Default serial port settings and enabling ports

With the exception of its local console port, all of your Opengear device's RS-232 and USB serial ports are set to Disabled Mode by default.

To allow network connections to console ports, you must configure at least these settings at a minimum:

• Set the Common Settings to match the connected device (not generally required for USB)
• Set the port to Console Server Mode (aka portmanager mode)

This can be accomplished via the web UI or CLI: See the current Opengear User Manual for full details.

http://ftp.opengear.com/download/manual/current/

 

Configure ports via web UI

• Login to the Opengear web UI as root or an admin group user
• Click Serial & Network -> Serial Port -> Port X -> Edit
• Alternatively, to configure multiple ports at once:
• Click Serial & Network -> Serial Port -> Edit Multiple Ports
• Unselect the ports you do not wish to configure
• Set the Baud Rate to match the connected device (e.g. Cisco device consoles are generally 9600bps)
• If required, set the Data Bits, Parity and Stop Bits (these are typically 8-None-1)
• If required, set Flow Control (console connections do not typically use flow control)
• If prompted, set the configurable Port Pinout to match your cabling
• Select Console Server Mode
• Scroll down and Apply

Configure ports via CLI

Login to the Opengear CLI as root or an admin group user.

Run these commands to minimally configure port 2 in the configuration given in the web UI example above:

config -s config.ports.port2.mode=portmanager
config -s config.ports.port2.speed=9600
config -r serialconfig

A more complete configuration might look like:

config -s config.ports.port2.mode=portmanager
config -s config.ports.port2.label='Switch Console'
config -s config.ports.port2.speed=9600
config -s config.ports.port2.charsize=8
config -s config.ports.port2.parity=None
config -s config.ports.port2.stop=1
config -s config.ports.port2.flowcontrol=None
config -s config.ports.port2.pinout=X2
config -s config.ports.port2.protocol=RS232
config -s config.ports.port2.loglevel=0
config -s config.ports.port2.escapechar='~'
config -s config.ports.port2.powermenu=on
config -s config.ports.port2.ssh=on
config -s config.ports.port2.webshell=on
config -r serialconfig

To configure multiple ports at once, enclose the above -s commands in a basic loop, e.g.:

for PORT in 1 2 3 10 47 48
do
config -s config.ports.port$PORT.mode=portmanager
config -s config.ports.port$PORT.speed=9600
done
config -r serialconfig

Similarly, to configure all (48) ports:

for (( PORT=48 ; PORT > 0 ; PORT-- ))
do
config -s config.ports.port$PORT.mode=portmanager
config -s config.ports.port$PORT.speed=9600
done
config -r serialconfig