4.SERIAL PORT AND NETWORK HOST

Introduction

The Console Server enables access and control of serially-attached devices and network-attached devices (hosts). The Administrator must configure access privileges for each of these devices, and specify the services that can be used to control the devices. The Administrator can also set up new users and specify each user’s individual access and control privileges.

This chapter covers each of the steps in configuring hosts and serially attached devices:

Configure Serial Ports – setting up the protocols to be used in accessing serially-connected devices Users & Groups – setting up users and defining the access permissions for each of these users Authentication – covered in Chapter 9

Network Hosts – configuring access to local network connected computers or appliances (referred to as hosts)

Configuring Trusted Networks

Cascading and Redirection of Serial Console Ports

Connecting to Power (UPS, PDU and IPMI) and Environmetal Monitoring (EMD) devices

4.1Configuring Serial Ports

To configure a serial port you must first set the Common Settings (Chapter 4.1.1) that are to be used for the data connection to that port (e.g. baud rate) and the mode the port is to operate in. Each port can be set to support one of five operating modes:

i.Console Server Mode (Chapter 4.1.2) is the default setting and enables general access to the serial console port on serially attached devices

ii.Device Mode (Chapter 4.1.3) sets the serial port up to communicate with an intelligent serial controlled PDU, UPS or Environmental Monitor Devices (EMD)

iii.SDT Mode (Chapter 4.1.4) enables graphical console access (with RDP, VNC, HTTPS etc) to hosts that are serially connected

iv.Terminal Server Mode (Chapter 4.1.5) sets the serial port to await an incoming terminal login session

v.Serial Bridge Mode (Chapter 4.1.6) enables the transparent interconnection of two serial port devices over a network

To select the serial port to configure:

Select Serial & Network: Serial Port and click Edit on the port to be reconfigured

Note If you wish to set the same protocol options for multiple serial ports at once, click Edit Multiple Ports and select which ports you wish to configure as a group

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