On Jan 9, 2013, at 12:34 PM, Saku Ytti <s...@ytti.fi> wrote: > Having RS232 or USB console on forwarding-plane is not OOB. And even OOB > version of these is of limited value, you can't send images over them, you > can't multiplex over them and RS232 OOB 'server' costs more than switch. So > you get less and you pay more. > HW + SW wise it's extremely simple contraption, all the code and HW needed > is proven.
I am very much against USB consoles. there can be a whole plethora of issues involved from OS-level to the device-level. When I'm on the console, things have already gone bad. I don't need to find out if the vendor has the right 'entitlement' established for me to download and load the driver or anything else.. It *needs* to work, I can't wait for the device on the other end to negotiate with the host system, etc.. I understand why people want it, but USB as it exists today isn't the way. (I can screw down a rs232 connector and it can be secure, I can't attach USB with the same certainty). - Jared
