User Guide

36.....Avocent® ACS 6000 Advanced Console Server
1. Select Ports - Serial Ports.
2. Click the checkbox for each port you want to enable or disable.
3. Click the Enabled or Disabled button.
To configure or edit one or more serial ports with the CAS Profile:
1. Select Ports - Serial Ports.
2. Click the checkbox for each port you want to configure.
3. Click the Set CAS button.
a. To change the default pinout when a Cisco cable is connected to the selected port(s),
select the Enable Cisco from the RJ-45 pinout checkbox.
b. Use the drop-down menus to enable or disable the port and set the speed, parity, data
bits, stop bits and flow control.
4. Click Next or click the CAS link.
a. Enter the port name (when only one port was selected) or the port name prefix (when
more than one port were selected). The port name will be <port name prefix>-p-<port
number>.
b. Check the box to enable auto discovery. In this case, the port name will be used when
auto discovery fails to discover the server name.
c. Check the box to enable speed auto detection.
NOTE: Auto speed detection requires additional configuration in the CAS Profile-Auto Discovery Settings
screen.
d. Use the appropriate drop-down menus to set the protocol and authentication type.
e. Enter the text session hotkey and power session hotkey in the appropriate fields.
f. Enter the TCP port alias for each protocol type (Telnet, SSH and Raw Mode) in the
appropriate field.
g. Enter the IPv4 or IPv6 alias and its interface in the appropriate field.
h. To allow a session only if DCD is on and to enable auto answer, check the appropriate
boxes.
i. Use the drop-down menu to select the DTR mode and enter the DTR off interval.
j. Use the drop-down menus to enable or disable line feed suppression and NULL after CR
suppression.
k. Enter the transmission interval, break sequence and break interval in the appropriate
fields.