User guide

• (serial console appliances) Interface - Interface to which to the session is connected, which
is either a serial port or the network CLI.
To display session information:
This procedure is valid for supported KVM switches and serial console appliances. It may also
be valid for appliances supported by a plug-in; see the appropriate documentation.
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 118), click on the appliance name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Sessions. The Appliance
Sessions window will open.
3. To display information about a specific session, click on the name of the KVM, virtual
media or serial session. The Active Session Information window will open, including
information about the active session.
4. Click Close. The Appliance Sessions window will open.
5. Click Close. The Units View window will open.
To display or change the session settings for a serial console appliance:
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 118), click on the serial console appliance name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Sessions. The Appliance
Sessions window will open.
3. Click Settings in the side navigation bar. The Appliance Settings - Sessions - Settings
window will open. The display includes SSH settings for the appliance.
4. Specify how the most recent 64K bytes of online and offline data (history) from a serial
port will be controlled:
• Auto - Displays the history buffer content to a Telnet window.
• Hold - Saves the buffer contents. To display the contents, you must access the
appliance CLI and issue a Port History command.
5. Click Enable Inactivity Timeout and use the arrows to specify a value (from 1-90 minutes)
that the managed appliance will wait during inactive intervals until the session is closed
and the user must log back into the managed appliance.
6. (CCM appliances only) In the Serial Session Share Mode area, enable one of the radio
buttons: Disable, Auto or Query.
7. Click Save and then click Close. The Units View window will open.
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