[c-nsp] line con 0 as terminal server on Cat6500?

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 Airconsole Mini could work for this?

https://www.get-console.com/shop/en/airconsole-mini-20/
112-airconsole-20-mini.html

We use the 8 port variant and they work well enough so far.


On 18 May 2018 at 12:03, Aaron Gould <aaron1 at gvtc.com> wrote:

> I've actually taken out a little 2600 just to act as a 1-port terminal
> server for this exact purpose
>
> (maybe you can even use an old 2500)
>
> Aaron
>
> > On May 18, 2018, at 6:00 AM, Aaron Gould <aaron1 at gvtc.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure if you can use a console port for connecting to another
> router's console port , but you can use the auxiliary (aux) port to do
> that.  I've done it many times
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> >> On May 18, 2018, at 1:55 AM, Patrick M. Hausen <hausen at punkt.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> last weekend one switch in our VSS pair failed. Redundancy/VSS
> >> did work and we kept our connectivity besides a couple of hosts
> >> that only have a single uplink and were connected to that particular
> >> chassis.
> >>
> >> When I came to the data centre I found the failed chassis in rommon.
> >> A simple "boot" command restored everything to working order.
> >>
> >> Now to spare me that drive in case that happens again - is it possible
> >> to use the console port of a working Catalyst 6500 to act as a terminal
> >> server for the other one? We have quite a lot of spare rollover cables
> ;-)
> >>
> >> I found these instructions but I think I'm missing something:
> >> https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/dial-access/
> asynchronous-connections/5466-comm-server.html
> >>
> >> ip host other 2000 1.2.3.4
> >>
> >> Core2#telnet 1.2.3.4 2000
> >> Trying 1.2.3.4, 2000 ...
> >> % Connection refused by remote host
> >>
> >> I used the real IP address of looppback0, of course.
> >>
> >>
> >> Side note/question: any idea what could cause a Cat6500 VS-S720-10G
> >> to fail, reset (I can understand *that*) and then not boot into IOS and
> stay
> >> in rommon?
> >>
> >> Standby BOOT variable = sup-bootdisk:s72033-
> adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-33.SXJ10.bin,1;disk0:s72033-
> adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-33.SXJ10.bin,1;
> >> Standby Configuration register is 0x2102
> >>
> >> Core2#dir slavesup-bootdisk:
> >> ...
> >> s72033-adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-33.SXJ10.bin
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Patrick
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