[TriLUG] Re: console access through serial port?

[John Abreau]

Rodent of Unusual Size <Ken.Coar at golux.com> writes:

> Rrr.. one of my servers is requiring intervention (read: rebooting)
> on an almost daily basis now.  This leads to two questions:
> 
> 1. Is there any way to get access to the console through the
>    serial port?  I have another system that does this for VMS
>    and T64U systems (anyone remember VCS?), but it's unclear
>    to me whether Linux supports it -- and, if so, how I can
>    set it up.  I basically want to be able to give an irresistable
>    three finger salute through the serial port if need be, to
>    *force* a crash/reboot.

If the system is hung, rebooting like this won't work. There's another 
option I found about a year ago: power strips you can telnet into and
selectively toggle the power to the machine.

A quick google search turned this up:

    http://www.dataprobe.com/power/iboot.html


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