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Re: Out of Band management
From: "Bruce B. Platt" <bruce () ei3 com>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:28:58 -0400
Devdas Bhagat wrote: <snipped...>
For networking equipment, a console server. For servers which support serial consoles, dialin modems *and* a spare NIC. If your system isn't booting up, the NIc isn't really useful. IP KVMs are useful for systems which don't support serial consoles. Keep this on a physically separate network if possible.
I have not done this in many years, but you are right on. The only modification I would suggest is to use a terminal server device which you can dial into via pots for access to the router consoles as _well_ as the consoles of machines which support a serial console device.
It's handy to be able to get to a console prompt or a unix tty and see that the network isn't "working" because the border router is not passing any bits.
I think one can still find DECServer 90's (see how long ...) on the used market, or equivalent.
Regards
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