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146 Cyclades ACS Advanced Console Server Installation, Administration and Users Guide
The following table describes the options from the Allow Multiple Sessions pull-down menu.
To configure multiple sessions and port sniffing for one or more serial ports:
1. Go to Ports - Physical Ports in Expert mode and select a port or ports to modify.
2. Click the Multi User tab.
3. To allow or to prevent multiple sessions, select an option from the Allow Multiple Sessions
pull-down menu. The options are: No, Yes (show menu), Read/Write (do not show menu),
ReadOnly.
4. To configure the type of data that displays on the monitor in a port-sharing session, select an
option from the Sniff Mode pull-down menu.
5. If you have allowed multiple sessions, complete the following fields.
a. Add user names to the Privilege Users field.
b. Enter a hotkey in the Menu Hotkey field to display the sniffer menu on the monitor. The
default shown is
^z
. The caret stands for the
Ctrl
key.
c. Enable the Notify Users field, if desired.
6. Click Done .
7. Click apply changes .
Power Management
Under Ports - Physical Ports in Expert Mode, after you select one or more serial ports and click the
Modify Port(s), you can select the Power Management form from the tabbed menu. The Power
Management form appears.
You can use this form to make it possible for a user who is connected to a device through the
selected serial port to perform power management. While connected to the device, the user displays
a power management menu or dialog box by entering a hotkey.
Table 9.16: Available Options from the Allow Multiple Sessions Pull-down
Menu Option Description
No Do not allow multiple sessions. Only two users can connect to the same port
simultaneously. One shared session and one normal session are allowed.
Yes (show menu) More than two simultaneous users can connect to the same serial port.
A Sniffer menu is presented to the user and they can choose to:
•
Open a sniff session
• Open a read/write session
• Cancel a connection
• Send a message to other users connected to the same serial port.
Read/Write (do not
show menu) Read/write sessions are opened and the sniffer menu won’t be presented.
ReadOnly (do not show menu) Read only sessions are opened and the sniffer menu won’t be presented.