Avocent Cyclades ACS 5000 - Ports - Physical Ports - Access; Table 9.5: Access Screen Menu and Fields

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5. To change the data size, select an option from 5 to 8 from the Data pull-down menu. The
default is 8.
6. To change the stop bits, select 1 or 2 from the stop bits pull-down menu. The default is 1.
7. To change whether the DCD (Data Carrier Detect) State is regarded or not, select either
Disregard or Regard.
NOTE: For hostname discovery to work, the DCD state must be set to Regard.
8. Click Done.
9. Click apply changes.
Ports - Physical Ports - Access
An administrator can select Expert - Ports - Physical Ports, select one or more ports, click Modify
Selected Ports, and then select the Access tab to authorize users and groups for access and
configure authentication for the selected port(s).
NOTE: Authentication must be configured for ports if the following option is checked on the Expert - Security -
Services page: Authentication required for access to serial ports
To configure user access to serial ports:
1. Select Expert - Ports - Physical Ports, select a port or ports to modify and click Modify
Selected Ports.
2. Click the Access tab. The Access screen appears.
3. To restrict access to one or more users or to a group of users, enter previously defined user or
group names in the Authorized Users/Groups field, with names separated by commas.
4. To deny access to one or more users or groups, preface the user or group names with an
exclamation point (
!).
Table 9.5: Access Screen Menu and Fields
Field Description
Authorized Users/Groups Restrict or deny access to a serial port by specifying one or more users or
groups.
You can deny access to one or more users or groups by entering an
exclamation point (!) before the user or group name.
For example, to explicitly deny access to a user called noadmin and enable
access only to a single user called johnd you would enter the following:
!noadmin,johnd. Separate names with a comma.
Type Select an authentication type for the serial port from the pull-down list. The
default is no authentication (Type=None).
NOTE: Authentication type None is not a valid option when the serial port is
configured for Power Management. The system defaults to Local if no
authentication type is selected.