Graeme Chinnery wrote:
> 
> Well those aren't cheap that's for sure...
> and not much use for what i want sadly...
> The only way i can access then is through the net.

The way you do it is to ssh in to a box which is connected
via a serial cable to a RealWeasel in the box you want to
be able to get at the BIOS. Some  server motherboards can
already do what the weasel does - reflect the VGA console
to the serial port during boot. In a normal machine room,
you'd have all of these serial connections concentrated into
something like a Cyclades Z-series:

http://www.cyclades.com/products/z_series.php

(they also do RealWeasel style cards, which I didn't know
until now - the alterpath SM100).

There, 64 machines completely under your control (an APC
masterswitch is also useful, for hard power cycling) through
one PCI slot in a machine you can SSH into from anywhere in
the world.

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