It's not THAT high maintenance... I mean...how often have yo urebooted any linux/bsd box? : )
But cyclades are not cheap! : ( >>> "Carroll Kong" 11/21/01 01:28PM >>> Although this would be considered "high maintenance", you could think about a FreeBSD box with a Cyclades serial card. (you can get enough to handle A LOT more than 16 serial ports if you need it) You could get the BSD box in a 1U format. It supports ssh and telnet. The problem here is you would have to jimmy up your own cables. (just know the pinouts from the serial port to the console) The cyclades has some RJ45 outputs you could use, but you would need the right pin outs. Then you can use "cu" to console in to any box. At 01:04 PM 11/21/01 -0500, Gaz wrote: >Hi all, > >I currently use a 2511 RJ Terminal Server on a site with dial up access >through a modem. Ten pieces of Cisco equipment are then configured using >reverse telnet to their consoles. >Someone's thrown a spanner in the works. We now need to use something such >as SSH to the Terminal Server. >The 2500 doesn't support it. The nearest I could think of was a 2610 with an >NM16A (16 port Async) module. Unfortunately to run a decent version of code >with DES (for SSH support) this needs a DRAM and Flash upgrade. >There isn't as far as I can find, a 16 port RJ45 Asynchronous module (closer >replacement for the 2511RJ), so we need two octal cables. > >Total Price around #4500 as opposed to around #1800 for the 2511RJ. >2511's always seemed a bit steep for this job, but using a 2610 for it seems >to be even more so, even though the 2610 itself is only #1100. I think all >this still only gives me SSH version 1. > >Does anybody have any ideas for suitable replacements. Space is a concern, >but I am thinking about putting a 1U server in there to do the same job if I >can source a 16 port serial card that fits, and I'm also looking at whether >Shiva are still in the market. All ideas accepted gladly, but this does have >to get past a security board. I don't want full solutions, just asking for >brief ideas. > >Thanks, > >Gaz -Carroll Kong Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=27044&t=27038 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
