CentOS serial questions (Hyperterminal equiv and connecting to server via Hyperterminal)
I have two serial-related questions
(1) What is the CentOS (or *nix) equivalent of Hyperterminal in Windows? Sometimes I'm on a CentOS box and need to, say, console into a Cisco or something.
and
(2) I have a CentOS server that I may need to transport somewhere and will most likely *not* want to carry around the monitor. Where should I look in connecting to my server via a serial connection?
(I'm more on the network end of things, and am hoping for a nudge in the right direction on these two questions)
Rogelio wrote:
I have two serial-related questions
(1) What is the CentOS (or *nix) equivalent of Hyperterminal in Windows? Sometimes I'm on a CentOS box and need to, say, console into a Cisco or something.
I've always used minicom, and I believe the kermit program will work too.
(2) I have a CentOS server that I may need to transport somewhere and will most likely *not* want to carry around the monitor. Where should I look in connecting to my server via a serial connection?
If your asking how to configure a serial console take a peek at this: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/
If your asking what you can hook your serial console up to, such as a terminal server, I've had good luck with Cyclades terminal servers(since bought by Advocent so not sure how they are today)
If your asking something else, your question didn't make sense to me try to re-phrase it.
nate
On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 08:36 -0800, Rogelio wrote:
I have two serial-related questions
(1) What is the CentOS (or *nix) equivalent of Hyperterminal in Windows? Sometimes I'm on a CentOS box and need to, say, console into a Cisco or something.
minicom or kermit.
and
(2) I have a CentOS server that I may need to transport somewhere and will most likely *not* want to carry around the monitor. Where should I look in connecting to my server via a serial connection?
If you're looking for a console server, opengear sells excellent and relatively inexpensive stuff. Also, cyclades, lantronix, perle, and others.
If you just want a box to configure your server onsite, use a laptop with a null modem cable and a terminal emulator installed.
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Rogelio scubacuda@gmail.com wrote:
I have two serial-related questions
(1) What is the CentOS (or *nix) equivalent of Hyperterminal in Windows? Sometimes I'm on a CentOS box and need to, say, console into a Cisco or something.
Besides minicom there is also a GUI terminal app called gtkterm.
(2) I have a CentOS server that I may need to transport somewhere and will most likely *not* want to carry around the monitor. Where should I look in connecting to my server via a serial connection?
(I'm more on the network end of things, and am hoping for a nudge in the right direction on these two questions)
You basicaly have 2 options. If the server has a normal standard serial port you can setup a tty on that serial port. Once the machines has booted then you can login on the serial port.
If the server has any remote management features then you probably will have things like console redirection, BMC/IPMI, remote console, ... but they are platform specific so look at the manual for that server and see what is available. They usualy do provde a way to redirect almost all output to a serial port.
Regards, Tim
Tim Verhoeven wrote:
If the server has any remote management features then you probably will have things like console redirection, BMC/IPMI, remote console, ... but they are platform specific so look at the manual for that server and see what is available. They usualy do provde a way to redirect almost all output to a serial port.
usuually that stuff works best over ethernet, however. tcp/ip web based console. just be sure to secure it before hooking it up to the public internet.
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