Chapter 3: Serial Port, Device and User Configuration
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3.1.9 USB Consoles
Console servers with USB ports support USB console connections to devices from a wide range of
vendors, including Cisco, HP, Dell and Brocade. These USB ports can also function as plain RS-232 serial
ports when a USB-to-serial adapter is connected.
These USB ports are available as regular portmanager ports and are presented numerically in the web UI
after all RJ45 serial ports.
The ACM7008-2 has eight RJ45 serial ports on the rear of the console server and four USB ports on the
front. In
Serial & Network > Serial Port
these are listed as
Port # Connector
1
RJ45
2
RJ45
3
RJ45
4
RJ45
5
RJ45
6
RJ45
7
RJ45
8
RJ45
9
USB
10
USB
11
USB
12
USB
If the particular ACM7008-2 is a cellular model, port #13 — for the GPS — will also be listed.
The 7216-24U has 16 RJ45 serial ports and 24 USB ports on its rear-face as well as two front-facing USB
ports and (in the cellular model) a GPS.
The RJ45 serial ports are presented in
Serial & Network > Serial Port
as port numbers 1–16. The 24 rear-
facing USB ports take port numbers 17–40, and the front-facing USB ports are listed at port numbers 41
and 42 respectively. And, as with the ACM7008-2, if the particular 7216-24U is a cellular model, the GPS is
presented at port number 43.
The common settings (baud rate, etc.) are used when configuring the ports, but some operations may not
work depending on the implementation of the underlying USB serial chip.
3.2
Add and Edit Users
The administrator uses this menu selection to create, edit and delete users and to define the access
permissions for each of these users.
