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I purchase a basic 9 year old server (2*Amplicon Ventrix computers, a generic 1u 8port kvm switch and a 16u flight case) along with a cheap hardware firewall (nokia ip350) and some other components and am wondering how best to configure the firewall.

it has a db9 console port on it, and I remember reading in the manual for another component I was looking at that you can connect a console port to a kvm and control it using the kvm. my kvm does have a console on/off option in its settings so would that be something I could do, just using a db9 to db15 cable, or will I need a db9 to usb cable to configure via a shell on a computer?

in case you are wondering. Currently the kvm uses a 15 pin d-sub cable to 2*ps2 and a vga. I'm only saying db15 since its including the mouse and keyboard control connections.

any help would be great.

James Ray
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You can't connect a serial port (DE-9) to a VGA port (DE-15).

The IP350 has an out-of-band, serial console port that you can connect to another serial port. Most Keyboard-Video-Mouse switches don't support serial ports, so you have two solutions:

  1. Use a COM server that will provide connectivity between the serial port and the network. Essentially, you're using the network to extend a serial connection.
  2. Preferrably, use an in-band console connection via SSH (or telnet) to the firewall, requiring no extra hardware. The firewall will need an IP address on the network from which it is accessed.
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