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 Select Serial Bridging Mode and specify the IP address of the Server console server and the TCP
port address of the remote serial port (for RFC2217 bridging this will be 5001-5048).
 By default, the bridging client will use RAW TCP. Select RFC2217 if this is the console server
mode you have specified on the server console server.
 You may secure the communications over the local Ethernet by enabling SSH. You will need to
generate and upload keys (refer to Chapter 14— Advanced Configuration).
4.1.8 Syslog
In addition to built-in logging and monitoring (which can be applied to serial-attached and network-
attached management accesses, as covered in Chapter 7—Alerts and Logging), you can also configure
the console server to support the remote syslog protocol on a per serial port basis:
 Select the Syslog Facility/Priority fields to enable logging of traffic on the selected serial port to
a syslog server; and to appropriately sort and action those logged messages (that is, redirect
them/send alert email etc.).
For example, if the computer attached to serial port 3 should never send anything out on its serial
console port, the Administrator can set the Facility for that port to local0 (local0 .. local7 are for site
local values), and the Priority to critical. At this priority, if the console server syslog server does receive a
message, it will automatically raise an alert. Refer to Chapter 7—Alerts & Logging.
COM port
connected
control PC
Serially connected
control PC
Local Ethernet
LAN
Console Server