Port Escape Menu
4. Enter the letter of the port escape sequence.
The following table describes the fields and the operations for the port escape
feature. You will only see the fields allowed for your permissions.
Description of Fields
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Escape
Description of Action
Sequence
Ctrl+
m
take over main session (read/write)
s
enter as a slave session (read only)
b
send break
l
show last 100 lines of log buffer
d
disconnect a sniff session
a
send message to port user(s)
r
reboot device using power-switch
p
power device on/off
Occurrence
only presented to users with read/
write access upon entering a
session
only presented to users with read/
write access upon entering a
session
not functional for sniff users
must enable logging for this option
only functional to admin
not available to sniff users
only if power management is
available on this port
(show only on or off) only if power
management is available on this port
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