OSD for All User Types > Configure>Serial Ports Screens [OSD]

Configure>Serial Ports Screens [OSD]
An administrative user can select the Serial Ports option on the OSD Configuration Menu to configure serial ports.
Note: The OSD does not support connecting to serial ports. However, authorized users can use the Web Manager to connect to a serial port once the serial port access permissions have been configured either using this screen or through the Web Manager.
The following diagram lists the configuration screens accessed through the Configure>Serial ports option.
OSD Configure>Serial Ports Screens
The following table shows the serial port configuration screens.
 
 
 
Select a serial port. Type the first letters of the port name until the desired port is highlighted in the list, type capital A to highlight “All ports” (the port name field is case-sensitive), or select the desired port name or “All ports” from the list.
 
A list of serial port configuration parameters that you can redefine to match the device that is connected to the serial port, which are defined in the following rows.
 
 
Appears only when a single port is selected. Lets you assign a descriptive alias to the selected serial port, such as the name of the device to which the selected port is connected. The name must consist only of alpha-numeric characters, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).The new alias replaces the default port name in the list of serial ports as shown here:
Appears only when a single port is selected. Allows you to enter one or more numbers that identify a power outlet or outlets where the device that is connected to this serial port is plugged. The power outlets must be on an IPDU that is physically connected to AUX ports 1 or 2 or to any serial port, and the ports must be configured for power management.
Use the format AN.N to specify the outlet in the “Config power outlet” field, where: A is either the letter “a” (for AUX port) or the letter “s” (for serial port), the first N before the dot (.) is the number of the port, and the second N is the number of the outlet. For AUX ports, you can enter either numbers 1 or 2. For serial ports, you can enter any valid serial port number. When IPDUs are daisy-chained, the outlets on the second and subsequent IPDUs are numbered sequentially. You can enter up to twenty characters, so you can specify up to four outlets.
For example, if a single IPDU is connected to AUX port 2 and a server connected to the selected port is plugged into the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth outlets on the IPDU, you would enter: a2.3,a2.4,a2.4,a2.5. For another example, if four IPDUs are daisy-chained on serial port 3 and the first three IPDUs have eight ports, and if a device connected to the selected serial port is plugged into the second and third outlets on the fourth IPDU, you would enter: s3.26,s3.27.
The baud rate that matches the baud rate of the device connected to the selected serial port or all serial ports. Default = 9600. Baud rate options range from 2400–921600 Kbps.
By default, no regular users are authorized to access serial ports. To authorize regular users to access serial ports, the OnSite administrator must use this screen or the Web Manager.
Selecting “Port access list” brings up the following Select user/group and Allow user/group screens. You can either grant access or deny access to a user or group. Granting access to any user or group to the port has the effect of denying access to all other users, including “root” and “admin.”
Selecting “Grant/Deny” access brings up the Select access type screen. Use this screen to give all users the same level of access.
Authentication method to apply to the selected serial port or ports. Default = Local. See OnSite Authentication Options for an overview of authentication on the OnSite. Authentication options for serial ports are described in Supported Authentication Types. A server must be configured for any authentication method assigned in this screen except Local. See Configure>Authentication Screens [OSD] for links to procedures for setting up authentication servers for each type of method.

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