Installation manual

Chapter 3 - MultiModemISI Driver Installation

3.6 Activating Ports in SCO Open Server 5

SCO Open Server 5 provides a device database which monitors the

activity of serial ports through which users can log onto the host. If

your ISI ports are used by terminals (i.e., to allow users to log onto

your host), you must create an entry in the system's device

database, which furnishes specific information for the terminals that

will be used on each ISI port. The database is referenced each time

a user attempts to login. If there is no database entry for a particular

terminal, access to the host is denied.

Table 3-5

Creating Device Entries with SCO's sysadmsh

Step Procedure

1 Power up your system and take note that the firmware for each

ISI gets loaded successfully. If the firmware for a given ISI card

does not get loaded, none of its ports will be accessible (should

this happen, see the Multi-Tech's Administrative Utility section in

this chapter).

2 The device database can be modified in two ways. To create

terminal accounts with default settings, type /tcb/bin/

ttys_update. To customize the terminal entries, you must create

them individually by entering the system administrator's shell

(which means you must be logged in as the root user). You can

enter the administrator's shell by typing: sysadmsh press

<Enter>

3 You can create device entries for each port of your ISI card(s) by

selecting the following options from the database menu:

Accounts | Terminal | Create

4 Enter the complete name of the first device you want to create,

substituting the base name, board number and port letter for the

parameters: ttylbx. (Use a lower case x value for local DTE--

terminal--support, an upper case X value for modem control for

each port you want to enable). The port status can be altered

later; however, one setting must be selected at this time.