[TriLUG] remote hardware management

[Matt Pusateri]

<shameless employer plug>

http://www.raritan.com

They do power strips(pcs8 or pcs20) that tie into kvm's(serial
consoles), for remote power control, they have serial consoles
(Dominion SX), they have a combo kvm/serial consoles over IP(Dominion
KSX), KVM over IP(Dominion KX), etc...

</shameless employer plug>

Matt P.


On Tue, September 5, 2006 8:34 pm, Jason Tower wrote:
> i'm reaching the point where i have a significant number of servers at
> my
> colo facility.  it has become evident that i could use two things:
>
> 1. a way to access multiple hosts via serial, that way i can
> communicate
> with them even when networking fails, or i iptables myself out by
> mistake,
> or sshd dies, etc.  something that takes up only 1u of space, can
> provide
> serial access to ~16 machines, and accepts ssh connections.  the other
> option is an IP kvm switch but that seems like a clunky alternative.
>
> 2. a way to power cycle hardware in a worst case scenario.  something
> like
> an intelligent power strip that can be accessed via ssh or serial that
> allow
> individual control of outlets.
>
> i know these devices exist, i just don't have any firsthand experience
> with
> them to know what works well and what doesn't.  any suggestions or
> recommendations would be welcome.
>
> jason
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