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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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