I recently had a chance to set up and then work with a console server. This was a first for me and so useful a device that I’ve become convinced that any systems administrator with more than a dozen ...

After writing a column two months ago about how wonderfully convenient it is to use console servers to manage otherwise “headless” servers — and from as much distance as you care to put between ...

Do you have a linux server without a keyboard or monitor? Need to administer the server on-site but don't want to lug over a monitor and keyboard (or kvm)? Then setup the server to output the console ...

For years I have been wondering when Cisco would activate the USB ports on their devices. I have been hoping for all kinds of USB functionality to routers, switches, firewalls but Cisco has been slow ...