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Linux/UNIX server access to your serial consoles anywhere and anytime

Posted by Vivek Gite [Last updated: May 31, 2006]

This article explains howto provide worldwide access to your serial consoles relatively low-cost commodity components running your favorite Unix-variant (Linux) operating system along with an open source software package.

FTA "...Like many computing centers, we recently experienced some growth and needed a way to reduce our space/power/heat footprint in the datacenter. Our use of physical character console and keyboards attached directly to servers has given way to racks filled with high-density headless servers, KVM switches, network cables, and power strips..."

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