Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 08:52:54 -0500 (EST) From: Dylan Northrup <northrup@ucet.ufl.edu> To: Dev Chanchani <dev@wopr.inetu.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Data Switch > 4 Port Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.96.971223084940.28050D-100000@ronell.ucet.ufl.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971222230856.21132A-100000@wopr.inetu.net>
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On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, Dev Chanchani wrote: :=We are trying to put about 12 servers on a rack. We would like to stick :=with one monitor per rack. := :=We currently use 4 Port DIN and PS2 Data switches to switch the monitor :=and keyboards. := :=I looked around the web and found 8 ports for like $350! My questions is, :=is there any generic data switch with lots of ports. We don't need :=anything to simulate a keyboard in case of server boot, etc because we can :=dissable keyboard checks in bios. You can redefine the console to go to one of your com ports. Then get converters to put on said com port that converts from 9-pin to Twisted Pair and run this to a patch panel. Then take a vt100 terminal with the same type of converter on it that you can plug in to whatever connection on said patch panel you want. This should solve your problem and is a cheaper solution than $350 for every 8 machines. The added benefit is it's scalable. -- Dylan Northrup <*> northrup@nwe.ufl.edu <*> http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~northrup <*> --------------- Random B5 Quote "The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. It failed. In the year of the Shadow War it became something greater: Our last, best hope for victory. The year is 2260. The place, Babylon 5." -- Commander Susan Ivanova's opening narrative, Season Three
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