Serial Status page

Click the  (configuration) icon in the upper right corner of the page to access the Serial Configuration page. See Serial port for more information.

Use the Search ports field to limit the list of ports displayed on the page.

Select the number of Ports per page that you want to display. Click the appropriate number or click ALL to display all ports. You can also click Next or Back to display the next or previous set of ports.

Note The number ports you can display is determined by the number of ports available on the device.

Displays the connection status.

• CONNECTED: A telnet, terminal, SSH, or TCP session is active, or if the port is connected to a power controller.
• DISABLED: The port is not enabled.
• NO SIGNAL: CTS or DCD is not active on the port.
• ERROR: The serial port is in Power Management mode and a power controller is not connected to the port.

A list of the ports on the device.

The port number and name displays as a link when the port is configured for remote access. You can click the port number or name to connect to the port in the terminal page.

1. Click the link to connect to the port in the terminal page.
2. In the terminal screen, enter ~b? to display additional commands. See Access the terminal screen from the web UI for more information about the commands.

While you are connected to the terminal, the port status displays in the Status column as CONNECTED, and the name of the user logged into the device displays in the User column.

Console port

The console port on the Serial Status screen corresponds to the console port on the device. You can use this console port to log in to the Connect IT when a network isn't available. See Log into the Connect IT from the Console port.

A description for the port.

You can change this from the Serial Configuration page. Click the  (configuration) icon in the upper right corner of the page to access that page.

The port number and name displays as a link when the port is configured for remote access. You can click the port number or name to connect to the port in the terminal page. See the description for Port (above) for more information.

Displays the power status of the outlet on a power controller for which this serial port is configured as a controlled device.

You can click the ON or OFF status button to turn the power to that outlet on or off.

See Configure Remote Power Management and Control the outlet power from the Serial Status page.

If configured, you can open the Serial Port Log page for that port. Options are:

• Green Log button: The serial port mode selected for the port supports serial port logging, and logging is enabled. Click the Log button to open the Serial Port Log page for that port. See Review the serial port message log for information about that page.

• Gray Log button: The serial port mode selected for the port supports serial port logging, but logging is not enabled.

• No button: The serial port mode selected for the port does not support serial port logging.

When the port is connected to a Telnet, terminal, SSH, or TCP connection the name of the user logged into the device displays.

See the description for Port (above) for more information.

If a serial port is configured for one of these modes: Login, Remote Access, PPP Dial-in, or Modem Emulator, you can disconnect one or more users from the serial port using the Disconnect feature. See Disconnect a user from a serial port.