Chapter 9: Web Manager Ports Menu Options 81
To configure multiple sessions and sniff mode for serial ports [Expert]:
1. Select Expert - Ports - Physical Ports, select a port or ports to modify and click Modify
Selected Ports.
2. Click the Multi User tab.
3. To allow or to prevent multiple sessions, select an option from the Allow Multiple Sessions
pull-down menu. The options are: No, Yes (show menu), Read/Write (do not show menu),
ReadOnly.
4. To configure the type of data that displays on the monitor in a port-sharing session, select an
option from the Sniff Mode pull-down menu.
5. If you have allowed multiple sessions, complete the following fields.
a. Add usernames to the Privilege Users field.
b. Enter a hotkey in the Menu Hotkey field to display the sniffer menu on the monitor. The
default shown is
^z. The caret stands for the Ctrl key.
c. Enable the Notify Users field, if desired.
6. Click Done.
7. Click apply changes.
Ports - Physical Ports - Power Management
An administrator can select Expert - Ports - Physical Ports - Modify Ports - Power Management to
configure the selected serial port so that an authorized user who is connected to the selected serial
port can perform power management.
Table 9.9: Options from the Allow Multiple Sessions Pull-down
Menu Option Description
No Do not allow multiple user sessions. Only two users can connect to the same
port simultaneously. One shared session and one standard session are
allowed.
Yes (show menu) More than two simultaneous users can connect to the same serial port.
A Sniffer menu is presented to the user with the following options:
• Open a sniff session
• Open a read/write session
• Cancel a connection
• Send a message to other users connected to the same serial port.
Read/Write (do not show
menu)
Read/write sessions are opened and the sniffer menu is not presented.
ReadOnly (do not show menu) Read only sessions are opened and the sniffer menu is not presented.
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