User`s guide

Web Manager for OnSite Administrators 257

Configuration>Serial/AUX>Aux/Modem Port

Selecting Configuration>Serial/AUX>Aux/Modem Port in Expert mode

brings up three tabs, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 6-38:Web Manager Configuration>Serial/AUX>Aux/

Modem Port Screen

An administrative user can use either the AuxPort1 and AuxPort2 screens to

enable and to configure an auxiliary port if one of the following is connected

to an AUX port:

• One or multiple daisy-chained AlterPath PM IPDUs

• An external modem

Power Management and AUX Ports

The following are important concepts for understanding the relationship

between AUX ports, IPDU power management while connected, and serial

and KVM ports.

• Both AUX ports can be connected to and configured to support either of

the following:

• An external modem for PPP connection

• An AlterPath PM IPDU for power management

• For AUX port 2, certain restrictions apply to what kind of power

management can be done.

• If you plug a server that is connected to a KVM port into an IPDU

connected to AUX2, no one can perform power management while

connected to that server through the KVM port.