HP 16-port SCS User Manual

Contents 3
Contents
1 Important safety information
Safety precautions.................................................................................................................................... 6
Rack-mount safety considerations ............................................................................................................... 6
Power requirements............................................................................................................................. 6
Grounding ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Airflow requirements ........................................................................................................................... 7
2 Installation and configuration
HP 16-port Serial Console Server components ............................................................................................. 8
Front panel components ....................................................................................................................... 8
Rear panel components ....................................................................................................................... 9
HP 48-port Serial Console Server components ........................................................................................... 10
Front panel components ..................................................................................................................... 10
Rear panel components ..................................................................................................................... 11
Rack-mounting the 16- and 48-port SCS.................................................................................................... 12
Performing the 16-port SCS rack mount................................................................................................ 12
Performing the 48-port SCS rack mount................................................................................................ 15
Installing the HP 16- and 48-port SCS....................................................................................................... 17
Configuring the SCS............................................................................................................................... 18
Configuring the network address settings using BootP ............................................................................18
Configuring the SCS using the serial CLI .............................................................................................. 18
Initial SCS login..................................................................................................................................... 19
Rebooting the SCS ................................................................................................................................. 19
Reinitializing the SCS ............................................................................................................................. 20
3 Operations
Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 21
Configuring global settings...................................................................................................................... 21
Console port settings ......................................................................................................................... 21
Changing the SCS IP ......................................................................................................................... 21
Updating firmware ............................................................................................................................ 21
Rebooting or reinitializing the SCS...................................................................................................... 21
Enabling and disabling features.......................................................................................................... 21
Updating the SCS clock .......................................................................................................................... 22
Enabling NTP ................................................................................................................................... 22
Disabling NTP .................................................................................................................................. 22
Configuring serial port settings ................................................................................................................ 22
Port groups ...................................................................................................................................... 23
Configuring TD=console serial port settings .......................................................................................... 23
Connecting to serial devices.................................................................................................................... 23
Connecting to devices using Telnet ...................................................................................................... 23
Connecting to devices from the console port......................................................................................... 24
Ending a device session..................................................................................................................... 24
Configuring and using dial-in connections ............................................................................................ 25
Using PPP......................................................................................................................................... 25
Using SSH........................................................................................................................................ 26
Enabling plain text Telnet and SSH connections .................................................................................... 28
CLI mode .............................................................................................................................................. 30
Entering CLI mode............................................................................................................................. 30
Exiting CLI mode............................................................................................................................... 30
Changing the CLI access character...................................................................................................... 30
Displaying CLI access character information .............................................................................................. 31
Ending your device sessions ............................................................................................................... 31
Ending user device sessions................................................................................................................ 31

HP 16-port SCS Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	16-port SCS
Category	Network Hardware
Language	English