[j-nsp] What do for a terminal server?

[Leigh Porter]

Thats nice. Now what I would like next is for it to run `screen` on each
RS232 port. The I can log in and see what happened and scroll back a few
k lines.

--
Leigh


Joe Freeman wrote:
> Actually, Cyclades (now Avocent) makes a dedicated console server as well...
> Check out the ACS series...
> http://www.avocent.com/web/en.nsf/Content/CycladesACS_Landing
>
> They come in variants from 1 to 48 ports, offer out-of-band management via
> on board ethernet, or pcmcia slot (think modem, gsm/edge card, et al). They
> run a Linux distro and are extremely versatile.
>
> One thing I like about them, especially in the use being discussed here, is
> that they can log anything seen on a console port to a syslog file stored
> locally ( or remotely) in onboard disk, or to a flash disk in one of the
> PCMCIA slots. Helps a lot when you have a router misbehaving and errors
> scroll by so fast you miss them.
>
> Joe
>
>
>   
>>> I have used cyclades term servers with open source OS with lots of
>>> success and flexibility.
>>>
>>> http://global.cyclades.com/products/2/ts_series
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>>> [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Scott Morris
>>> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 5:55 AM
>>> To: 'Neal R'; juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
>>> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] What do for a terminal server?
>>>
>>> For all my Juniper lab stuff (and Cisco lab stuff), I just use a variety
>>> of
>>> Cisco equipment that can be found on the used market pretty cheap.
>>>
>>> Either a 2509/2511 for built in ports (end of sale I think, so used
>>> equipment), or a 2600 or higher with an NM-16A or NM-32A module.
>>>
>>> You'll be able to access all your equipment just fine and it's really
>>> simple
>>> to find help/docs on configuration.
>>>
>>> There are other vendors as well, someone mentioned MRV (the old Xyplex
>>> line
>>> of terminal servers) which work very well.  I have a couple old 1640's
>>> (40
>>> port models) but they're a whole different beast to configure, so it all
>>> depends on where your experience level is.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>>> [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Neal R
>>> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 12:40 AM
>>> To: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
>>> Subject: [j-nsp] What do for a terminal server?
>>>
>>>
>>>  Ladies and gentlemen,
>>>
>>>     I've recently developed a burning desire to expunge Cisco products
>>> from
>>> our network and every single customer network that we maintain. I'm
>>> awaiting
>>> the shipment of a Juniper 4350, I've already got an Extreme switch for
>>> training purposes, and today I started the process of moving from Cisco
>>> Call
>>> Manager Express to a Trixbox solution.
>>>
>>>    The one bit I'm having trouble with is the terminal server function.
>>> We've got Cisco 2509/2511 all over the place and don't see a good
>>> alternative to this in the market. I've asked the MikroTik forums if
>>> they
>>> might add a terminal server module to their appliance OS, I've asked the
>>> Soekris mailing list if anyone is building terminal servers based on the
>>> Net4801, and I'd like to hear from all of you on this point
>>> - how do you do out of band management for clusters of Juniper routers?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Neal
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