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Serial Port Profiles
Console Management Profile
Overview
The Console Management profile provides access through the network to a console or administrative
port of a server or router attached to the IOLAN’s serial port. This profile configures the IOLAN’s
serial port to set up a TCP socket that will listen for a Telnet or SSH connection from the network.
Functionality
Use the Console Management profile when you are configuring users who need to access a serial
console port from the network.
General Tab Field Descriptions
The Console Management General tab configures how the serial port will be accessed by the user
through the network.
Configure the following param eters:
Common Name An entry for common name; for exam ple, the host name or fully qualified
domain name. This field is case sensitive in order to successfully match the
information in the peer SSL/TLS certificate.
Data Options: Maximum 64 characters
Email An entry for an email address; for example, acct@anycompany.com. This field
is case sensitive in order to successfully match the information in the peer
SSL/TLS certificate.
Data Options: Maximum 64 characters
Protocol Specify the connection method that users will use to communicate with a serial
device connected to the IOLAN through the network.
Data Options: Telnet, SSH
Default: Telnet