I use the livingston portmasters (now lucent portmasters). I have them authenticate out of radius to get port info. I also set up an access list, so only certain hosts can get to them. I keep that network in a non-routable ip space, such as 192.68.x.x, and all is pretty secure. I combine that with a dns entry for machinename.dm.whatever.com (dm is doormat), and I am in business with telnet machinename.dm, login with the name of the machine, and then enter a password. I know it sounds like a lot to keep up with, but I set it up so that I just create a symlink in the radius configuration area, and a script goes through checks for changes, creates dns entries automatically, and updates radius automatically.
Collin
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 10:34:59AM -0500, Martin Hughes wrote:
Good morning all,
We have 4 clustered F840Cs in our environment. As a backup connection method, we're looking at some type of terminal server that we can connect the filers to that will present the filers serial ports as IP addresses that we can connect to , in order to view the bootup messages etc, with a modem hookup in case of complete network failure. Does anyone else out there have any recommendations on make/model of equipment?
Thanks as always, in advance.
Regards
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