Tripp Lite B0930042E4U Owners Manual for B093- B097- and B098-Series Console S - Page 38

4. Serial Port, Host, Device and User Configuration If the console server has been configured with distributed Nagios monitoring enabled, then you will also be presented with Nagios Settings options to enable assigned services on the Host to be monitored (see section 10. Nagios Integration for more information). 4.1.1 Common Settings There are a number of common settings for each serial port. These are independent of the mode in which the port is being used. These serial port parameters must be set so they match the serial port parameters on the device you attach to that port: • Specify a label for the port. • Select the appropriate Baud Rate, Parity, Data Bits, Stop Bits and Flow Control for each port. • Set the Signaling Protocol. This menu item only presents in ports with RS422/485 options. The options available are RS- 232, RS-422, RS-485 and RS-485 Echo mode. • Set the Port Pin-Out. This menu item is only for ports where pin-out for each RJ45 serial port can be set as either X2 (Cisco Straight) or X1 (Cisco Rolled). • Before proceeding with further serial port configuration, you should connect the ports to the serial devices they will be controlling and ensure they have matching settings. 4.1.2 Console Server Mode • Select Console Server Mode to enable remote management access to the serial console that is attached to this serial port: 38