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5.7 SERIAL PORT REDIRECTION (PORTSHARE)
PortShare software delivers the virtual serial port technology your Windows and Linux applications need to open remote serial ports and
read the data from serial devices that are connected to your console server.
PortShare is supplied free with each console server and you are licensed to install PortShare on one or more computers for accessing
any serial device connected to a console server port.
PortShare for Windows
The portshare_setup.exe program is included on the CD supplied with your console server. A copy can be freely downloaded from the ftp
site. Refer to the PortShare User Manual and Quick Start for details on installation and operation.
PortShare for Linux
The PortShare driver for Linux maps the console server serial port to a host tty port. Black Box has released the portshare-serial-client as
an open source utility for Linux, AIX, HPUX, SCO, Solaris and UnixWare. This utility can be freely downloaded from the ftp site.
The PortShare serial port redirector allows you to use a serial device connected to the remote console server as if it were connected to
your local serial port. The portshare-serial-client creates a pseudo tty port, connects the serial application to the pseudo tty port, receives
data from the pseudo tty port, transmits it to the console server through network and receives data from the console server through
network and transmits it to the pseudo-tty port.
The .tar file can be freely downloaded from the ftp site. Refer to the PortShare User Manual and Quick Start for details on installation and
operation.
5.8 MANAGED DEVICES
Managed Devices presents a consolidated view of all the connections to a device that can be accessed and monitored through the
console server. To view the connections to the devices:
Select Serial & Network > Managed Devices.
This screen displays all the Managed Device with their Description, Notes and lists of all the configured Connections.
- Serial Port #: if serially connected.
- USB: if USB connected.
- IP Address: if network connected.
- Power PDU/outlet: if applicable.
- UPS connections: if applicable.
Devices such as servers will commonly have more than one power connection and more than one network connection
(for example, for BMC/service processor).
All users can view (but not edit) these Managed Device connections by selecting Manage > Devices. The Administrator can edit,
add to and delete Managed Devices and connections.
To edit an existing device and add a new connection:
Select Serial & Network > Managed Devices.
Click Edit.
Click Add Connection.
Select the connection type for the new connection (Serial, Network Host, UPS or RPC).
Select the specific connection from the presented list of configured unallocated hosts/ports/outlets.
CHAPTER 5: SERIAL PORT, HOST DEVICE AND USER CONFIG
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