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Automatic sensing of the baud rate on the out-of-band management
port, and support for higher port baud rates beyond the default 9600
baud.
Full V.22bis modem line control for remote out-of-band management
access to the hub or stack of hubs.
Capability to manage up to 16 hubs in a chain, even if the other hubs
do not have management modules.
Security features including port security, network management
authorization, and hub access password protection. See “Security
Features” in this chapter for more information.
Support for a redundant backup link to another hub to enhance
network fault tolerance.
An Intel i960 RISC processor, 1 megabyte RAM, 8 kilobytes EEPROM
for configuration data, and 256 kilobytes flash EEPROM for
additional processing power and future upgrade capabilities.
Updatable firmware that enables enhancements to be downloaded
either from a computer attached to the out-of-band management
port or over the network. (See “Firmware Enhancements” later in
this chapter.)
With firmware version A.03.00 or later, the agent code provides an
ASCII terminal interface for configuring, monitoring, and
troubleshooting the hub (a similar set of features to the
Windows-based HP Stack Manager interface.) To obtain the latest
firmware, see the end of chapter 4, “Troubleshooting” for
information on how to download the latest agent code.
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Hub Reference
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