Chapter 4: Serial Port, Device and User Configuration
50 Console Server & RIM Gateway User Manual
SERIAL PORT, HOST, DEVICE & USER CONFIGURATION
The Opengear console server enables access and control of serially-attached devices and network-attached devices
(hosts). The Administrator must configure access privileges for each of these devices, and specify the services that can
be used to control the devices. The Administrator can also set up new users and specify each user’s individual access and
control privileges.
This chapter covers each of the steps in configuring network connected and serially attached devices:
 Serial Ports – setting up the protocols to be used in accessing serially-connected devices
 Users & Groups – setting up users and defining the access permissions for each of these users
 Authentication – this is covered in more detail in Chapter 9
 Network Hosts – configuring access to local network connected computers or appliances (hosts)
 Configuring Trusted Networks - nominate specific IP addresses that trusted users access from
 Cascading and Redirection of Serial Console Ports
 Connecting to Power (UPS PDU and IPMI) and Environmental Monitoring (EMD) devices
 Serial Port Redirection – using the PortShare windows and Linux clients
 Managed Devices - presents a consolidated view of all the connections
 IPSec – enabling VPN connection
 OpenVPN
 PPTP
4.1 Configure Serial Ports
The first step in configuring a serial port is to set the Common Settings such as the protocols and the RS232 parameters
that are to be used for the data connection to that port (e.g. baud rate).
Then you select what mode the port is to operate in. Each port can be set to support one of five operating modes:
i. Console Server mode is the default and this enables general access to serial console port on the serially attached
devices
ii. Device mode sets the serial port up to communicate with an intelligent serial controlled PDU, UPS or
Environmental Monitor Devices (EMD)
iii. SDT mode enables graphical console access (with RDP, VNC, HTTPS etc) to hosts that are serially connected
iv. Terminal Server mode sets the serial port to await an incoming terminal login session
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