User`s guide

Configure Master-Slave Port Clustering
Chapter 15 Port Clustering 225
Advanced master-slave clustering settings include:
• Enable: Shows whether the port is enabled or disabled. All ports are
enabled by default.
• Slave unit address: The IP address of slave.
• No. of ports: The number of ports on the slave.
• Slave authentication mode: Whether the database is controlled by
the master unit, or locally by the slaves themselves.
• Update Master on Changes: Automatically updates port name
changes, port settings, and user permission settings to the master
unit. Generally, Update Master on changes should be set to yes.
• Connect to slave unit to change configuration: A quick access
method to connect to the slave.
• Source port: The port number accessed to get to the slave on the
master unit. The first slave port defaults to 7100 for the port access
menu and the port numbers increase according to the number of
ports on the Digi Passport unit.
• Destination port: The corresponding port number on the slave unit.
On a 32-port slave unit, the destination port numbers range from
7001 to 7032.
• Protocol: Options are N/A (not available), SSH, Telnet, and
RawTCP.
Base source port: If not using AutoConfig, these ports can be set
manually. The base source port is the first port number on a master
unit. By default the base source port on the master unit is 7001. The
base source ports extend the master’s ports via the slave ports. For
example, starting the base source port number with 7101 results in a
32-port unit being numbered from 7101 to 7032. Port number 7100
is the port access menu of the slave. If configuring the device manu-
ally, the port access menu must also be configured separately. How-
ever, if the base source port number is changed to another number
and the rest of the ports on the unit will be sequentially numbered
from the base source port.
• Base destination port: The physical port numbers of the slave
device.