8: Device Ports

 

 

 

 

Show Lines on

If enabled, when the user either does a connect direct from the CLI or connects

 

Connecting

directly to the port using Telnet or SSH, the SLC outputs up to 24 lines of buffered

 

 

data as soon as the serial port is connected.

 

 

For example, an SLC user issues a connect direct device 1 command

 

 

to connect port 1 to a Linux server.

 

 

Then the SLC user ls command to display a directory on the Linux server, then

 

 

exits the connection. When the SLC user issues another direct connect

 

 

device 1, the last 24 lines of the ls command is displayed so the user can see

 

 

what state the server was left in.

 

 

 

 

Reverse Pinout

If enabled, swaps the positions of the serial lines, such that the direction of data or

 

 

the signal is reversed. For instance, TX is swapped with RX. Enabling Reverse

 

 

Pinout facilitates connections to Cisco and Sun style RS-45 console ports using a

 

 

straight through Ethernet patch cable, without the need for a rolled cable or

 

 

adapter. Enabled by default.

 

 

Note: All Lantronix serial adapters are intended to be used with Reverse Pinout

 

 

disabled. If you are replacing an original SLC unit with an SLC 8000 advanced

 

 

console manager, disable the reverse pinout so you can use the original cables

 

 

and adapters.

 

 

 

 

Hardware Signal Triggers

 

 

 

 

Check DSR on

If this setting is enabled, the device port only establishes a connection if DSR

 

Connect

(Data Set Ready) is in an asserted state. DSR should already be in an asserted

 

 

state, not transitioning to, when a connection attempt is made. Disabled by default

 

 

unless dial-in, dial-out, or dial-back is enabled for the device port.

 

 

 

 

Disconnect on DSR

If a connection to a device port is currently in session, and the DSR signal

 

 

transitions to a de-asserted state, the connection disconnects immediately.

 

 

Disabled is the default unless dial-in, dial-out, or dial-back is enabled for the device

 

 

port.

 

 

 

Modem Settings (Device Ports)

Note: Depending on the State and Mode you select, different fields are available.

State

Used if an external modem is attached to the device port. If enabling, set the

 

modem to dial-out, dial-in, dial-back, dial-on-demand, dial-in/host list, dial-back &

 

dial-on-demand, dial in & dial-on-demand, CBCP Server, and CBCP Client.

 

Disabled by default. See Modem Dialing States (on page 152) for more

 

information.

 

 

Mode

The format in which the data flows back and forth:

 

Text: In this mode, the SLC advanced console manager assumes that the

 

modem will be used for remotely logging into the command line. Text mode

 

can only be used for dialing in or dialing back. Text is the default.

 

PPP: This mode establishes an IP-based link over the modem. PPP

 

connections can be used in dial-out mode (e.g., the SLC unit connects to an

 

external network), dial-in mode (e.g., the external computer connects to the

 

network that the SLC 8000 advanced console manager is part of), or dial-on-

 

demand.

 

 

Use Sites

Enables the use of site-oriented modem parameters which can be activated by

 

various modem-related events (authentication, outbound network traffic for dial-

 

on-demand connections, etc.). Sites can be used with the following modem

 

states: dial-in, dial-back, dial-on-demand, dial-in & dial-on-demand, dial-back &

 

dial-on-demand, and CBCP server.

 

 

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