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 If the system asks you to supply a password, then there is a problem with uploading keys. The
keys should remove any need to supply a password.
4.6.3 Configure the slaves and their serial ports
You can now begin setting up the Slaves and configuring Slave serial ports from the Master console
server:
 Select Serial & Network: Cascaded Ports on the Master’s Management Console:
 To add clustering support, select Add Slave.
Note You can‘t add any Slaves until you automatically or manually generate SSH keys.
To define and configure a Slave:
 Enter the remote IP Address (or DNS Name) for the Slave console server.
 Enter a brief Description and a short Label for the Slave (use a convention here that enables you
to effectively manage large networks of clustered console servers and the connected devices).
 Enter the full number of serial ports on the Slave unit in Number of Ports.
 Click Apply. This will establish the SSH tunnel between the Master and the new Slave.
The Serial & Network: Cascaded Ports menu displays all the Slaves and the port numbers that have
been allocated on the Master. If the Master console server has 16 ports of its own, then ports 1-16 are
pre-allocated to the Master. The first Slave added will be assigned port number 17 and up.
Once you have added all the Slave console servers, you can assign and access the Slave serial ports and
the connected devices from the Master’s Management Console menu. You can also access them
through the Master’s IP address.
 Select the appropriate Serial & Network: Serial Port and Edit to configure the serial ports on the
Slave.