[asterisk-biz] Asterisk Digium Hardware Question

[shadowym]

That would be a KVM over IP.  They are still kind of pricey but Supermicro
has a card that works with some of their boards that is inexpensive but a
separate KVM over IP is a better solution if you can afford it IMHO. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Lyndon-Smith [mailto:asterisk at dotr.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:36 AM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk Digium Hardware Question

When I mean "remote console" I mean exactly that. from a web browser I can
see the machine go through the bios startup (and go to the bios if I need),
press F1 is some bastard has left a unbootable floppy in the drive, IOW do
anything I would normally do if I was sitting at the machine itself.

This means I can lock the server away in a rack and not need a keyboard or
screen attached to reboot / change bios / change boot order etc

In fact the drac also has a nifty utility where you can remotely attach
devices (for example, my floppy cd) and the server thinks that they are
attached to the server, even when the server is rebooting.

Julian.

Michael Welter wrote:
> For remote systems, we use an APC power strip.  Each outlet has its 
> own IP address.  From a browser one may control the power at each 
> outlet. We use ssh and sftp for maintenance--it's not a good thing to 
> run X on an Asterisk server.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
>> Michael Welter wrote:
>>> I've been installing Asterisk with Tyan motherboards for years and 
>>> have yet to have a problem.  Specifically, I use the S2865 MB which 
>>> provides an AMD 939 socket.  AMD provides a wide range of CPUs for 
>>> the 939 socket, including dual core.  The board has dual NIC and 
>>> on-board RAID.
>>>
>>> For customers requiring a rack mount server, I use the Tyan GT20, a 
>>> 1U barebones server with the same MB.  Add a CPU, RAM, and SATA 
>>> drives to suit.  It has room for one PCI card, which is usually a 
>>> digium T1 card.
>>
>> One thing I love about the dell and hp servers are the remote lights 
>> out / drac cards that are available. Being able to remotely view the 
>> console across a VPN and power-cycle the machine is such a great comfort.
>>
>> Are there any cards for "vanilla" servers that perform a similar 
>> (remote console / remote power) function ?
>>
>>>
>>> I am in the business of building turn-key Asterisk servers as well 
>>> as complete telephone systems.  Please call me if you would like a
quote.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
>> Julian
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