User guide

Ports Configured as Terminal Servers
218 BLACK BOX ® Advanced Console Server
CLI Method
To configure certain parameters for a specific serial port:
Step 1: At the command prompt, type in the appropriate command to configure desired
parameters.
To activate the serial port. <string> should be ttyS<serial port number> :
config configure line <serial port number> tty <string>
To configure host:
config configure line <serial port number> host <string>
To configure term:
config configure line <serial port number> term <string>
To configure conf.locallogins:
config configure conf locallogins <number>
Step 2: Activate and Save.
To activate your new configurations and save them to flash, type:
config write
(This is essentially typing signal_ras hup and saveconf from the normal terminal
prompt.)
Tip. You can configure all the parameters for a serial port in one line.
config configure line <serial port number> tty <string>
host <string> term <string> locallogins <number>