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They do power strips(pcs8 or pcs20) that tie into kvm's(serial consoles), for remote power control, they have serial consoles (Dominion SX), they have a combo kvm/serial consoles over IP(Dominion KSX), KVM over IP(Dominion KX), etc... </shameless employer plug> Matt P. On Tue, September 5, 2006 8:34 pm, Jason Tower wrote: > i'm reaching the point where i have a significant number of servers at > my > colo facility. it has become evident that i could use two things: > > 1. a way to access multiple hosts via serial, that way i can > communicate > with them even when networking fails, or i iptables myself out by > mistake, > or sshd dies, etc. something that takes up only 1u of space, can > provide > serial access to ~16 machines, and accepts ssh connections. the other > option is an IP kvm switch but that seems like a clunky alternative. > > 2. a way to power cycle hardware in a worst case scenario. something > like > an intelligent power strip that can be accessed via ssh or serial that > allow > individual control of outlets. > > i know these devices exist, i just don't have any firsthand experience > with > them to know what works well and what doesn't. any suggestions or > recommendations would be welcome. > > jason > -- > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
