Connecting To Devices From The Console Port; Ending A Device Session - HP 16-port SCS Installation Instructions Manual

Stand-alone third-party Telnet clients
You can use third-party Telnet clients to access the SCS directly.
Connecting to a device using Telnet
Enter Telnet, followed by the SCS IP address and the appropriate TCP port, which by default is 3000 plus the
physical port number, in decimal format. (The TCP port number can be changed for any SCS port.)
For example, the following Telnet command connects to the serial device attached to physical port 4 of the SCS.
Telnet 192.168.0.5 3004
If an authentication method other than None has been configured for the SCS, you are prompted for a user name and
password. After authentication completes, your connection is confirmed. When you successfully connect to the serial
device, the following result appears.
Username: Myname
Password: ******
Authentication Complete
Connected to Port: 7 9600,8,N,1,XON/XOFF
If the authentication method is configured as None, you can Telnet and connect to a serial device without entering
credentials. However, credentials are always required when connecting to the SCS CLI.
Data entered at the Telnet client is written to the attached serial device. Any data received by the SCS from the serial
device is output to your Telnet client.

Connecting to devices from the console port

You can connect to a serial device from the console port using a local terminal or a local PC using a terminal
emulation program. If you connect an external modem to the console port, you can also access devices through a
remote terminal or PC that can dial into the external modem. See "Configuring and using dial-in" and "Server CLI
command."
To connect to a device from the console port:
Issue a Server CLI command, using the Connect parameter to enable the use of the Connect command from the
console port. (This procedure need only be done one time.)
server cli connect=on
Issue a Connect command to the desired port.
connect [<port>] [exclusive]
The optional Exclusive parameter requests exclusive access to the port, which is valid only if the port is not
currently in use. See "Session sharing."
If you do not specify a port, a menu appears, listing the ports that are available for serial connection. Enter a port
number or name, or press the Enter key to cancel the command. If a valid port is specified, the message Connected
to port ... appears. This message includes the port name plus the configured settings for baud, data bits, parity,
stop bits, and flow control.

Ending a device session

To end a device session that was initiated with a Connect command, issue a Disconnect command.
disconnect
See the "Server CLI command," "Connect command," and "Disconnect command."
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