From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 20 02:12:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDDDA16A4CE; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 02:12:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E9BC43D41; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 02:12:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 632AD12ADDD; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:12:11 -0400 (AST) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 83533-06; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 02:12:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-46-91.eastlink.ca [24.222.46.91]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 092C512AB2B; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:12:11 -0400 (AST) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6CD09364A1; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:12:14 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BB083616D; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:12:14 -0400 (AST) Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:12:14 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Samuel Clements In-Reply-To: <007301c4ce8d$bfa15b30$d232a8c0@LCI> Message-ID: <20041119221116.O878@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20041119165657.C878@ganymede.hub.org> <007301c4ce8d$bfa15b30$d232a8c0@LCI> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Intel Motherboards and Portmaster Serial Console - How? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 02:12:18 -0000 On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Samuel Clements wrote: > The RJ-45 should be pinned exactly like the cisco RJ-45's. If you can > get a console to a cisco router off of one of your PM ports, you should > be able to plug it into the serial B be header on the server and be able > to talk to it. The second problem of management (watching POST and > kernel messages) should be easily remedied by telling the machine to > redirect POST messages to Serial B as well as do ACPI re-direction to > Serial B (done in the BIOS). This should get you all the way through > kernel messages, then if you want to allow logins on Serial B, you > should just be able to 'turn on' ttyd1 in /etc/ttys. Oh, most cool .. so I wouldn't even be using FreeBSDs serial console, but doing it at the hardware level? By 'watching POST', would this also give me remot access to the BIOS itself? > -Sam > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc G. Fournier" > To: > Cc: > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 1:03 PM > Subject: FreeBSD, Intel Motherboards and Portmaster Serial Console - How? > > >> >> I just picked up a PM25 for our colo facility, so that I can do remote >> admin on the FreeBSD boxes ... our two Tyan servers are a piece of cake, as >> they have DB9 Serial, like I'd expect ... but the Intel motherboards have >> "External RJ45 serial, internal serial header" on all of there boards, from >> what I can tell ... but what I can't figure out is how to make use of them >> ... >> >> The servers are remote, so adding a 9pin serial port onto the 'internal >> header' is a bit difficult, so am wondering about using the 'external >> RJ45'. The PM25 cables end in an RJ45 jack, and we had to purchase >> adapters to go from RJ45->9pin ... can those RJ45 adapters be used to plug >> into the RJ45 serial directly? >> >> Also, from what I've been able to read so far, the RJ45 == Serial B, not >> Serial A ... so, I'd need to change how FreeBSD works as far as serial >> console is concerned, to look at Serial B, no? >> >> Help? >> >> Thanks ... >> >> >> ---- >> Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) >> Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664