[asterisk-biz] Asterisk Digium Hardware Question

[Alan Bunch]

Well,

yes and no.  KVM over IP is one thing.  Remote managment is another.  
One thing remote managment gives yoiu that KVP/IP is power managment.  I 
can control the main power from the managment interface like the DRAC 
cards.  The APC power strip along with a KVM/IP would seems to have all 
of the features of a true llight out managment solution.  Dell has DRAC 
and Compaq used to be called InSight cards.  I don't knwo what HP/Compaq 
calls them now.

alabun

shadowym wrote:

>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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