"Rudderow, Evan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>How does back to back DTCs work?
>
Great, actually.
You need a special cable, that gets connected to the remote
console port on the box and to a modem port on a DTC. You need
OpenView DTC Manager to configure the DTC port as to access a
host. You name the port as if it was a host (e.g. CONS980) and
connect to it from every other DTC prompt (>c CONS980.xxx.yyy).
Of course you have to 'enable remote' at the CM> (CTRL-B) prompt.
 
Works fine for us in the RC here, where we relatively often reboot
systems, and it is nice for console debugging stuff.
It also works with DTC telnet, although the 'telnet>send break' to get
console control is a little nasty to remember.
 
I do not know, if this can be done with the new systems that have the
modem integrated, but maybe you could get it work with a second modem
and an inhouse phone line.
 
>TIA
>
> -- Evan
 
Yaw welcomm',
Goetz.
 
PS: hope me reply isn't outdated, my newsserver seems to be 3 days
    'off the track'; the things you hate with a cheap internet
    provider.