http://opengear.com/solutions/smart-out-band-management Out-of-Band Management - Opengear<http://opengear.com/solutions/smart-out-band-management> opengear.com Smart OOB™ is out-of-band access, management, auto-response and remediation for network resilience raised to a new level. The continued exponential growth and ... we are in the processes of procurement and deployment of some of the product type in link above. --pete ________________________________ From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 10:40:51 AM To: David Bass Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: Cellular enabled console server I've been toying with the FreeTSERV stuff. Ping me if you are interested in some boards Jared Mauch
On Feb 26, 2017, at 10:48 AM, David Bass <davidbass570@gmail.com> wrote:
I tried to build one in the past, but didn't have much success. Anyone successfully built some and willing to give details?
On Feb 26, 2017, at 9:07 AM, nanog_maillinglist <nanog@lodpp.net> wrote:
Hi.
I use lots of opengears boxes - mainly the Console Manager range 41xx then 71xx for "big location" with more than 8 consoles needed 550x when it's less than 8. We use them only as out-of-band access when either we have inband pbm or when a intervention is risky - so no fancy feature is needed here ( hense the CM71xx range.. )
I tried from them a cellular one ( 5504 I guess back in the days ) but the cellular cover wasn't great in the particular DC i've tested it. + it was hard to get a cellular with static IP .... So I stayed with small/cheap 10mb access for that box.
short feedback: + It just works - no hardware issues so far ( in years ) - software stable. + ZTP also works okay for provisionning with XML config ( I do it with Ansible/Jinja2 ) + Support ready to help - even though we are not a huge buyer, they provide us the feature we needed right quick ( beeing able to touch the serial config as a "user" instead of admin + cisco pinout by default - no overcharge if you want the classic serial rs232 pinout
- From my test, provisionning is limited to a basic config - I couln't make it work buy generating the whole setup in the .opg images. So I generated basic XML config file to make the box pings then i use ansible in RAW SSH for post-deploy. - No python on the box so for every-day update/config I need to use ansible in raw SSH mode - which is a bit dumb in 2016/17 :) - Still no that cheap for a rasp like base box
Cheers, Nico
-----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces+nanog=lodpp.net@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ben Bartsch Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 5:09 PM To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Cellular enabled console server
NANOG - Are any of you running a console server to access your network equipment via a serial connection at a remote site? If so, what are you using and how much do you like it? I have a project where I need to stand up over 100 remote sites and would like a backdoor to the console just to be able to see what's going on with the equipment to hopefully avoid a truck roll for something simple like a hung device. I need 4 console ports and 1 RJ45 ethernet jack. My quick Google search landed me at BlackBox LES1204A-3G-R2, but I've never actually used such a device. This would be for use in the USA.
Thank you in advance.
-ben