Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:30:39 +0200 (CEST) From: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> To: "C. Stephen Gunn" <csg@waterspout.com> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI-X Multiport Serial cards. Message-ID: <20031013012851.M26306@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> In-Reply-To: <20031012140627.GA85255@waterspout.com> References: <20031011085624.C20891-100000@moo.sysabend.org> <20031012140627.GA85255@waterspout.com>
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2003, C. Stephen Gunn wrote: > Jamie Bowden (ragnar@sysabend.org) likely uttered: > > > Does anyone have any experience with PCI-X multiport serial cards under > > FreeBSD (4 or 5, either is fine)? I've got a 1u Dell machine that in 3 > > weeks will lose it's current role in life, and I'd like to use it as a > > console server for a bunch of headless SGI and Sun boxes. Its only > > expansion slot is PCI-X. If anyone can recommend a known working card > > with at least 8 ports, I'd appreciate it. > > You might also look into the 1-U rackmount products from Lantronix > or Cyclades. A private Ethernet segment is nearly as good as > a custom interconnect to the server. > Hi! have a couple of Cyclades 1U TS1000 (16ports) and TS3000 (48port) sitting here as embedded solution running linux-ppc, and I am quite happy with them, even snmp on them for monitoring purposes (I am having nagios to monitor port status, link speed etc) runs out-of-the-box. Just my 0.02 EUR ;-) Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)
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