Table Of Contents - HP 16-port SCS Installation Instructions Manual

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Safety precautions.................................................................................................................................... 6

Rack-mount safety considerations ............................................................................................................... 6

Power requirements ............................................................................................................................. 6

Grounding ......................................................................................................................................... 7

Airflow requirements ........................................................................................................................... 7

2 Installation and configuration

HP 16-port Serial Console Server components ............................................................................................. 8

Front panel components ....................................................................................................................... 8

Rear panel components ....................................................................................................................... 9

HP 48-port Serial Console Server components ........................................................................................... 10

Front panel components ..................................................................................................................... 10

Rear panel components ..................................................................................................................... 11

Rack-mounting the 16- and 48-port SCS.................................................................................................... 12

Performing the 16-port SCS rack mount................................................................................................ 12

Performing the 48-port SCS rack mount................................................................................................ 15

Installing the HP 16- and 48-port SCS....................................................................................................... 17

Configuring the SCS............................................................................................................................... 18

Configuring the network address settings using BootP ............................................................................ 18

Configuring the SCS using the serial CLI .............................................................................................. 18

Initial SCS login..................................................................................................................................... 19

Rebooting the SCS ................................................................................................................................. 19

Reinitializing the SCS ............................................................................................................................. 20

3 Operations

Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 21

Configuring global settings...................................................................................................................... 21

Console port settings ......................................................................................................................... 21

Changing the SCS IP ......................................................................................................................... 21

Updating firmware ............................................................................................................................ 21

Rebooting or reinitializing the SCS ...................................................................................................... 21

Enabling and disabling features.......................................................................................................... 21

Updating the SCS clock .......................................................................................................................... 22

Enabling NTP ................................................................................................................................... 22

Disabling NTP .................................................................................................................................. 22

Configuring serial port settings ................................................................................................................ 22

Port groups ...................................................................................................................................... 23

Configuring TD=console serial port settings .......................................................................................... 23

Connecting to serial devices .................................................................................................................... 23

Connecting to devices using Telnet ...................................................................................................... 23

Connecting to devices from the console port ......................................................................................... 24

Ending a device session..................................................................................................................... 24

Configuring and using dial-in connections ............................................................................................ 25

Using PPP......................................................................................................................................... 25

Using SSH........................................................................................................................................ 26

Enabling plain text Telnet and SSH connections .................................................................................... 28

CLI mode .............................................................................................................................................. 30

Entering CLI mode ............................................................................................................................. 30

Exiting CLI mode ............................................................................................................................... 30

Changing the CLI access character...................................................................................................... 30

Displaying CLI access character information .............................................................................................. 31

Ending your device sessions ............................................................................................................... 31

Ending user device sessions................................................................................................................ 31

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