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

[Joe Freeman]

That's what the 'tail' command is for ;)

On 6/25/07, Leigh Porter <leigh.porter at ukbroadband.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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