Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:58:38 -1000 From: NetOpsCenter <noc@hdk5.net> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Subject: Re: KVM over IP (Was: Re: adding keyboard after reboot with no keyboard) ... Message-ID: <461D4BFE.80807@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <0FC87C0D2B43ABA3F0CECCAD@ganymede.hub.org> References: <DB1C681FBA350242795277B4@ganymede.hub.org> <6.0.0.22.2.20070410100710.025273c8@mail.computinginnovations.com> <0FC87C0D2B43ABA3F0CECCAD@ganymede.hub.org>
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Marc G. Fournier wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > > >Does anyone know of a reasonably priced one? Our newer servers, we've been >using HP servers, so that we have this built in, but I have 6 older servers >that I'd love to be able to deal with remotely without headaches ... I only >need to be able to access one at a time ... > >I've tried the 'serial console' route, but if the server crashes, logging in to >the serial console doesn't show you anything, whereas, with the HP 'remote >console' feature, its the same as a KVM, where running it does a screen >refresh, so that I can see what is on the screen at the time of the crash ... > > >- --On Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:09:37 -0500 Derek Ragona ><derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote: > > > >>At 09:55 AM 4/10/2007, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >> >> >>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> >>>I hate it when a subject doesn't easily present itself ... but ... >>> >>>Is there something that I'm missing, such that if I add a keyboard to a >>>server >>>*after* rebooting it with no keyboard, that will have that keyboard >>>recognized? >>> >>>Basically, I have several remote servers, with no keyboards, but if I need a >>>tech to check something on the console (ie. the ethernet went down for some >>>reason), when they plug a keyboard back in again, there is no signal until >>>they >>>actually power cycle the machine ... which of course, is too late to do any >>>diagnosis :( >>> >>>Thx ... >>> >>> >>This is a limitation of the hardware in the keyboards and the motherboards. >>The only solution I have found is to use a KVM switch which keeps the >>keyboard and mouse ports active during bootups. >> >> -Derek >> >>-- >>This message has been scanned for viruses and >>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >>believed to be clean. >>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > > >- ---- >Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) >Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org >Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) > >iD8DBQFGG+F94QvfyHIvDvMRAkjPAJ4yR6MUTVjCSsPAhuip/EBDXoG2vgCg2HJo >uC5J2RdkeqD1D8Lm92QHjpI= >=Pn4r >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Aloha, Reasonably priced in US $ You can get a KVM switch from Newegg.com for a little over $100. US. Hawking Technology CS168 8 Port is what we installed in our rack here. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + noc@hdk5.net + + http://internetohana.org - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* + "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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