hmmm....lemme check with the MPC folks...I didn't see anything about NEEDING two serial ports....just the single RJ-45....I'll do some checking and report back to the list. Intel is also implementing console over IP/Ethernet as a standard...not sure if anyone has decided to implement other than Intel.
/brian chee University of Hawaii ICS Dept Advanced Network Computing Lab 1680 East West Road, POST rm 311 Honolulu, HI 96822 808-956-5797 voice, 808-956-5175 fax ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Hoang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [luau] Mid range board with console out > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:49:30AM -1000, Brian Chee wrote: > > There is a new "standard" out now on intel boards that is a move in the > > right direction. Basically it's a nearly true serial console (I need to see > > if there is an equivelent of a stop-A like on a sparc) that is presented on > > an RJ-45. There is a jumper on the motherboard that changes the config to > > one of two terminal server pin configurations (lantronix and cisco). > > I am pretty sure you are talking about what I mentioned. The EMP > part lets you power cycle. If you want have serial console _and_ > power cycle, you need to use up two serial ports per server. > > If what you are referring to is something entirely new, please > let me know. > > -Vince > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
