Hi guys,

My current set up is I have a Laptop running redhat linux.
This acts as an SSH server, and i use it to console into the LOM-A port on my Sunfire V100 using minicom. The idea is that I can remotely access and test things out.

This works great, but I've just bought another V100 server and I read somewhere that The B_serial port can be used to communicate to the console of another server. Has anyone else got experience with this and would know how to set it up?

I'd like to SSH to my laptop running Redhat
Minicom to access console and poweron V100_1
SSH to V100_1
Console from V100_1 to V100_2
Poweron V100_2
SSH directly from Laptop to V100_2


RH-laptop------->LOM-A<->V100_1<->B_serial ------>LOM-A<->V100_2

Is it possible?

many thanks in anticipation.

Stin

You can always try and tell us the result if it works!

I think I need to simplify the question.

I have 2 sunfire V100's. THe hostnames are V100-1 and V100-2

What I would like to do is, use V100-1 to connect to LOM-B of V100-2, and manage V100-2 that way.

The V100 documentation says it is possible to manage multiple V100's from a single console. But I cannot find out HOW?

Any ideas?


Thank you in anticipation.

oh ic .definitely you can, but you need to configure it from V100. Have you used this command "tip hardwire" before?

Hi Stin,

RH-laptop------->LOM-A<->V100_1<->B_serial ------>LOM-A<->V100_2

Once you have connected from RH-laptop--> to LOM-A<->V100_1, you should be able to, from LOM-A<->V100_1<->B_serial, tip hardwire to LOM-A<->V100_2.

I hope this is of help.

Jnike

Thanks guys,


I'm trying it now. I'm using a standard cat5 straight through cable between B-Serial on V100-1 and LOM-A on V100-2.

Do you think that will work?

Ok so I telnet to V100-1.
I log in, and then at the prompt type:

# tip hardwire

When I hit enter I get:
Connected

But then nothing. Nothing I type on the keyboard comes up on the screen.
Any ideas?