Instruction Manual
of clustered console servers and the connected devices)
3.Enter the full number of serial ports on the Slave unit in Number of Ports
4.Click Apply. This will establish the SSH tunnel between the Master and the new Slave
The Serial & Network: Cascaded Ports menu displays all of the Slaves and the port numbers that have been allocated on the Master. If the Mas- ter console server has 16 ports of its own, then ports
Once you have added all the Slave console servers, the Slave serial ports and the connected devices are configurable and accessible from the Mas- ter’s Management Console menu and accessible through the Master’s IP address. For example:
•Select the appropriate Serial & Network: Serial Port and Edit to configure the serial ports on the Slave
•Select the appropriate Serial & Network: Users & Groups to add new users with access privileges to the Slave serial ports (or to extend existing users access privileges)
•Select the appropriate Serial & Network: Trusted Networks to specify network addresses that can access selected Slave serial ports
•Select the appropriate Alerts & Logging: Alerts to configure Slave port Connection, State Change or Pattern Match alerts
All such configuration changes made on the Master are propagated out to all the Slaves; whenever you change any User privileges or edit any serial port setting on the Master, the updated configuration files will be sent out to each Slave in parallel. The Slaves will then make appropriate changes to their local configurations (i.e. only make those changes that relate to its particular serial ports).
Please note:
•The Master is in control. You can still change all the settings on any Slave serial port (such as alter the baud rates) using the local Slave Management Console, however these changes will be overwritten the
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