[Cialug] Serial Cards

[Dave Weis]

I have used PCI cards that have multiple modems on them before.

Matt Patterson wrote:
> Sorry, left out some specs...the machine is an IBM x306 which comes with 
> 1 serial port standard.   This server's main task in life is to be a 
> launching point to connect to just about any subnet on our network.  So 
> there are a lot of tools in place for network testing.  There are also 
> some dial out tests which require modems.  So the serial card will have 
> a modem hanging off of each port.  The current box that the 306 will 
> replace is a 3U box which is 5-6 years old and needs to be retired.  The 
> 306 is a 1U box so moving the existing serial cards over will not give 
> us the capacity that we need.