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
>
>
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> 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.
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