From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 2 12:06:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4700C16A4DD for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:06:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CBF943D31 for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:06:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (IDENT:brdavis@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i32K6WQF027955; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:06:32 -0800 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.3/Submit) id i32K6VCQ027954; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:06:31 -0800 Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:06:31 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: "Marc G. Fournier" Message-ID: <20040402200631.GE11637@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <20040402135458.D91030@ganymede.hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xJK8B5Wah2CMJs8h" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040402135458.D91030@ganymede.hub.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rackmountable "serial console" ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 20:06:37 -0000 --xJK8B5Wah2CMJs8h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 01:56:29PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >=20 > vs the KVM over Ethernet ... what is available out there? I know I lose > the ability to 'watch the boot' vefore the OS cuts in, so BIOS stuff would > still require hands on, but any recommendations on one that works well > with FreeBSD, especially as far as being able to get into the debugger and > whatnot? We've had pretty good luck with Cyclades TS series termial servers on our cluster. We're planning to switch to their AlterPath ACS line since they cost the same and have more flash so they can support more features. For power control we use Baytech (baytech.net) RPC controlers connected to the Cyclades terminal servers. One other option we're looking at is using FireWire for console and debugging support. It's working fairly well on my test cluster. We're probably going to do a test deployment with sets of 32-nodes. The question is, can we get a 33-device firewire network to remain stable enough to actually use in this capacity? I hope so because it's a cheaper option that makes debugging easier. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --xJK8B5Wah2CMJs8h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAbcfHXY6L6fI4GtQRAjmlAJ0eLioMg7AvzP93qigqgi0vKi0dfwCeMWNg GYLYEU8NqPA2oNDwCJjhhFM= =SUij -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xJK8B5Wah2CMJs8h--