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Serial ports general settings

To configure serial ports general settings:

1. In a Units View window containing an ACS 5000 console server, click Appliance Settings - Ports - Serial in the side navigation bar. A list of serial ports appears.
2. Click the desired port number. The General Info page appears.
3. To rename a serial port in the console server, enter a desired name in the Name in Appliance field. This may be a target device name in the console server.
4. Select an Authentication Type for the serial port from the drop-down list. The DSView software is the global authentication method.
5. Select the desired protocol for connecting to a target device.

NOTE: Only SSH and SSH/Telnet are supported by the serial viewer.

6. Enter a desired character string for sending a break sequence to the serial port. The default is ~break [Ctrl-b].
7. Select the linefeed suppression of After a CR, None, or Null After a CR from the menu.
8. Enter the idle time-out in minutes in the field provided.
9. From the menu, select the terminal type for the serial viewer session. If you want the serial viewer session to emulate a Windows EMS terminal, select Windows EMS.

The terminal type and Windows EMS selection only apply when the serial viewer is launched from the console server; these settings do not apply when the serial viewer is launched from the DSView 3 software.

NOTE: To configure serial viewer settings, the console server must have firmware version 3.3 or later.

10. Click Save to store your changes in the DSView 3 software database.
11. Click Flash Required to save your changes to the console server Flash memory.