Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As a student hiding in the corners and under the stairs on this list i was > wondering why you guys would want to be connecting things to your marvelous > clusters with RS-232 type ports. i mean there's many other ways to interface > right?
Serial connections tend to just work (once you've got them wired correctly), and need no fancy-schmancy OS level custom drivers. And almost every piece of equipment tends to come with a serial port for management and monitoring. Computers, switches, RAID controllers, environment sensors, UPS:es... -- Leif Nixon - Systems expert ------------------------------------------------------------ National Supercomputer Centre - Linkoping University ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
