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From: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: console server using a modern 1U box
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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!