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• Serial Management - Serial Console Ports.
These settings govern the handling of serial port data within the appliance.
NOTE: To rename a target, see Targets on page 50.
Serial console ports
Any autosensing port can be used to connect a serial target to the appliance. The autosensing
ports support either the Avocent
®
or Cisco™ soft pinout modes.
To edit the CASsettings for one or more serial targets:
1. Click Targets - Serial Management.
2. Under the Serial Console Ports tab, click the check box for each port you want to configure.
3. Click the Edit button.
4. Click the CAStab to configure the CASsettings. Click Apply when finished.
5. Click the Data Buffering tab to configure data buffering settings. Click Apply when finished.
6. Click the Alerts tab and then click Add to add an alerts string. Click Apply when finished.
NOTE: See the following table for a description of the CAS, Data Buffering and Alerts parameters.
Parameter Description
CAS
Port The number of the port.
Protocol
The networking protocol that can be used to access the serial port/target.
• SSH - Authorized users can use SSH to connect to the console of a connected
device.
• Telnet - Authorized users can use Telnet to connect to the console of a connected
device.
• SSH/Telnet - Authorized users can use SSH and/or Telnet to connect to the
console of a connected device simultaneously.
• Raw - Authorized users can make a Raw Socket connection to the console of a
connected device.
Default: SSH/Telnet.
TCP Port Alias
• For a Telnet/Raw session: TCP port to redirect to a serial port. For example:telnet
<appliance IP>:70XX
• For SSH session: Interface name (ttySxx)or target device name. For example:ssh
user:<interface or target name>:<appliance IP>:22
Default: 70XX, where XX is the serial port number.
Allow Session Only if
DCD is On
When the DCD is OFF, the appliance will not provide sessions for this serial port.
Default: Disabled (allow access if DCD is OFF).
DTR Mode
DTR Mode can be set to the following:
• Always On.
• Normal - the DTR status will depend on the existence of a CAS session.
• Off Interval - when the a CAS session is closed, the DTR will stay down during this
CAS Parameters