Re: [c-nsp] Console connections

2019-01-31 Thread Charles Sprickman via cisco-nsp
--- Begin Message --- > On Jan 31, 2019, at 5:27 PM, Hunter Fuller wrote: > > We are trying a somewhat-radical new strategy. For our newest rack, we > bought a Raspberry Pi Model 3B. It has four USB ports, and into each port > we plugged a dual-headed USB to RS232 adapter, for a total of 8

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 4k Performance and Boost Licensing

2019-01-31 Thread Šturmankin Miroslav
Hi Rick, the license is activated the same way, as performance license on 4451x, so you don't need to go though 1G>2G>4G: platform hardware throughput level 100/200/boost Note, however, that you'll need at least IOS XE 16.07.01, otherwise boost option will not show up. Regards/S

Re: [c-nsp] Console connections

2019-01-31 Thread Hunter Fuller
We are trying a somewhat-radical new strategy. For our newest rack, we bought a Raspberry Pi Model 3B. It has four USB ports, and into each port we plugged a dual-headed USB to RS232 adapter, for a total of 8 ports. So far, so good. The main benefits are ease of use (our team can use the same

Re: [c-nsp] Console connections

2019-01-31 Thread R. Benjamin Kessler
We've deployed async HWICs/NIMs in Cisco routers for customers in hundreds of locations. Many/most were also pared with 4G cards provide an out-of-band connection back to a centralized data center. R. Benjamin Kessler PRESIDENT / CHIEF NETWORK GEEK ZENETRA CORPORATION CCIE # 8762 | CISSP |

Re: [c-nsp] Console connections

2019-01-31 Thread Robert Raszuk
Hi Nick, Indeed I was looking also at opengear but got a bit scared with limited software based pinout switching capabilities ... Some models can switch between X1 and X2 but is this enough ? Today we use avocent which claims to be soft selectable between RS485, RS422 and RS232 pinouts.

Re: [c-nsp] Console connections

2019-01-31 Thread Nick Cutting
We use lots of opengear. Expensive - but awesome I did just roll out a cisco 4431 with 3 octal cables for a client though, but opengear has way more features and supports 2 people at once on the lines etc -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp On Behalf Of Robert Raszuk Sent: Thursday,

Re: [c-nsp] Console connections

2019-01-31 Thread Vladimir Buyalskiy
Hi Robert. Check Aten or Moxa Best regards, Vladimir Buyalskiy 01.02.2019 0:27, Robert Raszuk пишет: Hello, What would you all recommend these days for min 8-12 port rack mounted terminal servers to talk to various vendor's router and switches console ports ? For years I used cisco 2511

[c-nsp] Console connections

2019-01-31 Thread Robert Raszuk
Hello, What would you all recommend these days for min 8-12 port rack mounted terminal servers to talk to various vendor's router and switches console ports ? For years I used cisco 2511 but now it is history .. so what's the best cisco or not cisco successor for it ? It would be awesome if it

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 4k Performance and Boost Licensing

2019-01-31 Thread Łukasz Bromirski
> On 30 Jan 2019, at 15:11, Adam Greene wrote: > > Rick, > > My impression from reading the documentation has been that the Boost license > can be activated independently of the Performance license. > > Maybe someone who's actually implemented it can confirm! ;) Yes, “boost" is all you need