[asterisk-biz] Asterisk Digium Hardware Question

[Steve Totaro]

Great find.  It looks just like the units I have used in the past they 
had to be wired directly to a 1U box.

Thanks,
Steve
www.asteriskhelpdesk.com

Bruce Reeves wrote:
> Not all KVMoIP are that big, I just got a spider last week and it is 
> awesome.
>
> http://www.lantronix.com/data-center-management/kvm-solutions/securelinx-spider.html 
> <http://www.lantronix.com/data-center-management/kvm-solutions/securelinx-spider.html>
>
> On 5/2/07, *Glenn Campbell* <wcampbell at netstarsolutions.com 
> <mailto:wcampbell at netstarsolutions.com>> wrote:
>
>     Most IP KVM's require at least 1U of space for the KVM server. 
>     So, if you are looking for colo for this server, I would suggest
>     an IPMI (If using a supermicro) 
>
>     http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/SIM.cfm
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     On 5/2/07, *shadowym* < shadowym at hotmail.com
>     <mailto:shadowym at hotmail.com>> 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
>         <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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