All, I have a remote server in another country behind a firewall on a network I don't control. Occasionally, we have a need to support the server when it is failing to boot all the way to the OS -- the server wants to do a disk scan, software raid issue, or some such thing. I've googled and read up a bit on IPMI and also KVM over IP devices. SpiderDuo talks about doing this in their manual, but the manual seems to refer to a device/software program that they no longer offer to get through the firewall. I can't see anybody else offering solutions to the firewall problem. There isn't any chance of me getting the firewall admin to forward ports for me.
A clunky way would be to do IPMI and then have some sort of tiny linux box/device attached to the remote server that has a vpn connection back to us. Or, find a KVM over IP that can punch through the firewall. Anybody aware of an elegant way to do this? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
