Chapter 3: Serial Port, Device and User Configuration
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3.1.6 Serial Bridging Mode
With serial bridging, the serial data on a nominated serial port on one console server is encapsulated into
network packets and transported over a network to a second console server where it is represented as
serial data. The two console servers act as a virtual serial cable over an IP network.
One console server is configured to be the Server. The Server serial port to be bridged is set in Console
server mode with either RFC2217 or RAW enabled.
For the Client console server, the serial port to be bridged must be set in Bridging Mode:
• Select Serial Bridging Mode and specify the IP address of the Server console server and the TCP
port address of the remote serial port (for RFC2217 bridging this will be 5001-5048)
• By default, the bridging client uses RAW TCP. Select RFC2217 if this is the console server mode
you have specified on the server console server
• You can secure the communications over the local Ethernet by enabling SSH. Generate and
upload keys.
3.1.7 Syslog
In addition to inbuilt logging and monitoring which can be applied to serial-attached and network-attached
management accesses, as covered in Chapter 6, the console server can also be configured to support the
remote syslog protocol on a per serial port basis:
• Select the Syslog Facility/Priority fields to enable logging of traffic on the selected serial port to a
syslog server; and to sort and act on those logged messages (i.e. redirect them / send alert
email.)
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