Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:11:57 -0300 From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: KVM over IP (Was: Re: adding keyboard after reboot with no keyboard) ... Message-ID: <0FC87C0D2B43ABA3F0CECCAD@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070410100710.025273c8@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <DB1C681FBA350242795277B4@ganymede.hub.org> <6.0.0.22.2.20070410100710.025273c8@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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-----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-----
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