[169358] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: out of band management gear
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Carpenter)
Fri Feb 21 15:28:07 2014
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:27:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@network1.net>
To: Richard Hesse <richard.hesse@weebly.com>
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Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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OpenGear's newer stuff is Gigabit (SFP even).
I've not seen any real switch made in the last decade that has a problem with 100Mb/s connections. Ancient cisco, maybe had issues.
thanks,
-Randy
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Randy Carpenter
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----- Original Message -----
> We're really pleased with the Perle IOLAN line. They even have a gigabit
> port without a $10k price tag. Amazing!
>
> It really dumbfounds me why so many vendors are still putting 10/100
> Ethernet ports on their OOB management (looking at you OpenGear).
> Especially a PITA today since many switchports today don't support links
> speeds less than a gigabit.
>
> -richard
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Hank Disuko <gourmetcisco@hotmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> > I wonder if anyone has good experiences to share with out-of-band hardware?
> > I'm looking for a good OOB hardware vendor. I need to manage my
> > routers/switches/firewalls in a datacenter located overseas, and I'm
> > looking to setup a good serial console server via an OOB link.
> > I've been looking at Lantronix, OpenGear, Raritan...but they all seem to
> > have the same basic features. I'm having trouble really differentiating
> > them.
> > I'm interested in analog modem, cellular options for my OOB link. Or even
> > a secondary internet circuit either wired or wifi if the DC has that option
> > available.
> > Any good suggestions or experiences with a current OOB solution out there?
> > What are you doing for your OOB management?
> > thanks,Hank
>
>
