EDS4100 EDS8PS EDS16PS EDS8PR EDS16PR EDS32PR
EDS Device Servers/Terminal Servers User Guide
Part Number 900-433 Revision I April
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1 About This Guide
Table of Contents
3 Installation of EDS8PS and EDS16PS
2 Introduction
6 Using DeviceInstaller
4 Installation of EDS4100
5 Installation of EDS8PR, EDS16PR and EDS32PR
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9 Line and Tunnel Settings
7 Configuration Using Web Manager
8 Network Settings
10 Terminal and Host Settings
13 Modbus
12 Security Settings
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
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17 Branding the EDS
15 Advanced Settings
16 VIP Settings
18 Updating Firmware
Appendix A - Technical Support
List of Figures
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Figure 11-18 LPD Configuration
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List of Tables
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Table 15-16 XML Import Lines from Single Line Settings
Table 15-3 Email Configuration135 Table 15-6 CLI Configuration
Table 15-8 XML Export Configuration140 Table 15-10 XML Export Status
Table 16-3 VIP Counters149
is not supported on the EDS8PR, EDS16PR
1 About This Guide
Note Modbus is only available on the EDS4100 and
EDS32PR, EDS8PS and EDS16PS
Additional Documentation
EDS Command Reference
DeviceInstaller Online Help
1 About This Guide
Configuration Methods Addresses and Port Numbers
2 Introduction
Protocol Support Evolution OS Additional Features
EDS8PS and EDS16PS Overview EDS4100 Overview
2 Introduction
Features
EDS8PS and EDS16PS Overview
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See Chapter 4 Installation of EDS4100 for installation instructions
Features
enable asynchronous RS-232 and
EDS4100 Overview
2 Introduction
Features
EDS8PR, EDS16PR, and EDS32PR Overview
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Evolution OS
Applications
Protocol Support
2 Introduction
VIP Access
Web-Based Configuration and Troubleshooting
Command-Line Interface CLI
Modem Emulation
Terminal Server/Device Management
Configuration Methods
Troubleshooting Capabilities
2 Introduction
Port Numbers
Hardware Address
IP Address
2 Introduction
UDP Port 10003 Tunnel 3, etc
Product Information Label
2 Introduction
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User-Supplied Items
3 Installation of EDS8PS and EDS16PS
Package Contents
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Console Port
3 Installation of EDS8PS and EDS16PS
Serial Ports
Note The console port cannnot be used as a serial port
3 Installation of EDS8PS and EDS16PS
Reset Button
Reboot the device
Ethernet Port
3 Installation of EDS8PS and EDS16PS
Connecting the EDS8/16PS
Restore factory defaults
Finding a Suitable Location
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3 Installation of EDS8PS and EDS16PS
Figure 3-5 Example of EDS8/16PS Connections
User-Supplied Items
4 Installation of EDS4100
Package Contents
Identifying Hardware Components
Serial Ports
4 Installation of EDS4100
All four serial ports are configured as DTE
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Ethernet Port
4 Installation of EDS4100
Note Multi-drop connections are supported in 2-wire mode only
Ports 1 & 3 support up to Ports 2 & 4 support up to
4 Installation of EDS4100
Terminal Block Connector
Reset Button
LEDs
Finding a Suitable Location
Connecting the EDS4100
4 Installation of EDS4100
Connect the EDS4100 to one or more serial devices
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4 Installation of EDS4100
Figure 4-7 Example of EDS4100 Connections
User-Supplied Items
5 Installation of EDS8PR, EDS16PR and EDS32PR
Package Contents
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Console Port
5 Installation of EDS8PR, EDS16PR and EDS32PR
Serial Ports
The EDS8PR has 8 serial ports The EDS16PR has 16 serial ports
LEDs
5 Installation of EDS8PR, EDS16PR and EDS32PR
Ethernet Port
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5 Installation of EDS8PR, EDS16PR and EDS32PR
Reset Button
Connecting the EDS8/16/32PR
Finding a Suitable Location
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5 Installation of EDS8PR, EDS16PR and EDS32PR
Figure 5-5 Example of EDS16PR Connections
DeviceInstaller
6 Using DeviceInstaller
Accessing EDS Using DeviceInstaller
Device Details Summary
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6 Using DeviceInstaller
Device Family
To access Web Manager, perform the following steps
7 Configuration Using Web Manager
Accessing Web Manager Web Manager Page Components
Navigating the Web Manager Table 7-3 Summary of Web Manager Pages
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7 Configuration Using Web Manager
Device Status Page
Figure 7-1 Web Manager Home Page
Links to Subpages Header
7 Configuration Using Web Manager
Information Instructions Help Menu Bar Configuration Status Area
Logout Link
Table 7-3 Summary of Web Manager Pages
7 Configuration Using Web Manager
Navigating the Web Manager
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Web Manager Page
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Description
Network 1 eth0 Interface Status
8 Network Settings
Network 1 eth0 Interface Configuration Network 1 Ethernet Link
To view the network interface status
To view and configure network interface settings
Network 1 eth0 Interface Configuration
8 Network Settings
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Settings
8 Network Settings
Configuration
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Network 1 Ethernet Link
8 Network Settings
To view and configure the Ethernet link
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Line Settings Tunnel Settings
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Line Settings
Line Statistics
To configure a specific line
Line Configuration
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
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Line - Configuration
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Table 9-3 Line Configuration
Settings
To configure Command Mode on a specific line
Line Command Mode
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Table 9-5 Line Command Mode
Tunnel - Packing Mode
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Tunnel - Statistics Tunnel - Serial Settings
5. Click Submit
Tunnel - Disconnect Mode Tunnel - Modem Emulation
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Tunnel - Accept Mode Tunnel - Connect Mode
Tunnel - Statistics
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9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Figure 9-6 Tunnel 1 Statistics
To configure serial settings for a specific tunnel
Tunnel - Serial Settings
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Table 9-8 Tunnel - Serial Settings
To configure the Packing Mode for a specific tunnel
Tunnel - Packing Mode
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
5. Click Submit
Figure 9-10 Tunnel 1 Packing Mode Mode = Timeout
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
4. Enter or modify the following settings
Figure 9-11 Tunnel 1 Packing Mode Mode = Send Character
Tunnel - Packing Mode
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Table 9-12 Tunnel Packing Mode
Settings
To configure the Accept Mode of a specific tunnel
Tunnel - Accept Mode
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
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Tunnel - Accept Mode
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Table 9-14 Tunnel Accept Mode
Settings
Settings continued
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Tunnel - Accept Mode
5. Click Submit
Disable
Tunnel - Connect Mode
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
TCP AES encryption over TCP and UDP
Modem Control Asserted
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
To configure Connect Mode for a specific tunnel
Modem Emulation
Tunnel - Connect Mode
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Table 9-16 Tunnel Connect Mode
Settings
Settings continued
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Tunnel - Connect Mode
When you configure Tunnel - Connect Mode, you can specify a number
Host List Promotion
Connecting Multiple Hosts
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
To promote a specific Host
To configure the Disconnect Mode for a specific tunnel
Tunnel - Disconnect Mode
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Table 9-19 Tunnel Disconnect Mode
Tunnel - Modem Emulation
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Table 9-20 Modem Emulation Commands and Descriptions
5. Click Submit
To configure modem emulation for a specific tunnel
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Table 9-20 Modem Emulation Commands and Descriptions continued
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Select Enabled to echo +++ when entering modem Command Mode
9 Line and Tunnel Settings
Emulation Settings
Echo Commands
Terminal Settings Host Configuration
10 Terminal and Host Settings
Line Terminal Configuration
To configure a specific line to support an attached terminal
Configuration Settings
10 Terminal and Host Settings
Table 10-2 Terminal on Line 1 Configuration
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To configure menu features applicable to CLI access via the network
Network Terminal Configuration
10 Terminal and Host Settings
Table 10-4 Terminal on Network Configuration
To configure a selected remote host
Host Configuration
10 Terminal and Host Settings
Table 10-6 Host Configuration
Syslog Settings HTTP Settings RSS Settings LPD Settings
11 Service Settings
DNS Settings SNMP Settings FTP Settings TFTP Settings
To view the DNS status
To find a DNS Name or IP Address
11 Service Settings
To configure SNMP
To clear cache entries
To configure FTP
FTP Settings
11 Service Settings
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FTP Settings
11 Service Settings
Table 11-5 FTP Settings
Select Enabled to enable the FTP server
TFTP Settings
11 Service Settings
To configure TFTP
Note TFTP cannot authenticate the client, so the device is open to
Syslog Settings
11 Service Settings
To configure the Syslog
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HTTP Statistics
HTTP Settings
11 Service Settings
To view HTTP statistics
To configure HTTP
HTTP Configuration
11 Service Settings
Table 11-12 HTTP Configuration
Settings continued
11 Service Settings
HTTP Configuration
the SSL configuration section to use HTTPS
To configure HTTP authentication settings
HTTP Authentication
11 Service Settings
Table 11-14 HTTP Authentication
To configure RSS settings
RSS Settings
11 Service Settings
3. Click Submit
LPD Statistics
LPD Settings
11 Service Settings
To view LPD statistics for a specific LPD line
To configure LPD settings for a specific LPD line
LPD Configuration
11 Service Settings
Table 11-19 LPD Configuration
Settings continued
11 Service Settings
LPD Configuration
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SSH Server Host Keys SSH Server Authorized Users
12 Security Settings
SSL Configuration
SSH Client Known Hosts SSH Client Users SSL Cipher Suites
To upload SSH server host keys generated from PuTTY
12 Security Settings
SSH Server Host Keys
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6. Click Submit To upload SSH server host RFC4716 format keys
12 Security Settings
Table 12-2 SSH Server Host Keys Settings - Upload Keys Method
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Settings continued
12 Security Settings
Table 12-4 SSH Server Host Keys Settings - Upload Keys Method
5. Click Submit
To create new SSH server host keys
12 Security Settings
Table 12-6 SSH Server Host Keys Settings - Create New Keys Method
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SSH Server Authorized Users
12 Security Settings
To configure the SSH server for authorized users
3. Click Submit
Settings
12 Security Settings
Table 12-8 SSH Server Authorized User Settings
Enter the name of the user authorized to access the SSH server
Known Hosts Settings
12 Security Settings
To configure the SSH client for known hosts
Address in Connect mode tunneling
SSH Client Users
12 Security Settings
To configure the SSH client users
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is a command shell
12 Security Settings
Settings
Table 12-12 SSH Client Users
SSL Cipher Suites
SSL Settings
12 Security Settings
Table 12-13 Supported Cipher Suites
SSL RSA or DSA
12 Security Settings
SSL Certificates
SSL Certificates and Private Keys
OpenSSL
12 Security Settings
SSL Utilities
Steel Belted RADIUS
To configure SSL settings
SSL Configuration
12 Security Settings
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12 Security Settings
SSL Settings
Table 12-15 SSL
3. Click Submit
12 Security Settings
SSL Settings continued
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Table 13-1 6 Byte Header of Modbus Application Protocol
13 Modbus
Modbus Statistics Modbus Configuration
Table 13-2 Modbus Transmission Modes
To view modbus statistics
Modbus Statistics
13 Modbus
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Modbus Configuration
To view and configure the Modbus Server
Table 13-5 Modbus Configuration
Settings
Query Port Diagnostics System Settings
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Filesystem Settings Protocol Stack Settings IP Address Filter
Filesystem Statistics
To browse the filesystem
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Filesystem Browser
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Table 14-3 Filesystem Browser
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Settings
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To configure the TCP network protocol
TCP Settings
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Table 14-5 TCP Protocol Settings
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
IP Settings
ICMP Settings
To configure the network protocol settings for IP
Disabled
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Table 14-9 ICMP Settings
ICMP Settings
To configure the ARP network protocol
ARP Settings
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Table 14-11 ARP Settings
To configure the SMTP network protocol
SMTP Settings
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Table 14-13 SMTP Settings
Table 14-15 IP Address Filter Settings
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
To configure the IP address filter
3. Click Add
Query Port
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
To configure the query port server
3. Click Submit
To display hardware diagnostics
Diagnostics
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Hardware
To view MIB-II statistics
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
MIB-II Statistics
Table 14-19 Requests for Comments RFCs
Ping
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
IP Sockets
To display open IP sockets
Diagnostics
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Table 14-22 Diagnostics Ping
Ping Settings
Traceroute
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Table 14-24 Diagnostics Traceroute
To use Traceroute
To use diagnostics logging
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
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Severity Level specifies the level of system message to be logged
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Figure 14-27 Diagnostics Log Line
4. Click Submit
Buffer Pools
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Memory
To display memory statistics
To display the processes running and their associated statistics
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
Processes
Note The Adobe SVG plug-in is required to view the CPU Load Graph
Figure 14-30 Diagnostics Processes
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
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Table 14-32 Real Time Clock Settings
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
To configure Real Time Clock settings
To configure system settings
Note Close and reopen the web manager browser upon a firmware update
14 Maintenance and Diagnostics Settings
System Settings
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Email Settings Command Line Interface Settings XML Settings
15 Advanced Settings
Email Settings
Email Statistics
To configure email settings
Email Configuration
15 Advanced Settings
Table 15-3 Email Configuration
Settings continued
15 Advanced Settings
Email - Configuration
5. Click Submit
To configure the CLI
CLI Configuration
15 Advanced Settings
CLI Statistics
Command Line Interface
15 Advanced Settings
Table 15-6 CLI Configuration
Configuration Settings
gigi
XML Settings
15 Advanced Settings
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To export the system configuration
XML Export Configuration
15 Advanced Settings
Table 15-8 XML Export Configuration
To export the system status
15 Advanced Settings
XML Export Status
Table 15-10 XML Export Status
15 Advanced Settings
XML Import Configuration
Import Configuration from External File
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Import Configuration from the Filesystem
15 Advanced Settings
Figure 15-13 XML Import from Filesystem
Filesystem Settings
15 Advanced Settings
Import Configuration from
Note By default, all groups are checked except those pertaining
To modify Single Line Settings on the Filesystem
Import Lines from Single Line Settings on the Filesystem
15 Advanced Settings
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Import Lines Settings
15 Advanced Settings
Table 15-16 XML Import Lines from Single Line Settings
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Enabling VIP Configuring Tunnels to Use VIP
16 VIP Settings
Obtaining a Bootstrap File Importing the Bootstrap File
Virtual IP VIP Configuration
Enabling VIP
Configuring Tunnels to Use VIP
16 VIP Settings
Virtual IP VIP Statistics
To configure the EDS VIP settings
16 VIP Settings
To view EDS VIP settings
Table 16-3 VIP Counters
Short and Long Name Customization
17 Branding the EDS
Web Manager Customization
Web Manager Customization Short and Long Name Customization
Loading New Firmware
18 Updating Firmware
Obtaining Firmware
To upload new firmware
Technical Support Europe, Middle East, Africa
Appendix A - Technical Support
Technical Support US
Email eutechsupp@lantronix.com or eusupport@lantronix.com
Conversion Table
Appendix B - Binary to Hexadecimal Conversions
Converting Binary to Hexadecimal
Table 20-1 Binary to Hexadecimal Conversion Table
Scientific Calculator
1. On the Windows Start menu, click Programs Accessories Calculator
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Power Frequency Magnetic Field Immunity
Appendix C - Compliance
RF Common Mode Conducted Susceptibility
Manufacturer’s Name & Address
Rackmontage
Lithium Battery Notice
Installationsanweisungen
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Rack Mounting
Energiezufuhr
Erdung
Input Supply
Lantronix P/N
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Description
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Web Manager Device Status Web Page 44 Navigating
XML Export Configuration Export Status Import System Configuration
XML Settings XML-Based Architecture
Page Components 45 Page Summary