENABLED or DISABLED. The COM port must be ENABLED if it will be used for Local Management or UPS applications. Select DISABLED if you wish to disable the COM port for device security.

If the COM port is reconfigured without a valid IP address set

!on the device, the message shown in Figure 5-11displays.

CAUTION

Do not continue unless the outcome of the action is fully

 

 

understood.

Event Message Line

WARNING

THE COM PORT HAS BEEN RECONFIGURED AND THERE IS NO IP ADDRESS SET FOR THIS DEVICE. YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO MANAGE THIS BOARD. DO YOU STILL WISH TO RECONFIGURE THIS COM PORT?

YES

NO

NOTE

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Figure 5-12 COM Port Warning Screen

If the 2H28-08R has been configured with a valid IP Address, this screen will not appear.

Go to Step 4 if you do not get the screen.

3.Use the arrow keys to highlight YES. Press ENTER.

4.If you ENABLED the port, proceed to step 5. If you DISABLED the port, use the arrow keys to highlight SAVE at the bottom of the screen, then press ENTER.

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