RS232 Terminal Server

[Volker Borowski]

Hi,

with all those devices, that may/need to have a serial console, we are looking to use a console server.

How do you deal with all those routers / switches / servers, when network connection is gone, and going there is no option because of the distance ?
You can't attach a console to each of them. HPs Web-Console is too expensive in my eyes for a simple router or switch.

Anybody using a Cyclades 32-port server TS2000 or a compareable product ?

Thanks for input
Volker

[boley janowski]

we use something simular on our servers. we use webconsoles on all our productions servers, however on all the development servers we use a digi to connect to each one of the rs232 console ports.

the digi is a 16 port, we have assinged it an ip address so we can telnet to the digi, then on 15 of the ports we have run straigt through cat5 cables fron one digi port to a rj45-9pin adapter. then we do a :

telnet hpconsole 2001 (telnet )

we also used the port 16 to connect a console to the digi for admin, connecting directly to the servers local to the digi.

Let me know if you want some more specific info.

[Volker Borowski]

Hi Boley,

yes , the Cyclades works similar usind ports 7001-7032. However, there are some minor bugs, but this thing is cheap.

You have an URL describing this digi thing ?

Volker

[boley janowski]

http://www.digi.com/solutions/termsrv/portserver.shtml

we use the port sever II, our comm department uses alot of these for our various branches accross the nation, so we stole one and addapted it for our needs, but it does what it needs to and its pretty easy to setup. Good Luck, and let me know if you have any question, I'll do what I, or I'll harass the comm guys.

[boley janowski]

oh the price i heard was around 1200-1500 this is not bad when compared to the webconsoles, but like I said this is the price I heard they maybe cheeper|more.