Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:33:01 +0200 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestions for decent multiport serial cards Message-ID: <4177BA8D.7030803@sitetronics.com> In-Reply-To: <26860.1098365059@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <26860.1098365059@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <4177B6D7.2060704@sitetronics.com>, "Devon H. O'Dell" writes: > >>Hello list, >> >>I'm looking into making a console server for my machines at the >>datacenter, and I'm wondering what decent (and hopefully inexpensive, of >>course) multiport PCI serial controllers are available. > > > One thing you may want to consider is this interesting gadget: > > http://www.bwct.de/multi_serial.html > > it's a six port serial USB adapter and the man behind the company > is tisco@freebsd.org > > I havn't tried it myself, (indeed I may even have broken the driver > for it :-), but it looks a lot more sensible to me than PCI serial > ports since you can locate it closer to the machine and only have > to run a USB cable over to it. > > To make it 100% ideal for me, it would have a reed-relay output > next to each serial port, so that I can use it as a remote reset > as well. Thanks, PHK. This indeed looks very interesting, and might be ideal as I do live in Holland, so it won't be a big hassle to ship things. Interestingly, I took a look at their site, and they appear to have a ready-made 1U, 18-port console + relay solution for only 567EUR, which might be ideal for me. I'm definitely going to ask for more information on this. Kind regards, Devon H. O'Dell
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