On 11 February 2012 17:52, Tapas Mishra <[email protected]> wrote: > What I am looking for is some thing like a service console similar to IDRAC > of Dell Power edge (if available for Ubuntu) > or any software where in Wake On Lan with a special key combination can boot > my desired OS. DRAC/ILO/Similar out-of-band management options are not software as such, they are firmware which runs alongside, providing the user with a network address and capabilities for remote access. Whey you are at grub selection menu, there's no networking available yet. Look for outside-grub solutions. As mentioned, you can always boot into a small OS and initiate the next one. If all you have is a cheap off-the-shelf desktop PC with no out of band management capability, try using a networked KVM, there are stand-alone versions where you plug USB and mouse and plug it into the switch and do a remote desktop / vnc into it. If you have plenty of these desktop-servers, invest in a rackmount networked KVM, they work pretty well.
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