Lantronix 900-510 manual Reverse Terminal Server, Multiport Device Server, Console Server

10: Connections

Reverse Terminal Server

In this scenario, the SLB branch office manager has one or more device ports connected to one or more serial ports of a mainframe server. Users can access a terminal session by establishing a Telnet or SSH session to the SLB device. To configure the SLB branch office manager, select the Enable Telnet In or Enable SSH In option on the Device Ports – Settings web page.

		PC
UNIX Server	SLB Branch Office Manager
		PC
	Telnet/SSH
Serial		PC
Sessions	Sessions

Multiport Device Server

A PC can use the device ports on the SLB device as virtual serial ports, enabling the ports to act as if they are local ports to the PC. To use the SLB branch office manager in this setup, the PC requires special software, for example, Com Port Redirector (available on www.lantronix.com) or similar software).

Serial

Printer

SLB Branch Office Manager	Windows/Linux PC
Modem
Serial Connections	Raw TCP
	Sessions
Serial
Device

Console Server

For this situation, the SLB branch office manager is configured so that the user can manage a number of servers or pieces of network equipment using their console ports. The device ports on the SLB are connected to the console ports of the equipment that the user would like to manage. To manage a specific piece of equipment, the user can Telnet or SSH to a specific port or IP address on the SLB device and be connected directly to the console port of the end server or device. To configure this setup, set the Enable Telnet In or Enable SSH In option on the Device Ports – Settings web page for the device port in question. The user can implement an extra remote management capability by adding a modem to one of the device ports and setting the Dial-inoption in the

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