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CHAPTER 5: SERIAL PORT, HOST DEVICE AND USER CONFIG
5.1 CONFIGURE SERIAL PORTS
The first step in configuring a serial port is to set the Common Settings such as the protocols and the RS-232 parameters that are
to be used for the data connection to that port (for example, baud rate).
Then you select what mode the port is to operate in. Each port can be set to support one of the operating modes in the next table.
TABLE 5-2. OPERATING MODES
MODE
NOTES
Disabled
The serial port is inactive
Console server
Enables general access to serial console port on the serially attached devices
Device
Sets the serial port up to communicate with an intelligent serial controlled PDU, UPS or Environmental Monitor
Devices (EMD)
SDT
Enables graphical console access (with RDP, VNC, HTTPS etc.) to hosts that are serially connected
Terminal server
Sets the serial port to await an incoming terminal login session
Serial bridge
Enables the transparent interconnection of two serial port devices over a network
FIGURE 5-2. SERIAL & NETWORK: SERIAL PORT SCREEN
Navigate to Serial & Network > Serial Port. Details of the currently setup serial ports presents. By default, each serial port is set in
console server mode.
Click Edit to reconfigure a given serial port.
Reconfigure the common settings (Section 5.1.1) and the mode Sections 5.1.2–5.1.6) for each port as needed.
Set up any remote syslog (Section 5.1.7).
Click Apply.
NOTE: To set the same protocol options for multiple serial ports at once click Edit Multiple Ports and select which ports you wish to
configure as a group.
If the console server has been configured with distributed Nagios monitoring enabled, then you will also be presented with Nagios
Settings options to enable nominated services on the host to be monitored (see Chapter 11).
