Configure ports Configure host mode
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Configure host mode
To configure a serial port for host mode, enter the values in the applicable fields. To access the Host
mode configuration screen, do the following:
1 Access the web interface.
2 Under the Serial Port heading, click Configuration.
3 Choose All or an Individual port > Host mode configuration.
4 Fill in the highlighted fields as they apply to your configuration.
Host mode - The options are console server mode, terminal server mode, dial-in modem mode,
and dial-in terminal server mode.
Type of console server - The options are MS SAC - English and MS SAC - International which you
use to provide a graphic user interface to the Windows Server 2003 Special Administration
Console (see Microsoft SAC support) and Other, which you use in all other cases.
Rackable Systems Mgmt Card - Enable to use Rackable Management card.
Enable/Disable assigned IP - Determines whether an IP address will be assigned to the port.
The default is Disabled.
Assigned IP - Also known as alternate IP, this field assigns an IP address to the port, enabling you
to Telnet directly to the serial port using an IP address (without having to specify a TCP port).
Listening TCP port - This is the TCP port you will specify when connecting directly to the port
using Telnet or SSH.
Protocol - The options are SSH, RawTCP, and Telnet.