Granted, yes. Not only easy but standard on /dev/ttySx.
My curiosity was more directed to the complexity of muxing 1000+ serial
ports per container in addition to the *required* 1000+ lan connections
(which, to my mind, would be the only other connection required besides
power). Presumably, the 3 [status] LEDs would give a technician an ID on
a faulty server after a non-responsive ping. Removing the unit to a
repair jig would be fairly easy and as I understand the Google file
system has massive redundancy.
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Peter van Houten
On the 03/04/2009 00:38, Phil Brutsche wrote the following:
A lot of true server motherboards can redirect the BIOS console to a
serial port, and with Linux or *BSD it's pretty easy to put a login
prompt on a serial port.
On top of that a serial terminal server is a *lot* cheaper than an IP KVM.
Peter van Houten wrote:
. Keyboard, mouse, USB, LAN and 9 pin serial ports. Serial port???
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