User Guide

42.....Avocent® ACS 6000 Advanced Console Server
Auxiliary ports
On the Auxiliary Ports screen, you can enable the auxiliary port and configure it based on the type
of connected device.
To configure or edit auxiliary port with connected PDU:
1. Select Ports - Auxiliary Ports.
2. Click the Set Power button and use the drop-down menus to configure the physical settings.
3. Click Next or click the Power link.
a. Use the drop-down menu to select the PDU type.
b. Check the box to enable speed auto detection.
c. Configure the polling rate.
d. For Avocent/Cyclades PDUs, enter the power cycle interval and then use the drop-down
menus to enable or disable Syslog, Buzzer and SW Overcurrent Protection.
4. Click Save.
To configure or edit auxiliary port with a connected or internal modem:
1. Select Ports - Auxiliary Ports.
2. Click the Set Dial-In or Set Dial-Out button and use the drop-down menus to configure the
Dial-in settings.
3. Configure the PPP parameters (address, authentication, and so on).
4. Click Save.
CAS Profile
An administrator can configure settings for auto discovery and for auto answer features.
Auto discovery
The auto discovery feature will discover the target name of the server connected to the serial port.
This name will be used as the alias of the serial port.
When auto discovery is active for a certain serial device, upon target connection (DCD ON event),
the appliance will send probe strings and start analyzing target device answers using regular
expressions. There will be predefined probe and match strings as well as customer-defined ones.
For each probe string sent, all regular expressions defined by the match strings will be tested. After
the last cycle, the sequence restarts. This procedure will run for a certain period (given by the auto
discovery time-out parameter) or until the target is successfully detected. If auto discovery fails, the