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On Saturday 02 September 2006 18:32, Alex wrote: |
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> Sorry if this is a little OT, but I thought it might be an appropriate |
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> question for this audience... |
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> Has anyone had much experience with RS232 (serial) <-> Ethernet |
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> adapters? Or what do you use to remotely manage a Linux server? |
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> I'm looking for something inexpensive that will give me remote access |
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> to the serial port and hopefully the capability to manually reboot |
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> the machine (e.g. push the reset button). |
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> I've recently seen how GRUB and the Linux console can be directed to a |
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> serial port, and I was quite impressed... |
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Don't know if I can help you on the "inexpensive" front. I've tried what |
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you're asking and was never able to get it to work, but network managed |
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power distribution boxes in the racks work well for literally "pushing |
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the reset button" and causing a hard reboot when a server is good and |
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truly locked up. Other than that, ssh usually doesn't fail unless the |
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server is really really messed up. |
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Regards, |
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- Brian |
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