Specifications

Configuring Host Mode

To configure a serial port for host mode, enter the values in the applicable fields. To access the Host mode configuration screen,

do the following:

1. Access the web interface.

2. Under the Serial Port heading, choose Configuration.

3. Choose All or an Individual port > Host mode configuration.

4. Fill in the highlighted fields as they apply to your configuration.

• Host mode: The options are console server mode, terminal server mode, dial-in modem mode, and dial-in terminal

server mode.

• Type of console server: The options are MS SAC console, which you use to provide a graphic user interface to the

Windows Server 2003 Special Administration Console (see "Microsoft SAC Support" on page 52) and Other, which you

use in all other cases.

• Enable/Disable Assigned IP address. Determines whether an IP address will be assigned to the port. The default is

Enable.

• Assigned IP: Also known as alternate IP, this field assigns an IP address to the port, enabling a user to Telnet directly to

the serial port using an IP address (without having to specify a TCP port).

• Listening TCP port: This is the TCP port users will specify to access the port when connecting directly to the port using

Telnet or SSH.

• Destination IP: Used in terminal server mode, this is the IP address of the system that users will be automatically

connected to when they access the port.

• Destination port: Used in terminal server mode, this is the TCP port that will be used when the user who accesses the

port is automatically connected to a system on the network.

• Protocol: The options are SSH, RawTCP, and Telnet.

• Telnet/SSH break sequence: The sequence of characters that sends a break character to a device.

• Inactivity timeout: The timeout length ranges from 1 to 3600 seconds. 0 means that there is no timeout.

• Modem init string: Use the default string or enter your own string.

• Dial-in modem escape sequence: The key sequence used to return to the menu in dial-in mode.

• Use comment: Determines whether a port user is prompted to add a comment each time the port is accessed.

• Quick connect via: Determines method for connecting to a port when in console server mode.

5. Choose Save & Apply.

Figure 21- Configure serial port for host mode