I tend to think that cash may not be a problem since I was asked into investigating some of those network remote power control (I think they're called) devices. I saw some on the net starting a around $300.00 - $800.00. I'm not sure if CDN or USD.
I will check into this type of card for sure. Thanks Dave. On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 20:38, Kevin Anderson wrote: > If you have the cash, Compaq makes a Remote Insight Card that is unbeatable. > > I can currently make changes even to the BIOS of a server, all remotely. > Power on, Power off, etc is pretty easy. Actually, I can even remotely load > a floppy disk, It's a bit of a pain to create the virtual disk, but once > created, you're golden. > > I'm not sure if they work in Non-Compaq equipment, but Dell has similar > cards, and I would expect most manufacturers do. > > Kev. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. Rafael Sánchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:51 PM > Subject: (clug-talk) Remote power on/off/reboot products - recommendations? > > > > Hi all, > > Has anyone used remote power control devices that allow you to turn a > > lockedup Linux system back on when a crash occur? > > If you have, do you have any recommendations? Is there any brand, or type > > that you would recommend? > > > > I'm thinking about implementing something like this for two or three of my > > most important linux systems. Any suggestions will be well recieved and > > appreciated. Thank you very much. > > > > Raf. > > > > > > J.Rafael.Sánchez > > Systems Administrator > > Itres Research Limited > > www.itres.com > > P.403.250.9944 > > F.403.250.9916 > > > > > >
