[xcat-user] E325 cluster - console?

[egan at sense.n. (E. Ford)]

You have 3 options:

1.  Terminal Servers.  My personal choice.  They just work and provide complete
logging.
2.  UCOs.  We make a USB/VGA dongle that you can chain together like C2T, but
with CAT5.  Very nice.  However you are limited to 16 per chain and the chain
must terminate into an IBM KVM switch.  Full VGA redirection supported.  No
logging.
3.  SOL.  Serial-over-LAN.  The e325 supports it but you need a special client
that does not exist yet.  My concern with SOL is that existing implementations
that I have worked with interfere with the ability to perform other management
functions.  Terminal servers are the best bet.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Olsen [mailto:kr...@ca...] 
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 8:57 AM
> To: xca...@li...
> Subject: [xcat-user] E325 cluster - console?
> 
> 
> I have a customer considering and e325 cluster, and since 
> there is no C2T
> what would be best practice for console?
> 
> I assume con servers would be the way to go, but just looking 
> for other
> opinions.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Keith
> 
> Keith Olsen, RHCE
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