[c-nsp] Centralized OOB Server / Appliance

[Peter Hicks]

Eric Cables wrote:

> The current solution deployed is a single server with a single modem
> physically attached, using a shared minicom dialing directory as the
> dialer.  Obviously another system at another geographic location is
> preferred, but that leads to the next hurdle -- virtualization.  Not only
> are systems quickly being virtualized, but once virtualized VMotion and the
> lack of physical serial/USB ports makes physically connecting modems to a
> single host server a non-option.

Have you looked at OpenGear?  Pop a modem or two on the 8-port version, 
script something to dial a site, and ta-da.  They also support RFC2217, 
although I've never used it.

Alternatively, and I've used this before - a modem on the AUX port of a 
Cisco router, and reverse telnet to access it.


Peter