seems like a total improvement.... swapping 1 well known, simple cable for 2...
hurray progress? On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Erik Sundberg <esundb...@nitelusa.com> wrote: > Just some follow up on this one. I have also posed in the C-NSP list > > Yes you do need to have this kit to have serial console, No a normal USB-DB9 > Console adapters do not work. > > Here are some pictures of the ASR920 Console kit A920-CONS-KIT-S > > The Adapter Plugs in the Top Left USB Console Port and we have it wired up to > a Perle IOLAN SCS48C console server using a rollover cable. > > Here are some pictures of it, since I can only find a brief mention of it in > all the cisco docs. > > http://imgur.com/a/w8clL > > > -----Original Message----- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Karl Auer > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 5:52 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server > Solution > > On Mon, 2015-12-07 at 15:23 -0800, Dylan Ambauen wrote: >> Any USB to serial converter will probably do it. > > The OP is looking to integrate a device with a console server. "Any > converter" would be a mistake. You can get these things for two dollars, but > you get what you pay for. > > Maybe seek suggestions here as to converters others have used with success, > the main criteria for success being robustness, reliability and build quality. > > Personally in this situation I would get the approved, vendor supplied, > genuine part. > > Regards, K. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) > http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer > http://twitter.com/kauer389 > > GPG fingerprint: 3C41 82BE A9E7 99A1 B931 5AE7 7638 0147 2C3C 2AC4 Old > fingerprint: EC67 61E2 C2F6 EB55 884B E129 072B 0AF0 72AA 9882 > > > > ________________________________ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or > previous e-mail messages attached to it may contain confidential information > that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or a > person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of > the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY > PROHIBITED. If you have received this transmission in error please notify the > sender immediately by replying to this e-mail. You must destroy the original > transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. > Thank you.
