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4. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Ports and then click Serial.
The Appliance Serial Ports window will open.
5. Click on the name of a serial port. The Appliance Serial Port General Settings window will
open and the name of the port will appear under the appliance in the side navigation bar.
6. Type a new name for the serial port.
7. Using the drop-down menu, specify the type of port:
• (CPS appliances only) Standard Command Line Interface (CLI) - Select this port type if
you wish to define the port as a serial connection for a local terminal.
Only one port may be defined as a CLI port. If a second port is defined as a CLI port, the
previously defined CLI port will be changed to a Standard port.
• SPC - Select this port type if you wish to connect an SPC device to the port.
• Standard - Select this port type if you wish to access a serial device using SSH.
8. Using the arrow buttons, specify a time-out.
9. Using the drop-down menu, specify a CLI access character that will be used to access CLI
mode on a serial device. The (^) character represents the
Ctrl key. For example, specifying ^D
means that pressing
Ctrl+D will enter CLI mode.
10. Type a Telnet port that will be used to access the serial port. The default Telnet port is 3001.
11. Using the drop-down menu, specify whether or not the port should use a DTR signal. If set to
DTR, the appliance will report target devices as ON if the signal given matches the state given.
Otherwise, the appliance will report the target device power as OFF.
12. Using the drop-down menu, specify a power signal type that will be used for power status
monitoring of the appliance port.
13. Click Save and then click Close. The Appliances Serial Ports window will open.
14. Click Close. The Unit Views window will open.
To change the communication properties for a CPS or CCM appliance serial port:
1. Click Units in the tab bar.
2. Click Appliances in the side navigation bar. The Unit Views - Appliances - All window
will open.
3. Click on the appliance name.
4. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Ports and then click Serial.
The Appliance Serial Ports window will open.
5. Click on the name of a serial port. The Appliance Serial Ports General Settings window will
open and the name of the port will appear under the appliance in the side navigation bar.
6. From the side navigation bar, click Communication. The Appliance Serial Port
Communications Settings window will open.
7. From the drop-down menu, select a baud rate.
8. From the drop-down menu, select the number of data bits per character.