Re: What are folks using for serial consoles these days?

[Andrew Latham via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

Dan

I have some PCEngines APU4s in use that are built to another level.
Sadly they are end of life. I am sure there might be some current
industrial solutions that last.

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM Dan Mahoney <danm () prime gushi org> wrote:
> > On Dec 18, 2025, at 6:34 AM, Andrew Latham <lathama () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > I have stacks and stacks of serial console servers. Today I mostly use
> > an https://www.coolgear.com/product/32-port-rs-232-usb-to-serial-adapter
> > with some pictures of the guts at
> > https://lathama.net/Tech/Hardware/USB-32COM-RM if interested. It is my
> > solution to a quick build of an https://freetserv.github.io/
>
> This is exactly what we're currently doing, and at the moment I'd like to find something minimal to replace the Dell 
> R430s (one in each cabinet) that's driving it, but something that still has an ilom in case it dies at the worst 
> possible time.  Which, murphy being murphy....
>
> -Dan



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