User`s guide

Configure Physical Serial Ports
Chapter 5 Configure Ports 97
Advanced Host Mode Settings
Advanced Host mode configuration settings allow for viewing and modifying
the configuration settings that define the communication between serial
devices and remote hosts in use with the Digi Passport unit in more detail than
the Basic configuration settings. Advanced host mode configuration settings
include:
• Host mode: Console server mode, terminal server mode, dial-in modem
mode, and dial-in terminal server mode.
• Type of console server: Select MS SAC to provide a graphic user
interface to the Windows Server 2003 Special Administration Console (see
"Microsoft SAC Support" on page 163). In all other cases, select Other.
• Rackable Systems Mgmt Card: Enable to use Rackable Management
card.
• Service processor: If the attached device uses one of the following
supported protocols, select that here. For a full description of service
processor configuration, see "Service Processors" on page 120.
• Enable/Disable assigned IP address: Determines whether an IP address
will be assigned to the port. The default is Disabled.
• Assigned IP: Also known as alternate IP, this field assigns an IP address
to the port, allowing a Telnet connection directly to the serial port using an
IP address, without specifying a TCP port.
• Listening TCP port: The TCP network port used when connecting directly
to the port using Telnet or SSH.
• Protocol: The communications protocol used for communications between
serial devices and host: SSH, RawTCP, or Telnet. When RawTCP is
selected, several more options are displayed in the Serial port parameters
to enable and specify the and set the inter-character timeout.
• Inactivity timeout: The time set for inactivity to trigger an action, in
seconds. Setting the timeout to 0 (zero) means no timeout.
• Enable/Disable port escape sequence: Allows the port escape sequence
to function.
• Port escape sequence: The key combination to initiate port escape.
• Port break sequence: The sequence of characters that sends a break
character to a device.
• Use comment: Determines whether a port user is prompted to add a
comment each time the port is accessed.
• Quick connect via: Determines method for connecting to a port when in
console server mode. Available with Telnet.
• Web applet encoding: Supported languages for Java terminal.
• Web applet size: Defines the default size of the Terminal Console Web
Applet in rows and columns.