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Assuming you have already set up the target
console server
as a
gateway
in your
SDT Connector
client (with
username/ password
etc), select this
gateway
and click the
Host
icon to create a
host. Or, select
File -‐> New Host
.
Enter 127.0.0.1 as the
Host Address
and select
Serial Port 2
for Service. In
Descriptive Name
,
enter something such as Loopback ports, or Local serial ports. Click
OK.
Click
Serial Port 2
icon for Telnet access to the serial console on the device attached to serial
port #2 on the gateway.
To enable
SDT Connector
to access to devices connected to the gateway’s serial ports, you must also
configure the
Console server
itself to allow port forwarded network access to itself, and enable access to
the nominated serial port:
Browse to the
Console server
and select
Serial Port
from
Serial & Network.
Click
Edit
next to selected Port # (for example, Port 2 if the target device is attached to the
second serial port). Make sure the port’s serial configuration is appropriate for the attached
device.
Scroll down to
Console server
Setting
and select
Console server
Mode
. Check
Telnet
(or SSH)
and scroll to the bottom and click
Apply.
Select
Network Hosts
from
Serial & Network
and click
Add Host.
In the
IP Address/DNS Name
field enter
127.0.0.1
(this is the Black Box network loopback
address) and enter
Loopback
in
Description
.
Remove all entries under
Permitted Services
, select
TCP,
and enter
200n
in
Port
. (This
configures the Telnet port enabled in the previous step, so for Port 2 you would enter
2002.
)
Click
Add,
then scroll to the bottom and click
Apply.
Administrator
s by default have gateway and serial port access privileges; however for
Users
to
access the gateway and the serial port, you will need to give those
Users
the required access
privileges. Select
Users & Groups
from
Serial & Network
. Click
Add User
. Enter a
Username
,
