Re: Serial Terminal Servers

[Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>]

At 11:34 PM -0800 2001/1/31, M.L.Graham wrote:

>  I've used the Cisco 2511 console server, used them for
>  NetApp filers, sparcs, Winchester Flash Disks, and for
>  switches, etc. Easy to configure. When I rebooted them
>  after a firmware upgrade, no breaks were sent. I've
>  had great luck with them and really recommend them.

	We've had really bad experiences with cisco console servers 
causing Sun servers to have to be re-installed, including our 
firewall servers.  Under no circumstances whatsoever will we ever 
make that mistake again.

	We have people who have previous experience with Cyclades 
equipment, and the advantage there is that you could ssh into the 
server, and then directly connect to the serial port of the console, 
and your communications are never sent in the clear, even on a local 
unrouted network (as would be the case with all hardware terminal 
servers I know of).

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   These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy
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Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>