Specifications

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2002, David K. Z. Harris
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Basic Serial Hookups
Ø Console Server connected to the
same LAN with the hosts
Ø Serial connections from the consoles
of each host to the Console Server
H
CS/TS
1 1 2 3 4
H H H
LAN
Async serial
In the most basic configuration, you connect all of the consoles that you care
about to a serial port on a Terminal Server or a Console Server.
Each serial port can be configured for different serial speeds (that is, for any of
the common serial speeds), as well as setting the number of bit, parity, and
stop bits.
In a simple, isolated deployment, the console server would be connected to the
same ethernet network as the hosts. (We’ll discuss other connection options
later in the tutorial.)
The console server could be a host with a multi-port async module, or a
dedicated Console Server device. If the console server is a host, with it’s own
keyboard and mouse and screen, it may not need to be connected to the
network at all.