Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 10:56:39 +0000 From: Guy Dawson <guy@crossflight.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for remote console access card that works with FreeBSD Message-ID: <40276767.40600@crossflight.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040208132440.U31039@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: <40225A27.7030208@mindspring.com> <20040208132440.U31039@gaff.hhhr.ision.net>
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Olaf Hoyer wrote: > On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Richard Coleman wrote: > > >>I'm looking for a remote console card that will work with FreeBSD 5.2 or >>-current. The machine is a Dell Poweredge 2450. >> >>By remote console card, I'm referring to a PCI card that uses a separate >>network connection so that you can remotely access the equivalent of a >>serial console via a web browser or telnet/ssh session. Essentially, I >>need to have remote access to single user mode on a collocated box. > > > Hi! > > Well, there are basically two solutions to this issue: > > 1) What you describe above, is a remote management card. Dell > manufactures > such ones, have a look for DRAC: > > http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/power/en/ps2q02_bell > > These are similar to Compaq iLO etc... (I never worked with them, > because we deployed solution #2) We're using a couple of eRIC cards in a Netware Server and a DOS PC. They work very well and we'd buy more if we needed them. Not cheep but very useful for us. More info at http://www.peppercon.com http://www.peppercon.com/remoteboards.html Guy -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Guy Dawson I.T. Manager Crossflight Ltd guy@crossflight.co.uk 07973 797819 01753 776104 ********************************************************************** This email contains the views and opinions of a Crossflight Limited employee and at this stage are in no way a direct representation of Crossflight Limited. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. To ensure the integrity and appropriate use of its email system, Crossflight Limited reserves the right to examine any email held on its email system or sent to or from it. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. We strongly recommend that you check this email with your own virus software as Crossflight Limited will not be held responsible for any damage caused by viruses as a result of opening this email. **********************************************************************
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