Avocent® Universal Management Gateway Appliance –
Setting up a Serial Target
Problem
The following supplemental information to the user guide may be helpful when connecting a serial target to the
Avocent® Universal Management Gateway appliance firmware version 2.4.0.4 or 2.5.0.8.
NOTE: The Avocent® Universal Management Gateway appliance is sometimes referred to as the appliance in this
Tech Note.
Solution
Any auto-sense port can be used to connect the appliance to serial console targets. The auto-sense ports support
either the Avocent or Cisco soft pin-out modes.
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For the Avocent® Universal Management Gateway 4000 and 6000 appliance, the port LEDs are always on
and a turquoise (blue-green) line near the port number indicates the location of the auto-sense ports.
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For the Avocent® Universal Management Gateway 2000 appliance, the auto-sense ports connect to
serial, serial rack PDUs or service processors.
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The Avocent® Universal Management Gateway 2000 appliance does not support the UMIQ KVM module,
and the RJ45 ports with a number and without the turquoise line, are not auto-sense ports and can only
connect to service processors.
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Avocent® Universal Management Gateway Appliance –
Setting up a Serial Target
To set up a serial target:
Straight UTP cables connect to RJ45 serial ports on Cisco or Sun targets. The appliance sees the serial target and
automatically assigns the Cisco soft pin-out mode to the connected port.
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Straight UTP cables connect to a Cyclades ADB0036 adaptor to connect to servers with DB9 COM ports.
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When connecting to the ADB0036, the Avocent soft pin-out is automatically selected.
When connecting an appliance auto-sense port to an Avocent ACS setup port, use a straight cable and the
Cisco soft pin-out.
When connecting an appliance auto-sense port to an MPU or DSR xx35, use a reversing/roll-over cable,
Cisco soft pin-out and a 210105 (540-729-501) adaptor.
Auto Sensing Ports
Auto sense is enabled by default on the serial port of the target.
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of Avocent Corporation. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. This document may contain confidential a nd/or proprietary information of Avocent Corporation, and its
receipt or possession does not convey any right to reproduce, disclose its contents, or to manufacture or sell anything that it may describe. Reproduction, disclosure, or use without specific
authorization from Avocent Corporation is strictly prohibited. © 2014 Avocent Corporation. All rights reserved.
Avocent® Universal Management Gateway Appliance –
Setting up a Serial Target
To set up a serial target:
1.
Navigate to Administration - Targets - Port configuration -Serial Settings, select the serial interface and click
Serial Port Setting.
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of Avocent Corporation. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. This document may contain confidential a nd/or proprietary information of Avocent Corporation, and its
receipt or possession does not convey any right to reproduce, disclose its contents, or to manufacture or sell anything that it may describe. Reproduction, disclosure, or use without specific
authorization from Avocent Corporation is strictly prohibited. © 2014 Avocent Corporation. All rights reserved.
Avocent® Universal Management Gateway Appliance –
Setting up a Serial Target
2. Enable the port if needed and set the speed, parity, data-size, stop bits and flow control for the target.
3. Navigate to Administration - Targets - Serial Management.
4. Verify there is a physical signal, such as CTS, DSR, CD or R on the connected port.
5. Navigate to Targets - Serial Console and select the target to launch a session.
To Contact Avocent Technical Support: Visit www.avocent.com.
Emerson, Emerson Network Power and the Emerson Network Power logo are trademarks or service marks of Emer son Electric Co. Avocent and the Avocent logo are trademarks or service marks
of Avocent Corporation. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. This document may contain confidential a nd/or proprietary information of Avocent Corporation, and its
receipt or possession does not convey any right to reproduce, disclose its contents, or to manufacture or sell anything that it may describe. Reproduction, disclosure, or use without specific
authorization from Avocent Corporation is strictly prohibited. © 2014 Avocent Corporation. All rights reserved.