From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 12 16:30:45 2003 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 15FCB16A4B3 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:30:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (gaff.hhhr.ision.net [195.180.9.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50BD43FAF for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:30:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaff.hhhr.ision.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9CNUfJM026508 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:30:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net) Received: from localhost (ohoyer@localhost)h9CNUdPv026505; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:30:40 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:30:39 +0200 (CEST) From: Olaf Hoyer To: "C. Stephen Gunn" In-Reply-To: <20031012140627.GA85255@waterspout.com> Message-ID: <20031013012851.M26306@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: <20031011085624.C20891-100000@moo.sysabend.org> <20031012140627.GA85255@waterspout.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI-X Multiport Serial cards. 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: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:30:45 -0000 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)