Can you do a bare metal remote install with a remote virtual CD with the supermicro cards? I could not really tell if it was possible by reading the manual/specs. If so, how long would something like that take compared to a local CD?
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:17 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk Digium Hardware Question HP calls them ILO now. Anyone who thinks DRAC or ILO is just KVM over IP plus power management has never used a DRAC or ILO. With the ILO, you can load an operating system remotely. From scratch. Without anyone putting a CD in. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Bunch Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:18 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk Digium Hardware Question Well, yes and no. KVM over IP is one thing. Remote managment is another. One thing remote managment gives yoiu that KVP/IP is power managment. I can control the main power from the managment interface like the DRAC cards. The APC power strip along with a KVM/IP would seems to have all of the features of a true llight out managment solution. Dell has DRAC and Compaq used to be called InSight cards. I don't knwo what HP/Compaq calls them now. alabun shadowym 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >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 >>>_______________________________________________ >>>--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- >>> >>>asterisk-biz mailing list >>>To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > >_______________________________________________ >--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >asterisk-biz mailing list >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
