User`s guide

Configure Physical Serial Ports
Chapter 5 Configure Ports 88
Create a port group
To create a port group:
1. On the serial port Configuration page, click the Port group configuration
link. The Port group configuration settings are displayed.
2. In the Group name field, enter a name for the port group.
3. For the Login on each port setting, select whether a login should be
performed on each port in the group.
If Login on each port is Enabled, when a connection is made to the group,
a separate login to each port is forced as well as a login to the group. This
means that a login prompt for each individual port is displayed, as opposed
to only displaying a login prompt when connecting to the group. The advan-
tage of forcing a login to each port in the group is more specific logging of
who is connected to each port and when (as when multiple users are
attached to the group at the same time).
Turning off Login on each port (Disabled) is useful when sending mass
commands to multiple units, for example, when doing batch reconfiguration
of identical systems. Disabling the port logins saves time because the login
steps do not have to be performed on each port.
4. Click Add.
5. Once the group is added, further configure the group by clicking its port
group number, as shown: