Console server

Sentinel32, with 2 power supplies

Connecting to the SCS

Use ssh scs-ext.wikimedia.org

SCS commands

• connecting to a server in interactive mode: connect server_name
• connecting to a server in monitor mode: monitor server_name
• escape interactive mode: Esc + A (uppercase)
• sending a break: Esc + B (uppercase)
• symlinks to the serial ports and their buffers: /lsi/ports
• save saves configuration changes to non-volatile memory
• lsp lists the serial ports and their names
• lsc lists active connections
• stty configures serial port parameters, but to make the changes permanent, /etc/rc.d/rc.serial must be edited
• to rename a port: stty -F /lsi/ports/port23 --name=zwinger
• to clear a port buffer: stty --clear -F /lsi/ports/buf_name
• read chapter 9 of the manual (linked below) for more

The port connectors are in four chunks of 8 ports, upper and lower rows of four. In each chunk the bottom four ports are labelled 1-4 and top 5-8. Leftmost chunk is ports 1-8, then 9-16, 17-24 and 25-32:

5/5 6/6 7/7 8/8  5/13 6/14 7/15 8/16  5/21 6/22 7/23 8/24  5/29 6/30 7/31 8/32
1/1 2/2 3/3 4/4  1/ 9 2/10 3/11 4/12  1/17 2/18 3/19 4/20  1/25 2/26 3/27 4/28 

links

• [www.thinklogical.com Think Logical (manufacturer)
• FAQ
• manual http://www.thinklogical.com/support/manuals/scsManual.pdf
• software updates ftp://ftp.thinklogical.com/SCS/updates/