Creating a terminal server from an HP

[Geoff Baldry]

Has anybody out there ever tried to turn an HP server (K420 for example) into a terminal server for other HP's by using a mux?

I have an HP with a 16 port mux, which I intend to turn into a terminal server. I have plugged the remote modem ports of some other HP's into the ports on the mux, but I cannot connect.

Am I supposed to set up the ports on the mux as 'terminals' or 'modems' in sam?

Does anyone know what cu command I should be using to connect from the terminal server to one of my other HP's?

Any help would be grealy appreciated, Geoff

[U.SivaKumar_2]

hi,

run getty in /etc/inittab for the ports in the
MUX.
Through SAM configure using Terminals menu.
eg:-
port 4 :cua0p4

regards,
U.SivaKumar

[Geoff Baldry]

I have a remote console cable from an HP plugged into port 0 of the second mux - making it port 8, I beleive.

I have configured it in SAM as a terminal connection with speed of 19200 (The speed of the remote console port)

/etc/inittab has a line:-
a0:3:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty -h tty0p8 19200

From the terminal server I need to use the cu command to connect to the machine.

whenever I use cu -s 19200 -l/dev/tty0p8 I get a message:-
connect failed : Requested device/system name not know

Do you have any ideas?

[Steve Lewis · Accepted solution]

The -l option in cu specifies a line in the file /usr/lib/uucp/Devices.
It does not specify a device file directly. That is why you are getting the error.
Add a line for each terminal device in the Devices file such as

Direct tty0p0 - 19200 direct

and then

cu -ltty0p0 dir