Outbound Telnet Configuration
The Outbound Telnet Configuration page displays the current value of the outbound Telnet settings on
the device. An outbound Telnet session is a Telnet session initiated from the CLI of the device to the
Telnet client on a remote device.
To display this page, click
System
>
Management Access
>
Outbound Telnet
in the navigation menu.
Table 24: Outbound Telnet Configuration Fields
Field
Description
Allow New Sessions
Controls whether new outbound Telnet sessions are allowed. Setting this value to
Disable
disallows any new outbound Telnet sessions from starting (although existing Telnet
sessions are unaffected).
Maximum Number of
Sessions
The maximum number of allowed outbound Telnet sessions from the device
simultaneously.
Session Timeout
Outbound Telnet session inactivity timeout value, in minutes. An outbound Telnet session
is closed automatically if there is no activity within the configured amount of time.
If you change any of the parameters, click
Submit
to apply the changes to the system. If you want the
switch to retain the new values across a power cycle, you must save the configuration.
Serial Port Configuration
The Serial Port Configuration page allows you to change the switch's serial port settings. In order for a
terminal or terminal emulator to communicate with the switch, the serial port settings on both devices
must be the same. Some settings on the switch cannot be changed.
To view or configure the serial port settings on the switch, click
System
>
Management Access
>
Serial
in the navigation menu.
Table 25: Serial Port Fields
Field
Description
Serial Port Time Out (Minutes) Indicates how many minutes of inactivity should occur on a serial port
connection before the switch closes the connection. Enter a number between 0
and 160. The factory default is 5. Entering 0 disables the timeout.
Baud Rate (bps)
Select the default baud rate for the serial port connection from the menu. The
factory default is 115200 baud.
Character Size (Bits)
The number of bits in a character. This is always 8.
Parity
The parity method used on the serial port. It is always None.
Stop Bits
The number of stop bits per character. Its is always 1.
Flow Control
Whether hardware flow control is enabled or disabled. It is always disabled.
If you change any of the parameters, click
Submit
to apply the changes to the system. If you want the
switch to retain the new values across a power cycle, you must save the configuration.
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