From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 21 12:31:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0303416A4DD for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:31:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F9A243D77 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:31:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from collaborativefusion.com (mx01.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.201]) (TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:31:28 -0400 id 00056415.44E9A7A0.000041DE Received: from Internal Mail-Server (206.210.89.202) by mx01 (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 21 Aug 2006 08:25:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:31:27 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: ke han Message-Id: <20060821083127.cacf03ee.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <38C16C5A-183F-4086-B1FB-C60BACEE8810@redstarling.com> References: <38C16C5A-183F-4086-B1FB-C60BACEE8810@redstarling.com> Organization: Collaborative Fusion X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: remote access solutions for rebuild world ?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:31:39 -0000 In response to ke han : > I am about to purchase a new server for FreeBSD 6.1. For rebuilding > world, I will need secure remote access to the server while booting > in order to startup in single user mode. > What solutions do other user recommend for this? Any particular > favored than others? Specific hardware recommendations are welcome. > thanks, ke han If you purchase a server with a serial port (not USB) you can set up a console server and use a serial console. Dell has the "Dell Remote Access Card" (DRAC) option available for most of their servers, I'd assume that other vendors have similar capabilities. HTH. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.