[c-nsp] Console server

[Matt Zagrabelny]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Jay Nakamura <zeusdadog at gmail.com> wrote:
> Do anyone have recommendation on console server?  I have about 10
> devices per location I want console port connected for remote access
> in case of emergency.  I don't need a modem or cell card or anything.
> IP/Ethernet access, preferably able to ssh into it plus web access
> will be nice.(Web access that doesn't lock you down to IE)  I was
> looking at Avocent but getting feedbak on actual field experience is
> so much more reliable than reading through specs and marketing
> garbage.

Avocent (cyclades) has been good to us. We have those scattered all
around the university and use conserver [1] to allow a single point of
ACL'ing and single point of getting at the console of our
servers/devices.

[1] http://packages.debian.org/stable/comm/conserver-server

-matt