more on reinitialization

I am currently testing conserver on a SUN E220 with a Lantronix scs4805
using openssh v3. If I start up 4 connections at a time, all 48 sessions
connect without a problem, resulting in 14 conserver processes. However,
when I attempt to bring up all 48 at once, the system is hammered for
four-plus minutes while conserver reinitializes the connections, generating
13,000 plus messages into the conserver log file such as these:

conserver (4609): port38: exit(255) [Mon Dec  9 17:48:54 2002]
conserver (4609): port38: automatic reinitialization [Mon Dec  9 17:48:54
2002]
conserver (4540): port2: exit(255) [Mon Dec  9 17:48:54 2002]
conserver (4540): port2: automatic reinitialization [Mon Dec  9 17:48:54
2002]
conserver (4589): port17: exit(255) [Mon Dec  9 17:48:54 2002]
conserver (4589): port17: automatic reinitialization [Mon Dec  9 17:48:54
2002]
conserver (4609): port38: exit(255) [Mon Dec  9 17:48:54 2002]
conserver (4609): port38: automatic reinitialization [Mon Dec  9 17:48:54
2002]

After four minutes, conserver calms down and all 48 connections are valid.
But obviously I'd like to bring all 48 up quietly and efficiently. So I'd
certainly appreciate help in resolving this. Here are some typical  .cf
entries

port45:|/usr/bin/ssh -l <user> <TS.IP> -t "direct 45"
::/var/log/console/port45.log:1hab:
port46:|/usr/bin/ssh -l <user> <TS.IP> -t "direct 46"
::/var/log/console/port46.log:1hab:
port47:|/usr/bin/ssh -l <user> <TS.IP> -t "direct 47"
::/var/log/console/port47.log:1hab:
port48:|/usr/bin/ssh -l <user> <TS.IP> -t "direct 48"
::/var/log/console/port48.log:1hab: