Jump to content

Serial console server

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 80.57.234.42 (talk) at 13:10, 6 July 2006. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

A serial console server or serial console concentrator is a device that allows many RS-232 serial ports to be accessible remotely, technically it is a Terminal Server configured in reverse mode. Typically, the device has 8, 16, 32 or 64 serial ports, either DE-9, MMJ or RJ-45-wired, connected to the serial ports of other equipment, such as servers, routers or switches. It is then possible to telnet- (or dail-) in to the serial console server and access any of the ports for out-of-band management. Some more modern servers even include SSH support.

One of the renowned makers of serial console servers is the Cyclades Corporation, so much so that such devices are sometimes called "Cyclades" or "Cyclades switches". Of course, many other companies build and sell such devices, and you can even build your own.

An alternative approach used in some cluster setups is to null-modem wire and Daisy-chain consoles to otherwise unused serial ports on nodes with some other active function.

In either case, generally, the Conserver software package is used to manage concurent access and centrally log activity.

See Also

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serial_console_server&oldid=62363392"