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

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 connection to my

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread Grant Peel
: 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 over the past few weeks makes this instance of the qeustion clearer

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 are

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread Grant Peel
: 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 console of the 'broken

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread Grant Peel
PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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

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:

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread stheg olloydson
] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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

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 such

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 this

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 via a web