Originally posted by: praguer

I hope I am not totally OT but do not know where to turn otherwise.

I have a rack 9115-505 at a server hosting place and need an emergency access to "console" as if I were there, plugged into the serial port with a terminal. The hosting provider initially promised this but they have no other RS/6000 and do not know how|if to connect.

I have the ASM working over ethernet but that is not what I need. I there a way of accessing the server's console interface over the net?
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Originally posted by: j.gann

some solutions:

• connect a second machine via serial cable to the 505 and use a terminal program
• buy or make the provider buy a specialized console server (cyclades by avocent.com is quite common)
• buy an HMC

Joachim
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Originally posted by: praguer

> connect a second machine via serial cable to the 505 and use a terminal program

Yes, that is what I do when I am physically at the server

> buy or make the provider buy a specialized console server (cyclades by avocent.com is quite common)
> buy an HMC

These are too expensive solutions. I was hoping for something like a router with a serial connection to the server
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Originally posted by: HajoEhlers

my p510 has a serial connection via a USB/serial devices from a linux box and i use minicom to access the p510 serial console.
There might exist also straight serial to lan converter.

hth
Hajo
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Originally posted by: esv

they are called terminal servers, we use several to maintain access to our servers in the remote locations they are good, helpful, life savers and many other things but cheap.

good luck,
esv.
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Originally posted by: HajoEhlers

> they are called terminal servers,
i know but the linux box is working also as NIMOL server so one server less in a rack and i have to pay for HE.
In case i would have to support more servers i would of course go for a Terminal server but the OP statet that they have only one server.

@OP
Ask your hosting provider if they provide remote serial access via net or telefon. Afaik most of them do. grukrz1 already pointed out the physical parameter.
cheers
Hajo
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

May be you can do that by connecting your local machine in hosting place network, and then try some graphical application to take terminals for i.e Xmanager or Reflection.
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Originally posted by: grukrz1

hi,

did you try these settings on your pc?

• 19200 bits per second

– 8 data bits
– No parity
– 1 stop bit
– Xon/Xoff flow control
btw. maybe when the system was previously managed by HMC (and was partitioned) is should be somehow reset to forgot HMC??

I also remember that ASCI terminal for ASMI was only available when the system was in the standby state and was not available during run time. Maybe it is somehow linked to an LPAR console?

Maybe chapter 2.1 would be helpful for you (be careful): http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4061.pdf
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Originally posted by: grukrz1

Note from redp4138.pdf:

Note: When an HMC is connected to the system, the two system serial ports are disabled.
If serial ports are required, you can order one of the following asynchronous adapters: FC
2943 (8-port) or FC 5723 (2-port).

and...

Link: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0480.html
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Originally posted by: praguer

Thanks for the responses. I may have not explained myself clearly enough.

1) I do not have HMC
2) I do have Advanced System Management (Access over https works)

All I really want to do is to be able to login the system console over the Internet in cases where the AIX has problems starting multiuser.
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