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On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Kelly Setzer wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 09:07:31AM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: > > > > > > In message <[email protected]>, Paul Vixie writes: > > > > > > >> I agree, lack of interactive access to a system prior to a functional OS > > > >> being loaded always seemed like a potential problem area to me, > > > >> particularly for something based on common PC architecture. > > > > > > > >http://www.realweasel.com/ is your friend. (isc has about a dozen of 'em.) > > > > > > > > > > Realweasel is a great idea if you can afford it -- but the PCI version > > > lists for $350, which is as expensive as some used 1U servers on EBay. > > > > Is there an effective alternative? All the intel "servers" these days > > seem to have one of those handy-dandy (note: sarcasm) ethernet ports > > variously called "integrated lights-out (ILO)" or "lights-out > > management (LOM)", etc. > > > > I am dismayed that intel-based server vendors haven't noticed the > > decades-old trend of having serial ports for emergency/remote access. > > serial ports work fine for pc consoles in general, once your bootloader > takes over you can display pretty much everything over there... some > vendors provide options to map the bios display on the serial ports > (supermicro) it's doesn't work for the bioses of some raid controllers > however, a pc-weasel will handle that condition fine,and the pc-weasel can > also do a hardware re-set of the whole machine to restart a hung box... > They don't work so well if you only have one pci slot which you need for a > raid controller or if as I found out recently someone reconfigures the > terminal server and inadvertantly locks you out when you need it most. The pc-weasel does not work in all motherboards also. K
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