[j-nsp] backup routing engine authente from in-band interface

Benny Lyne Amorsen benny+usenet at amorsen.dk
Fri Nov 10 06:07:19 EST 2023


Saku Ytti via juniper-nsp <juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net> writes:

> Ideally we'd all be asking vendors to implement true lights out
> ethernet ports, with dedicated control-planes, like Cisco CMP. So we
> could get rid of problematic RS232 and useless in-band MGMT ports
> (EM/FXP are actively dangerous).

So much this. Lights out management has been standard on servers for a
long long time, including being able to power on remotely and mount
ISOs. Network equipment vendors, please deliver true lights out.

/Benny



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