Console server
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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
