Chris: I've personally used spiders, they are fantastic! A bit pricy but worth every penny. We also attach Digi ConnectPort's to all our BGP routers and connect via cellular to the console port for OOB. http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Digi-ConnectPort-CP-WAN-B311-3G-Wireless-WAN-Router/5669097/product.html#none
-Bret On Jul 16, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Chris Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
