Re: console server using a modern 1U box

2008-01-04 Thread Mykola Dzham
Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: What are the options? Should we go the USB-RS232 way or are there PCI Express or PCI-X multiport cards supported by FreeBSD? This is a telecom-ish environment, so ease of rackmounting is a plus (consumer USB stuff is thus a PITA for us). Any comment will be

console server using a modern 1U box

2008-01-03 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
What are the options? Should we go the USB-RS232 way or are there PCI Express or PCI-X multiport cards supported by FreeBSD? This is a telecom-ish environment, so ease of rackmounting is a plus (consumer USB stuff is thus a PITA for us). Any comment will be appreciated!

Re: console server using a modern 1U box

2008-01-03 Thread Daniel Ponticello
Hello Andrew, i know PCI Express Moxa cards are supported on freebsd (they provide proprietary drivers): http://www.moxa.com/product/CP-104EL.htm Anyway, i'm only using the ethernet to RS232 devices from Moxa, and they work pretty well. Cheers, Daniel Andrew Pantyukhin ha scritto: What

Re: console server using a modern 1U box

2008-01-03 Thread Jacques Marneweck
Hi, Take a look at the Lantronix console servers. Regards --jm On 03 Jan 2008, at 11:08 AM, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: What are the options? Should we go the USB-RS232 way or are there PCI Express or PCI-X multiport cards supported by FreeBSD? This is a telecom-ish environment, so ease of

console server using a modern 1U box

2008-01-03 Thread Philip Brown
have a look at xyplex 1600 console server, which is a standalone comm server accesed via a network. you can the also run comserv on your bsd box which will the connect the 16 ports of the console server as directly connected serial ports giving you the use of ports as device files tip etc.

Re: console server using a modern 1U box

2008-01-03 Thread Fred C
Do you know where I can find more information about comserv. In the port directory the pkg-descr file point to http://www.bsdhome.com/comserv/ which return a 404 error and the website is about bats homes. -fred- On Jan 3, 2008, at 3:38 AM, Philip Brown wrote: have a look at xyplex 1600

Re: console server using a modern 1U box

2008-01-03 Thread Brian
Fred C wrote: Do you know where I can find more information about comserv. In the port directory the pkg-descr file point to http://www.bsdhome.com/comserv/ which return a 404 error and the website is about bats homes. -fred- On Jan 3, 2008, at 3:38 AM, Philip Brown wrote: have a look