Timeline for Is there a good way to standardize on an RS232 over RJ45 pinout that is used for connecting to network device console ports?
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| Aug 8, 2017 at 14:53 | comment | added | Ron Maupin♦ | OK. I'm just trying to see if we can clean up some old open questions. One thing to consider, based on experience and the Cisco documentation, is that the RS232 from the console ports is very limited in the distance over which it works. It usually tops out at about 25' (cable distance, not total distance). I set something up with standard UTP cables, and just plugged the Cisco cables (they come with every device, so there are usually dozens laying around) in one end. | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 14:48 | comment | added | alx9r | @RonMaupin Not really. It's still unclear to me what a good way to do this is. | |
| Aug 8, 2017 at 14:44 | comment | added | Ron Maupin♦ | Did any answer help you? if so, you should accept the answer so that the question doesn't keep popping up forever, looking for an answer. Alternatively, you could provide and accept your own answer. | |
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| Oct 20, 2013 at 13:58 | comment | added | ytti | Both you and Fred imply that OOB doesn't need testing, it seems awfully common that OOB does not actually work when you need it. I believe that there is no point even installing OOB, unless you have automatic and periodic testing, we use script to login to the devices every 3h via OOB, if login fails alarm is raised. Personally, I'd normalize the port (DB or RJ45) pinout (we normalize to Cisco pinout, at both JNPR+CSCO support it, so it's least work for our environment), so straight CAT5 works always. And I'd use existing CAT5 infra. | |
| Oct 20, 2013 at 6:31 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackNetworkEng/status/391813890847571968 | ||
| Oct 20, 2013 at 0:17 | answer | added | fredpbaker | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 19, 2013 at 21:05 | history | asked | alx9r | CC BY-SA 3.0 |