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I've seen this implementation before. At my last job, it was a two fold |
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solution. A remote power boot device and a serial console. As for |
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inexpensive, that's a whole other issue. What some people consider |
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expensive doens't match others. |
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If you are looking for a virtual reset button, you should only need to |
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look at the remote power boot devices. Something like this: |
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http://www.avocent.com/web/en.nsf/Content/Cyclades_PM |
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There are definately others out there. We picked this one because of |
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the amp load per circuit and costs. |
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Serial Consoles are a great thing depending on the application and need. |
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If you are managing a set of servers that you can't drive to, or |
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response times are imperative; this can create a suitable solution. |
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This can also be used for remote monitoring during installs via |
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tftpboot/kickstart/diskless image selection. |
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The flipside: This creates additional security considerations. You've |
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just created an additional access point to your machine/s, and aa access |
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point to power remotely. A definate consideration to be applied to the |
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deivce/s you implement. |
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Mark |
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On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 18:32 -0500, 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 adapters? |
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> 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 to |
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> the serial port and hopefully the capability to manually reboot the |
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> 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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> Thanks |
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> -Alex |
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