Avocent Cyclades ACS, Installation/Administration/User Manual

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Chapter 9: Ports Menu and Forms 153
Virtual Ports
When Virtual Ports is selected, the following form appears.
Figure 9.18: Ports - Virtual Ports
The virtual ports form allows you to perform clustering of the console server units. The console
server clustering is designed to allow a large number of serial ports (up to 1024) to be configured
and virtually accessed through one IP address.
NOTE: Clustering only works for ports that are configured as CAS profile.
You can use one console server as the master to control other console servers as Slaves. The ports
on the Slave unit(s) appear as if they are part of the master.
NOTE: Multiple IPDUs should only be connected and daisy-chained through the serial port of the master console
server when you are configuring a cluster.
This section shows you how to define and configure the Slaves.When you click the Add or Edit
button on the Ports - Virtual Ports form, the following dialog box appears.