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IOLAN+, IOLAN+ Rack & IOLAN+ 102/104 User guide
Server configuration menu
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Chapter 10 The menu interface
General
administration
Downloading
Language This field determines the language that IOLAN+m is using such as
English, French, German, etc.
Identification This field allows the administrator to enter an identification string into
the unit and is displayed at the bottom of the IOLAN+ menus.
Debug mode This field is for Technical Support use only.
Field Description
Field Description
Lock This field determines whether the Lock feature is available to all users. If
this field is set to disabled then nobody can use the Lock feature.
Password
limit
This field defines the number of attempts a user is allowed to enter the
correct password for a port. If the user exceeds this limit IOLAN+ disables
the port for 5 minutes. The Administrator can restart the port, bypassing
the timeout, by issuing a kill on that port.
CR to
initiate
This is the ‘carriage return to initiate’ field which designates that when
terminals are setup for initiated connections, the user must hit Enter to
establish a connection. Otherwise, any input will startup the connection
(even noise on the cable).
SNAP
encoding
This is an alternate Ethernet encoding (SubNet Access Protocol).
Field Description
Boot host This field should only be filled in if the Administrator wishes to
download a new firmware version. It contains the host name or IP
address of the host machine that has the IOLAN+ download
image on it.
Boot file This field contains the full path and file name of the IOLAN+
download image (including path name). Boot host required.
Boot diagnostics This port (if enabled) allows the TFTP download state to be
displayed on port 1 and is used for troubleshooting. Boot host
required.