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Command server reboot using serial port or other method
I manage 3 windows servers for my dad's business, and occasionally they lock up. I work remotely and would like to send commands to the motherboard to reboot using the buttons on the chasis. I have ...
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Real benefits of serial console servers (with modern server hardware)?
I'm working in a new environment that makes heavy use of serial console servers for server management. They are augmented with switched PDUs for power management. They are not using the DRAC ...
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How to perform a APC 9617 Reset?
I've locked myself out of an APC 9617 management card. Trying to figure out how to reset the password, or even the card to factory defaults. All the documentation I can find says to connect to the ...
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What is the name of the cable (RJ45 to RJ45) that can be used to connect from a KVM to Cisco serial port?
As everybody knows Cisco's console ports are RJ45. However, the cable they come bundled with is DB9 to RJ45. We have a KVM that allows managing network devices via a serial port but the port on the ...
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Installing and running a guest OS on KVM-qemu with only serial console access
I am trying to installing a bsd distro with virt-installer. With a Linux distro I used this:
virt-install -n debian -r 1024 --vcpus=1 --accelerate -v --disk ...
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Windows 2008 login via serial cable
Does anyone know a way to connect to windows 2008 via serial cable?
I mean that you will be able to login to the server properly (via terminal) and then you will be able to run a CLI application.
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What serial cable do I need for a Cisco/Linksys SRW2024P?
Some idiot (one guess as to who) installed a Cisco/Linksys SRW2024P in a 2nd location and forgot to change the IP before doing so. Now it's on a new subnet and I need to control it via console port.
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At what cable distance do you start experience significant amounts of phase shift over EIA-530?
I am not sure if this is the best place to ask this but I will give it a shot. I have always seen that you could use (and is recommended that you) use Terminal Timing over a EIA-530 serial link ...
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Is there a possibility to “pimp” Putty in order to generate logs automatically and run multiple sessions in one windows (similar Linux “Terminal”)?
I'm using Putty for Serial or SSH connections to systems.
For every session, I need to configure Logging manually, enter a new name and destination.
I was wondering if there was a solution to set it ...
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Corrupted Kernel Output via Serial Connection
I have a server that Kernel Panics every once in a while, and I'm trying to get all of the output in order to debug it further.
It is running RedHat 4, so the kernel version is only 2.6.9, too old ...
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How to fix customer display pole that displays garbage?
I have an Openbravo POS workstation with a customer display pole. The pole is VFD-860. When I click on the products on the Sales page of Openbravo, the display responds but displays garbage:
When I ...
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embedded linux serial terminal
I have built a custom embedded system using debian 6.0.
using /etc/inittab i have made several (8) processes running on different /dev/ttyX terminals, which i can switch between using Alt+FX key ...
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Serial Port ttyUSB0
I picked up a USB serial null modem cable, so that I can connect up to a headless linux box. As a quick test, I plugged the device into the usb null modem, and the other end I connected to a windows ...
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Detecting/Reactivating serial port that becomes inactive on Ubuntu Linux 10.10
I am using a usb2serial port to communicate with some old equipment (using my code built upon the boost asio library - I think my code is fine because it works almost all of the time).
Every so often ...
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serial port forwarding/virtualisation?
I have a python script(UBUNTU) reading and writing info from local serial port.It works fine!
what if instead of using the local serial port , i want to use another machine serial port, remotely ?
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Ubuntu Server 10.10: Preventing a serial console from using UTF-8
I have an Ubuntu 10.10 Server box with a Digital VT220 connected over a serial line. (That's a real VT220, not a virtual one. An actual beige CRT thing.)
It works great apart from the fact that ...
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How could I protect serial console?
How can I protect serial console which if forwarded over RS232-Ethernet to WAN?
Is it possible? I was thinking about it, but I can't figure it out.
Is it possible to allow login through serial console ...
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Serial connection over a single USB cable (Windows to linux, or linux to linux)
I'm helping out with a project for an embedded device that only has USB and no serial. This device is running Linux.
These days, when we need to connect to a serial port on a device we typically use ...
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Logging Serial port Data
Unless I'm missing something, there appears to be no simple way in *NIX to read from a serial port directly into a file
I had imagined something as simple as cat /dev/ttyX > file but apparently ...
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Serial terminal over ethernet
Well, my idea is I would like to have access to grub over Ethernet/Internet, I've found two possible solutions:
Converter RS232 to Ethernet (1) which looks like to have its own live, I mean it is ...
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TTY “Serial” Terminal over USB?
I have a few servers in a rack that like to drop their network connection, requiring a restart and/or handheld intervention. I purchased a Linksys NSLU2 and installed Debian on it in order to create a ...
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How do I enable the serial port on an XServe G5 (10.4 Server)
I have my ZyXel USG 200 router's console port connected to my XServe, and I want to stream real-time logs from it to a text file on the XServe itself.
I need the serial port to be set to 115200bps, ...
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Connecting a USB laptop to a RJ45 serial port
We are about to get our first managed switch at work (Procurve 2520G-24-PoE), and this lowly programmer gets to put on his admin hat and try to configure it. The switch has an RJ45 serial port for ...
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How do I use a Minitel terminal as a linux dumb terminal
I recently purchased a US version of the Alcatel Minitel terminal. I think it's a 1B version. Pictures of it here:
I tried connecting a null modem to the 25 pin port on the back and plugging it ...
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Serial modem output interference on linux command line
I am manually dialing remote machines using my serial modem via the linux command line. I am automating the process, hence not using any dialing tools (I've already tried most of them - none are ...
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Gigabyte GA-6KIEH-RH | Serial Over LAN
It has been a while since I have worked with hardware and I am in the process of a scratch install of OpenSuSE 11.3. Before installing the OS, I want to make my server as headless as possible. My goal ...
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Using Putty for serial connection
I am attempting to enable web-management functionality on my Dell PowerConnect2824.
From what I can tell by reading the manual I need to connect via the serial port to enable web functionality.
I ...
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Does a USB to RJ-45 console cable exist?
I am aware of the RJ-45 to DB9 adapter commonly used on cisco routers to access console. I am aware of the USB to DB9 adapters to allow laptops without serial to get a serial port. I am looking for a ...
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Serial console over GSM - Are there such devices?
I just lost a server by restarting the network interfaces.
Then i got the following idea:
A small GSM device with an RS232 connector
I want to connect the serial console to the device, and in case ...
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How can I simulate a modem over a VOIP connection?
I have a hardware device I need a server to dial into at regular intervals. The problem is I no longer have a POTS line or a modem in any of development computers, and all my production servers are ...
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Alternatives to Kermit for transferring HD contents via a serial cable Win3.1 -> Vista
I'm trying to transfer the contents of some VERY old laptops which have Windows 3.1 on them. The only way I can manage this is via a serial cable (no network on the laptops).
I've got Kermit on the ...
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How to configure UNIX or Linux for administration via serial connection
How can I configure my UNIX or/and Linux PC with COM port to support serial console connections? I would like to connect my notebook to that PC via a console cable and manage the PC with terminal ...
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Snow Leopard Compatible Drivers for Moschip MCS7720 USB-to-Serial Controller
We are using Cables Unlimited USB-2925 USB-to-Dual-DB9 serial cables, which use the Moschip MCS7720 controller. We have downloaded the newest driver from http://www.moschip.com/mcs7720.php, but that ...
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USB/Serial converter, data passes only one way
There's an USB/Serial converter connecting two boxes.
Box A has USB end, box B has serial port end.
On box A:
screen /dev/ttyUSB0 9600
On box B (the one I'm trying to connect to from box A):
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Linux: open serial(COM1) line to manage Switch through console
Cat you help please)
I have connected switch to PC with serial cable and i want to manage it. What utility i can use to open serial line and manage switch through console?
On windows i used ...
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Virtual COM for Mac OS
IS there a way to create virtual COM ports in Mac OS and connect them to eachother?
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Synergy over a serial connection?
Synergy is a well known tool to have only one keyboard and mouse for two networked (TCP/IP) computers with a screen each. I loved to use it at my former job. Now, at my new job, I've still got two PC, ...
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Finding hardware manufacturer, model and serial number?
I'd like to find the manufacturer, model and serial number of various Windows (XP, Vista, 2003, 2008) and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora) machines via a software solution.
Currently our hardware ...
