That's what the 'tail' command is for ;)
On 6/25/07, Leigh Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thats nice. Now what I would like next is for it to run `screen` on each > RS232 port. The I can log in and see what happened and scroll back a few > k lines. > > -- > Leigh > > > Joe Freeman wrote: > > Actually, Cyclades (now Avocent) makes a dedicated console server as > well... > > Check out the ACS series... > > http://www.avocent.com/web/en.nsf/Content/CycladesACS_Landing > > > > They come in variants from 1 to 48 ports, offer out-of-band management > via > > on board ethernet, or pcmcia slot (think modem, gsm/edge card, et al). > They > > run a Linux distro and are extremely versatile. > > > > One thing I like about them, especially in the use being discussed here, > is > > that they can log anything seen on a console port to a syslog file > stored > > locally ( or remotely) in onboard disk, or to a flash disk in one of the > > PCMCIA slots. Helps a lot when you have a router misbehaving and errors > > scroll by so fast you miss them. > > > > Joe > > > > > > > >>> I have used cyclades term servers with open source OS with lots of > >>> success and flexibility. > >>> > >>> http://global.cyclades.com/products/2/ts_series > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Morris > >>> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 5:55 AM > >>> To: 'Neal R'; juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > >>> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] What do for a terminal server? > >>> > >>> For all my Juniper lab stuff (and Cisco lab stuff), I just use a > variety > >>> of > >>> Cisco equipment that can be found on the used market pretty cheap. > >>> > >>> Either a 2509/2511 for built in ports (end of sale I think, so used > >>> equipment), or a 2600 or higher with an NM-16A or NM-32A module. > >>> > >>> You'll be able to access all your equipment just fine and it's really > >>> simple > >>> to find help/docs on configuration. > >>> > >>> There are other vendors as well, someone mentioned MRV (the old Xyplex > >>> line > >>> of terminal servers) which work very well. I have a couple old 1640's > >>> (40 > >>> port models) but they're a whole different beast to configure, so it > all > >>> depends on where your experience level is. > >>> > >>> HTH, > >>> > >>> Scott > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neal R > >>> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 12:40 AM > >>> To: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > >>> Subject: [j-nsp] What do for a terminal server? > >>> > >>> > >>> Ladies and gentlemen, > >>> > >>> I've recently developed a burning desire to expunge Cisco products > >>> from > >>> our network and every single customer network that we maintain. I'm > >>> awaiting > >>> the shipment of a Juniper 4350, I've already got an Extreme switch for > >>> training purposes, and today I started the process of moving from > Cisco > >>> Call > >>> Manager Express to a Trixbox solution. > >>> > >>> The one bit I'm having trouble with is the terminal server > function. > >>> We've got Cisco 2509/2511 all over the place and don't see a good > >>> alternative to this in the market. I've asked the MikroTik forums if > >>> they > >>> might add a terminal server module to their appliance OS, I've asked > the > >>> Soekris mailing list if anyone is building terminal servers based on > the > >>> Net4801, and I'd like to hear from all of you on this point > >>> - how do you do out of band management for clusters of Juniper > routers? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Neal > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > >>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > >>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > >>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > > > _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
