Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread Martin Hepworth
If you've got money then Cyclades or Perle console servers are the way to go... --- Martin On 10/16/05, Grant Peel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have asked this question before, so if it looks familiar ... > > I am hoping all the reading I have done over the past few weeks makes th

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread Frank Knobbe
On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 16:44 +0400, Andrew P. wrote: > I would not support your chaining idea, though.[...] > > The matter is, that you'll want 9600 bps speeds > for max compatibility. While it is usable for > occasional failure recovery, chaining it would > make it lag too much. Well, chaining is

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread stheg olloydson
quot; ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: >Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 8:44 AM >Subject: Re: Remote Console > > >On 10/16/05, Grant Peel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thanks Andrew, >> >> So

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/16/05, Grant Peel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > RS-232 Serial Port hubs seem to be a little hard to come by, and the ones I > have found are quite expensive. > > COuld we could achieve the same using USB terminals and a 16 port USB hub? > > -Grant > Just stumbled upon this: http:

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread Grant Peel
t;Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 8:44 AM Subject: Re: Remote Console On 10/16/05, Grant Peel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Andrew, So If I understand your reply, a setup like this should always give me access to any of the servers by SSHi

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread Grant Peel
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 8:44 AM Subject: Re: Remote Console On 10/16/05, Grant Peel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Andrew, So If I understand your reply, a setup like this should always give me access to any of the servers by SSHing to one server, then CUing to get to the cons

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/16/05, Grant Peel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Andrew, > > So If I understand your reply, a setup like this should always give me > access to any of the servers by SSHing to one server, then CUing to get to > the console of the 'broken' one, regardless of its state (assuming the disks

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread Grant Peel
gt; To: "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 7:32 AM Subject: Re: Remote Console On 10/16/05, Grant Peel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I have asked this question before, so if it looks familiar ... I am hoping all the reading I have done

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/16/05, Grant Peel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have asked this question before, so if it looks familiar ... > > I am hoping all the reading I have done over the past few weeks makes this > instance of the qeustion clearer. > > Background: > > 1 Dell 24 Port Switch, WAN connectio

Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread Grant Peel
Hi all, I have asked this question before, so if it looks familiar ... I am hoping all the reading I have done over the past few weeks makes this instance of the qeustion clearer. Background: 1 Dell 24 Port Switch, WAN connection to my ISP. 5 Dell Serers, each with 2 NICs. 1 NIC on each c

Looking for remote console access card that works with FreeBSD

2004-02-04 Thread Richard Coleman
I'm looking for a remote console card that will work with FreeBSD 5.2 or -current. The machine is a Dell Poweredge 2450. By remote console card, I'm referring to a PCI card that uses a separate network connection so that you can remotely access the equivalent of a serial console