On 8/18/22 04:21, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
Hi,
is it possible to run a console on a USB port of a headless server?
The system is a Dell T20 machine
https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/threads/dell-poweredge-t20.1031138/
(the page is in German, but I am not aware of an English version with a
sim
On Thu, 18 Aug 2022, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
Hi,
is it possible to run a console on a USB port of a headless server?
The system is a Dell T20 machine
https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/threads/dell-poweredge-t20.1031138/
(the page is in German, but I am not aware of an English version with a
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 06:28:56PM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> Ah, I see, getting USB up early might be a problem.
>
> Would a native serial interface on a PCI card be a better solution?
Same problem, different interface.
You need UART that's soldered on the motherboard. Sadly, there's no
subst
On Thu, 2022-08-18 at 16:48 +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
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> I am wondering if ready-made usb-to-usb solutions exist, which contain the
> conversion to serial and back to usb internally
I just googled 'usb null modem cable' and got this:
https://ftdichip.com/products/usb-nmc-2-5m/
which is ava
Hi.
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 04:48:34PM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> I am wondering if ready-made usb-to-usb solutions exist, which contain the
> conversion to serial and back to usb internally
I cannot call it "ready-made", but there's something similar - [1] which
may solve your pr
Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> is it possible to run a console on a USB port of a headless server?
Yes and no.
The T20 doesn't seem to have iDRAC (IPMI) support, so BIOS/UEFI
is not available through a serial console.
The first time you have an opportunity for a serial console is in GRUB;
then again yo
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