All serial ports on ACS units shipped from the factory are disabled by default. The administrator can enable ports individually or collectively and assign specific users to individual ports.
• If you reconfigure the security profile and restart the Web manager, you need to make sure the serial ports protocols and access methods match the selected security profile.
• If the serial port connection protocol is incompatible with the selected security profile the following dialog box appears when you try to access Expert > Ports > Physical PortsThe following procedure assumes you have installed a new ACS at your site, or you have reset the unit to factory default.
1. Note: Your browser’s pop-up blocker should be disabled for this dialog box to appear.
4. Select a pre-defined Security Profile by pressing one of the “Secure”, “Moderate”, “Open”, or “Default” profiles, or create a “Custom” profile.Caution: Take the required precautions to understand the potential impacts of each individual service configured under the "Custom" profile.Refer to Expert > Enabled services to access the ACS under each security profile., and the subsequent tables for a comparison of the available services in each security profile. Refer to the Glossary for a definition on some of the available services.Note: It is not possible to continue working in the Web Manager without selecting a Security Profile. The following dialog box appears if you try to navigate to other sections of the Web Manager.
5. Once you select a security profile or configure a custom profile and apply the changes, the ACS Web Manager restarts in order for the changes to take effect.