Re: headless server with console on USB port

2022-08-18 Thread Dan Ritter
Rainer Dorsch wrote: > is it possible to run a console on a USB port of a headless server? Yes and no. The T20 doesn't seem to have iDRAC (IPMI) support, so BIOS/UEFI is not available through a serial console. The first time you have an opportunity for a serial console is in GRUB; then again yo

Re: headless server with console on USB port

2022-08-18 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 04:48:34PM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > I am wondering if ready-made usb-to-usb solutions exist, which contain the > conversion to serial and back to usb internally I cannot call it "ready-made", but there's something similar - [1] which may solve your pr

Re: headless server with console on USB port

2022-08-18 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2022-08-18 at 16:48 +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: [...] > I am wondering if ready-made usb-to-usb solutions exist, which contain the > conversion to serial and back to usb internally I just googled 'usb null modem cable' and got this: https://ftdichip.com/products/usb-nmc-2-5m/ which is ava

Re: headless server with console on USB port

2022-08-18 Thread Reco
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 06:28:56PM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Ah, I see, getting USB up early might be a problem. > > Would a native serial interface on a PCI card be a better solution? Same problem, different interface. You need UART that's soldered on the motherboard. Sadly, there's no subst

Re: headless server with console on USB port

2022-08-18 Thread Tim Woodall
On Thu, 18 Aug 2022, Rainer Dorsch wrote: Hi, is it possible to run a console on a USB port of a headless server? The system is a Dell T20 machine https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/threads/dell-poweredge-t20.1031138/ (the page is in German, but I am not aware of an English version with a

Re: headless server with console on USB port

2022-08-18 Thread David Christensen
On 8/18/22 04:21, Rainer Dorsch wrote: Hi, is it possible to run a console on a USB port of a headless server? The system is a Dell T20 machine https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/threads/dell-poweredge-t20.1031138/ (the page is in German, but I am not aware of an English version with a sim