Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution

Mon Dec 7 22:45:58 UTC 2015

On Mon, 2015-12-07 at 22:15 +0000, Erik Sundberg wrote:
> We have one of these nice new and fancy Cisco ASR920-24SZ, just
> realized it doesn't have an RJ45 Console port only USB. When we deploy
> devices at our pop we wire the console port to a terminal\console
> server, well that doesn't work for a usb console device.
> 
> So what is everyone doing for out of band management via the console
> when it's a usb only device?
> Is there something I am missing?
> Is there a console server for USB?
> Does cisco make an USB to RJ45 Jack adapter?

This seems to have the info you need. Looks like that's a USB serial
port, so when you plug into it, your laptop grows a new serial port that
can be used to communicate with the device:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/asr920/hardware/installation/guide/ASR920_HIG/hw_installation.html

According to that there is a USB-to-RJ45 adapter available, but not
supplied with the device.

Regards, K.

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