[Info-vax] IP KVM for PS/2 Alphaservers?

[Hans Vlems]

Op dinsdag 9 juni 2015 22:44:54 UTC+2 schreef Jan-Erik Soderholm:
> johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk skrev den 2015-06-09 21:06:
> > On Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:12:24 UTC+1, Hans Vlems  wrote:
> >> For both the RaidArray 6400 and 5300(A) models there is serial support, did that last week on a DS20E and DS25.
> >> I do not quite get why terminal servers are not acceptable other than being old fashioned. Support may be an issue ?
> >> If you're on IA64 then I should have stayed in silent mode.
> >
> > Even if things called DECservers aren't acceptable, there are lots of
> > readily available equivalents that speak IP as well as (instead of) LAT.
> > Do they work in this particular set of circumstances? No idea. Is it
> > going to break the bank to find out? Not at $125 for a 1port gadget such
> > as the Moxa Nport 5100.
> >
> 
> Is there anything specific with the serial port on these devices?
> That is, something that makes them not work like any other serial
> device like the console on DS20's or HSZ conotrollers?
> 
> I have used a lot of different terminal servers over the years
> for "console" work, from DECserver 200 on MV3100's in the 90s
> to Lantronix servers today for our three DS20's.
> 
> There are a few minor things to remember, such as selecting
> "Force off" for "Local echo" and "Local line editing" in PyTTY.
> That will disable all telnet handshaking while connecting, and
> put the telnet session in a "raw" mode that works better on
> the console ports. The console port does not understand the
> telnet handshaking and PuTTY will switch to "local echo" witch
> will mess up the display with double lines...
> 
> And we only use TCPIP/telnet to connect to them, of course.
> Just connect to the IP address and port 10001 (for port 1).
> 
> 
> http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/external-device-servers/
> 
> The Moxa device should also work fine. Just connect to the IP
> address of the Moxa and port 4001 (for serial port no 1).

Another option I use (at home!) is a PC fitted with as many serial cards
as possible and connect these to the COM1 port.
I can take over the (XP based) PC from any other system and connect to
any console I like.
Hans