[193456] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Common Reliable Out Of Band Management Options at Carrier Hotels
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Wed Jan 18 10:13:13 2017
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From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:13:09 -0500
In-Reply-To: <761B376D-E2ED-4C78-913D-E69FE52800C9@dino.hostasaurus.com>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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+1 for OpenGear + LTE / cell.
Obviously POTS works and is available in any carrier hotel and not =
insanely expensive.
Also, lots (not all) colocation providers will give you very cheap =
ethernet OOB. (E.g. Our colo gives you GigE for the cost of the xconn + =
2 Mbps 95/5 free.) I would ask before looking at getting a 3G/4G modem. =
Assuming, of course, you are comfortable with the colo provider=E2=80=99s =
network being diverse enough from your own.
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TTFN,
patrick
> On Jan 18, 2017, at 8:55 AM, David Hubbard =
<dhubbard@dino.hostasaurus.com> wrote:
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> Provided you can get a cell signal, we=E2=80=99ve been very happy with =
Opengear boxes. We=E2=80=99d been using their ACM5508 which is eight =
serial ports, two Ethernet, cell. It runs linux, you can ssh into it, =
do fancy things like keep the cell side down and use text messages to =
bring it up if you need to get in, does VPN, PPTP, monitors =
environmental things if needed, etc. They replaced that model with the =
7004 and 7008 (4 or 8 serial). They have console servers if you need =
more ports; we have a 32-port daisy chained to a 5508 in a location we =
had serial growth, but their 7200-series is cell plus high density =
serial in one.
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> In a data center with particularly bad cell reception, Opengear =
recommended getting a high gain antenna from wpsantennas.com. I =
contacted them and the recommendation for my specific use case was a =
Panorama WMMG-7-27. We had it mounted above the overhead infrastructure =
on top of our cage and it dramatically improved the signal to make it a =
non-issue.
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> David
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> On 1/17/17, 4:59 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Darin Herteen" =
<nanog-bounces@nanog.org on behalf of synack@live.com> wrote:
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> Greetings list,
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> We are exploring standardizing our Out Of Band options across our =
network and various off-net locations and the question was brought up =
"What about carrier hotels? What constraints might present themselves at =
those locations?"
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> Assuming each hotel we are located in can provide either Ethernet =
or DSL I'm guessing that is going to come a cost (cross-connects, rack =
space etc..) that might end up being cost prohibitive.
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> So my inquiry is... What does the list find to be a reasonably =
priced yet reliable solution in carrier hotels for OOB? Or is that =
contradictory :)
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> Thoughts on Cellular?
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> Any experience/insight would be appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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> Darin
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