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Configuring Serial Ports [OSD]
An administrative user can use the “Serial Ports” screen to configure serial ports as follows:
See To Select a Serial Port or Ports to be Configured [OSD] for how to start and for links to the procedures for performing the previously-listed tasks.
To Select a Serial Port or Ports to be Configured [OSD]
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The Serial ports screen appears with a list of all the serial ports and an option called “All ports.”
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Type the first letters of the port name until the desired port is highlighted in the list or type capital A to highlight “All ports”
The port name field is case-sensitive.
or
Note: Selecting “All ports” allows you to configure all ports the same.
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The “Serial ports” menu appears with the name of the selected port displayed on the first line of the screen.
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To Configure a Connection Protocol for a Serial Port [OSD]
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See To Select a Serial Port or Ports to be Configured [OSD], if needed.
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The Connection protocol screen appears with a list of protocols.
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To Assign an Alias to a Serial Port [OSD]
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See To Select a Serial Port or Ports to be Configured [OSD], if needed.
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The “Server alias” screen appears.
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Use only alpha-numeric characters, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
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The “Serial ports” screen appears with the new alias replacing the old port name.
To Enable Power Management Through a Serial Port [OSD]
This procedure assumes the following:
You know the number of the port where the IPDU is connected and the number(s) of the outlet(s) into which the device is plugged.
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See To Select a Serial Port or Ports to be Configured [OSD], if needed.
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The “Config power outlet” screen appears.
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Enter the outlet number(s), using the format a|sN.N and using commas to separate multiple outlet identifiers up to a total of 20 characters.
For example: a2.3,a2.4,a2.4,a2.6 or s3.34,s3.37.
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To Specify the Baud Rate for Serial Port (s) [OSD]
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See To Select a Serial Port or Ports to be Configured [OSD], if needed.
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The Baud rate screen appears.
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To Configure Who Can Access Serial Ports [OSD]
After selecting a serial port, an administrative user can use the options on the “Port permissions” screen to grant or deny access by users or groups to a selected serial port or to all serial ports. By default, all users can access all serial ports. Adding a user or group to the port access list has the following effects:
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See To Select a Serial Port or Ports to be Configured [OSD], if needed.
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The “Port permissions” screen appears.
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The “Select user/group” screen appears displaying the names of configured users. By default, the checkboxes next to each name in the “access” column are not checked, and no regular users have access to the selected port or ports.
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The “Allow user/group” screen appears.
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The “Select user/group” screen appears.
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The “Port permissions” screen appears.
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The “Select access type” screen appears.
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The “Port permissions” screen appears.
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To Specify an Authentication Method for Serial Ports [OSD]
This procedure assumes you have already configured a server for the authentication method you assign in this screen. See To Configure an Authentication Type for Direct KVM Port Access
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See To Select a Serial Port or Ports to be Configured [OSD], if needed.
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The “Authentication” menu appears.
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See OnSite Authentication Options for an overview of authentication on the OnSite. See Tasks for Configuring Authentication Servers for links to procedures for setting up authentication servers for each type of method.

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