Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:16:47 +0000 From: David Gerard <fun@thingy.apana.org.au> To: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Device needed to manage several FreeBSD servers Message-ID: <43A4B87F.60708@thingy.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <200512180015.50574.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> References: <b043a4850512171511u1d442941o92fad7ea8580b664@mail.gmail.com> <200512180015.50574.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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RW wrote:
> On Saturday 17 December 2005 23:11, patrick wrote:
>>I have a bunch of FreeBSD servers to manage, and I'm wanting to find a
>>device that lets you SSH/telnet in, and access the servers connected
>>to it via serial cables. I know such a device exists, but it was a
>>long time ago since I last saw one, and I'm not really sure what one
>>of these would be called. Has anyone had any experience with such a
>>device?
> I've heard them called Terminal Servers, but that name is also used in the
> sense of Windows Terminal Server.
"Console server", specifically "remote serial console servers." You can
make one yourself with a PC and a bunch of serial cards very easily
(using conserver(8)) - or (a better idea in a commercial setting) buy
them as a supported piece of hardware.
It doesn't matter for FreeBSD on a PC, but if you're running Suns then
important matters include not sending BREAKs down the line at
inopportune moments.
I asked about this on my LiveJournal and got quite informative responses:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/reddragdiva/241324.html
- d.
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