Ports Information
Use this window to view information about your system's ports for communicating with peripheral devices and with other systems.
NOTE: This help page may
include information about features not supported by your system. Server
Administrator only displays features that are supported on your system.
User Privileges
Selection | View | Manage |
Ports Information | User, Power User, Administrator | Not Applicable |
NOTE: For more
details on user privilege levels, see Privilege Levels In The Server Administrator GUI.
Ports Information Window
A pathway into and out of the system. Serial and parallel ports on a system are external sockets for plugging in communications lines, modems and printers. Every network card connects to the LAN using a port of some type. Any device that sends and receives data requires an available port to connect to each line.
Port Type | Examples of port type include serial port, parallel port, USB,
and so on. NOTE: The
vFlash port is not listed. NOTE: Chassis USB ports virtually
mapped to the Blade are not enumerated by Server Administrator. |
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External Name | Name of the port, such as serial or parallel, USB, mouse, keyboard, and so on. |
Base I/O Addr | Starting input/output address expressed in hexadecimal. NOTE: Not applicable to USB
Port. |
IRQ Lvl | An interrupt request (IRQ) is a hardware interrupt on a system.
The hardware interrupt signals the system's CPU that an event has
started or ended in a peripheral component such as a modem or printer.
When communicated over a PCI card, the IRQ level is a standard way
to identify the type of device that is sending the interrupt request. NOTE: Not applicable to USB
Port. |
Connector Type | The type of plug or cable and plug that connects two devices together, in this case, the type of connector that attaches an external device to a system. Many connector types are available, each designed to connect a different device type to a system. Examples include DB-9 Male, AT, Access Bus, PS/2, and so on. |
Maximum Speed | Port speed refers to the data transmission rate of an input/output
channel, measured in numbers of bits per second. Serial ports have
an average speed of 115 Kbps and USB ports have an average speed of
12 Kbps. NOTE: Not applicable
to USB Port. |
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Action pages, see Server Administrator Window Buttons.