[asterisk-biz] Asterisk Digium Hardware Question

[Steve Totaro]

I cannot find pricing or ordering info on the site.  How much was it and 
where can I buy in the US?

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

Steve Totaro wrote:
> 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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>>
>>     --     W. Glenn Campbell
>>     wcampbell at netstarsolutions.com 
>> <mailto:wcampbell at netstarsolutions.com>
>>     Netstar Solutions, LLC.
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>> Bruce Reeves
>> Nortex Networks
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