From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Nov 19 14:57:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28C5837B479 for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2000 14:57:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from nwl.fw.uunet.co.za ([196.31.2.162]) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 13xdOO-0001jl-00; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 00:57:00 +0200 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za (8.8.8/8.6.9) id AAA03397; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 00:57:09 +0200 (SAST) Received: by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za via recvmail id 3389; Mon Nov 20 00:56:30 2000 Received: from bofh.fw.uunet.co.za (bofh.fw.uunet.co.za [172.16.3.35]) by kg.fw.uunet.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F0F31AEDA; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 00:56:30 +0200 (SAST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bofh.fw.uunet.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CE7B5C3B; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 00:56:24 +0200 (SAST) Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 00:56:24 +0200 (SAST) From: Khetan Gajjar X-Sender: khetan@bofh.fw.uunet.co.za To: Randy Smith Cc: freebsd-isp Subject: Re: Remote console into FreeBSD 4.1.1 boxen In-Reply-To: <3A1056F3.70207@amigo.net> Message-ID: X-Cell: +27 82 416 0160 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Around Nov 13, "Randy Smith" wrote : RS> 2) If so, has anyone setup a Lucent PM2 or other box (FreeBSD or RS> whatever) to console into multiple boxes? (I ask about the PM2 because I RS> just happen to have one lying around.) We use this for our routers, but the problem with PC's barfing is that it's little good to you to have the OS logging/visible via the COM port if you can't get to the OS :-( I should be getting some Dell test server kit soon, and they sell something called a DRAC card (it sounds damn expensive - the equivalent of about $900 here in South Africa), but it allows you to create a complete out of band access network (modem, Ethernet, etc) to manage these things out the box. I remember some other hardware add-in device that was a lot cheaper, but it's name/specifications escape me now. The advantage of a add-in card is that you're not dependent on the OS (in case it barfs) - it's almost Sun-like console management. Khetan Gajjar. --- khetan@uunet.co.za * Direct -> +27 21 658 8723 UUNET South Africa * Mobile -> +27 82 416 0105 http://www.uunet.co.za * Info Centre-> 08600 UUNET (88638) System Administration * PGP Key -> kg+details@uunet.co.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message