Chapter 5: Configuration Utility
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To display port statistics:
1.
From the Top Menu, enter
5
to select Status.
2.
From the Status Menu, enter
2
to select Port statistics.
Displaying Connection Status
The Connection Status display has two sections: Serial Port Active Connection Status and Port
Redirection Connections.
The Serial Port Active Connection Status section includes the information described in Table 4.4
on page 32 for each port.
The Port Redirection Connections section includes the information described in Table 4.5 on
page 33 about the servers that are connected to each of the ESP-4 MI serial ports. This display is
meaningful only when a serial port is being accessed using the serial redirection
connection method.
To display connected server information:
1.
From the Top Menu, enter
5
to select Status.
2.
From the Status Menu, enter
3
to select Connection Status.
Displaying and Using Debug Features
The Debug menu contains commands to display or control log information, run the datascope
feature or escape to a shell.
NOTE:
Debug menu commands should only be used on the advice of Avocent service personnel.
These debug operations are not available in the web interface. You may use the ESP-View
diagnostic utility from the web interface; see
To display or control log information:
1.
From the Top Menu, enter
5
to select Debug. The Debug Menu appears.
2.
To display log information provided by the ESP-4 MI applications, enter
1
from the
Debug Menu.
3.
To set the level of logging performed by the ESP-4 MI applications, enter
2
from the Debug
Menu. You may select a log level in the range of no logging to verbose.
4.
To display log information provided by the ESP-4 MI kernel, enter
3
from the Debug Menu.
5.
To run the datascope feature, enter
4
from the Debug Menu. You will be prompted to select a
port. Once the port is selected, the datascope function will run until you press any key on
the keyboard.
The datascope shows all data sent and received on the specified serial port. Each line displays
16 bytes in hex and ASCII.
6.
To escape to a shell, enter
5
from the Debug Menu.