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CHAPTER 5: SERIAL PORT, HOST DEVICE AND USER CONFIG
With serial bridging, the serial data on a nominated serial port on one console server is encapsulated into network packets and
then transported over a network to a second console server where is then represented as serial data. So the two console servers
effectively act as a virtual serial cable over an IP network.
FIGURE 5-12.
One console server is configured to be the Server. The Server serial port to be bridged is set in Console Server mode with either
RFC2217 or RAW enabled (as described in Section 5.1.2).
Local Ethernet LAN
Serially connected device
(e.g., security appliance)
COM port connected
control PC
FIGURE 5-13.
For the Client console server, the serial port to be bridged must be set in Bridging Mode.
Enable Serial Bridging Mode and specify the IP address of the Server console server and the TCP port address of the remote serial
port (for RFC2217 bridging this will be 5001-5048).
By default the bridging client will use RAW TCP so you must select RFC2217 if this is the console Server mode you have specified
on the server console server.
You may secure the communications over the local Ethernet by enabling SSH however you will need to generate and upload keys
(see Chapter 16).