Extended serial port operating modes

The first step in configuring a serial port is to set the Common Settings such as the protocols and the RS232 parameters that are to be used for the data connection to that port (e.g. baud rate). Then you select what mode the port is to operate in. Each port can be set to support one of five operating modes:

      i.        Console Server mode is the default and this enables general access to serial console port on the serially attached devices
     ii.        Device mode sets the serial port up to communicate with an intelligent serial controlled PDU, UPS or Environmental Monitor Devices (EMD)
    iii.        SDT mode enables graphical console access (with RDP, VNC, HTTPS etc.) to hosts that are serially connected
    iv.        Terminal Server mode sets the serial port to await an incoming terminal login session
     v.        Serial Bridge mode enables the transparent interconnection of two serial port devices over a networ

• Select Serial & Network: Serial Port and you will see details of the serial ports that are currently set up
• By default each serial port is set in Console Server mode. For the port to be reconfigured click Edit