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7. Click apply changes.
To configure a serial port for an IPDU [Expert]:
This procedure assumes that an IPDU is physically connected to the selected serial port.
1. Select Expert - Ports - Physical Ports, select a port to modify and click Modify Selected Ports.
The General screen appears.
2. Select Power Management from the Connection Protocol pull-down menu.
3. If desired, enter a name for the IPDU in the Alias field.
4. Select auto detect, Cyclades, or SPC from the Power management type pull-down menu.
5. Select an access method for the IPDU from the Allow Access by pull-down menu: SSH, Telnet
or SSH and Telnet. Selecting an access option activates the Access and Other tabs.
6. Click the Access tab.
a. Enter the users/groups authorized to access the serial port.
b. Select an authentication type for the serial port from the pull-down menu.
NOTE: Authentication type None is not an option when the serial port is configured for Power Management. The
default is Local if no authentication type is selected.
7. Click Done.
8. Click apply changes.
To configure an alias for a serial port [Expert]:
1. Select Expert - Ports - Physical Ports, select a port to modify and click Modify Selected Ports.
The General screen appears.
2. Enter the desired string in the Alias field.
3. Click Done.
4. Click apply changes.
To configure serial port connection settings to match the connected devices
[Expert]:
The settings for a serial port must match the connection settings on the connected device.
1. Select Expert - Ports - Physical Ports, select a port or ports to modify and click Modify
Selected Ports.
2. To change the baud rate, select an option from 2400 to 921600 Kbps from the Baud Rate pull-
down menu. The default is 9600.
3. To change the flow control, select None, Hardware or Software from the Flow Control pull-
down menu. The default is None.
4. To change the parity, select None, Odd or Even from the Parity pull-down menu. The default is
None.
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