Re: [IMail Forum] OT: KVM over IP & RemoteReboot

[Eric Shanbrom [Ipswitch]]

If you are just looking to allow a re-boot over the IP/KVM then all you need 
is the cat5 going to the NIC as you would initiate the re-boot from the OS 
(Warm re-boot)...There are also Remote power management appliances that will 
have multiple power outlets that are mapped to the IP's so you can cycle 
power to get the cold re-boot...

Check out http://www.42u.com/kvm-over-ip.htm for #1 and 
http://www.avocent.com/ for both scenarios and good white papers on the 
theoretical solutions

Eric S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:38 PM
Subject: [IMail Forum] OT: KVM over IP & RemoteReboot


Sorry to go OT here, but with so many other hosts/ISPs you guys probably 
know this better than anyone and have dealt with it already....

We're adding about a dozen machines and want to start using KVM/IP and 
equip these guys with remote reboot capabilities.

I've seen KVM/IP boxes - eBay and everywhere else.  What I'm not clear on 
is the module (there must be one) that attaches
to each server so the cat5 can connect.  What do those go for?  Do they 
make the whole proposition too expensive?  Any good values out there?
Don't need "top quality" - most of the boxes just run in the dark.  But 
when we need to access, we want to access and don't want the boxes
to "not boot" because there is no KVM attached to the connectors.

Second, we've about given up on a reasonably priced reboot solution.  Yes, 
APC has managed powerswitches, but for us, we UPS each machine
so "pulling the plug" on one outlet (how the powerswitches reboot a 
machine) is pointless because the UPS between the powerstrip and the PC 
keep it up.
I guess we could do one UPS followed by the powerstrip followed by the 
servers, but what kind of UPS would you need to keep 8 mini-tower Dell 
Poweredges
(300 or 400w PS) up and running?  Again, does that go over the top in 
cost?

Doesn't anyone make a PCI card with a network connection where you can 
send a "magic packet" and tell that PCI card to do a hard reboot of the 
PC?

Thanks in advance
Chris
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