[Info-vax] Terminal server replacement

[John H. Reinhardt]

On Thursday, February 7, 2013 4:24:43 AM UTC-5, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> John H. Reinhardt wrote 2013-02-07 09:57:
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> > Well..  16 ports is probably overkill.  I want it mostly for monitoring
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> > consoles.  I have 3 Alphas, 2 IA64's, a MSA1500cs, SAN switch,
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> > Infoserver and 3 APC SU3000RM3 UPS's.  The UPS's I want to monitor the
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> > serial ports with an app so I can tell the systems to shutdown when the
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> > backup kicks in.  I could probably get away with an 8-port and just swap
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> > the serial lines to the console ports as needed, but if I can get ports
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> > cheaply enough then why not.
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> > John H. Reinhardt
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> Do you absolutely need LAT?
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> There are a number of Lantronix ETS16P on eBay right now.
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> Maybe they actualy has LAT, I havn't checked...
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I've got several of those on my watch list. I was hoping someone might have experience with that brand and chime in.  LAT probably isn't a necessity.  Everything I have can do IP.  LAT is just "traditional" 

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> And besides, you can get 16 ports with 2 8-port servers also. :-)

But I only have a 1U slot in my rack space where the DECserver 900TM is/was. :-P