User guide

Chapter 5: Applications 29
Applications Menu and Forms
The following provides a description of the left menu panel and links to the detailed information
and associated procedure.
Connect
Using the Connect form, you can connect directly to the console server or to devices connected to
the serial ports. Always connect to the console server shell using a secure SSH session or connect
directly to the serial ports.
Connecting to the console server
Clicking the Connect to CS400X radio button and then clicking on the the Connect displays a Java
applet running an SSH session similar to the following figure.
Figure 5.2: Expert - SSH session Java Applet
Connecting to devices connected to the serial ports
The Serial pull-down menu lists all the serial port numbers or the administrator-assigned aliases
that a user is authorized to access. Selecting a port number or alias and clicking Connect displays a
Java applet with a connection protocol for which the serial port is configured.
If authentication is in effect for the port, you need to supply a user name and password to log into
the device.