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Chapter 5: Configuring the Serial Ports
Figure 5-7. Serial Port Configuration Detail for Asynchronous Encapsulation.
a. On the Serial Port Configuration Detail for Asynchronous Encapsulation Screen (Figure 5-7), you may see the following fields:
• Asynchronous Speed: Select a speed for the transmission.
• Flow Control: Hardware, Off, On, or Tx (Transmit) Only
• GPT (Global Path) Name: Select a global path for the virtual protocol to use.
• GPT Type: Select a global path type (Frame Relay, Telnet, and so forth) for the virtual protocol to use.
• GPT Port: Select a global path port for the virtual protocol to use, or select custom to type a new global path name.
• DLCI Number: Get the DLCI number from your network administrator.
• Priority: Immediate, High, Medium, or Low.
b. Go to step 10.
10. When you have finished configuring the serial port protocol, do one of the following:
a. Select the Save & Apply button (in the lower right corner of the screen).
• The changes are saved, and the Serial Port Configuration Screen is redisplayed. The new display includes your changes.
b. Select the Back to Overview button (in the lower left of the screen).
• The changes are discarded, and the Serial Port Configuration Screen is redisplayed.
11. If you wish to reconfigure another protocol on the Serial Port Configuration Screen, select that protocol’s row, and repeat
step 3 through step 10.
12. If you wish to add another protocol for the serial ports, do the following:
a. Select the Add Port button (at the lower left of the list of Port Names).
• The Serial Port Configuration Screen with a Row for a New Protocol (Figure 5-8) is displayed. The protocol does not yet have a
name.
