Re: [foxboro] Anyone using Dell remote access controllers?
- From: Dave Coyle <dhcoyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:00:06 -0500
Corey R Clingo <corey.clingo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I've been playing with these:
>
>http://www.lantronix.com/it-management/kvm-over-ip/securelinx-spider.html
>
>
>About $300. It's a little Linux (I suspect) embedded computer with an
>Ethernet port, USB and PS/2 keyboard and mouse plugs, and a VGA cable. The
>VGA is internally connected to a frame grabber, so you can remotely
>control any PC at a hardware level.
>
>
>It's not bad over a LAN, though sometimes I have to kill/restart the
>viewer because the colors are funky. Don;t know how it'd be over a WAN; I
>need to try it. It uses a proprietary Java viewer that appears to be
>based on the VNC Java viewer.
>
>
>There's a variant that also allows a local keyboard and monitor to be
>simultaneously connected.
>
>
>A similar product I'm interested in (because it uses standard VNC as the
>viewer) is this, but I haven't tried it yet:
>
>
>http://us.startech.com/product/SV1115IPEXT-1-Port-Server-Remote-Control-KVM-over-IP-with-Virtual-Media-and-Serial-Control
>
>
>It's about twice as expensive, though.
>
>
>Ultimately if you have Dell servers the DRAC cards might be better, but I
>needed this capability on a variety of machines.
>
>
>Corey Clingo
>BASF Corp.
>
>
>
>
>From:
>Kevin Fitzgerrell <fitzgerrell@xxxxxxxxx>
>To:
>"foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date:
>11/10/2010 12:29 AM
>Subject:
>[foxboro] Anyone using Dell remote access controllers?
>Sent by:
>foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>I've been looking for good solutions to manage my Foxboro servers
>remotely,
>wondering if anyone is using drac5 or idrac6 cards in their IA boxes.
>Cheers,
>
>Kevin
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________________________________
>This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process
>Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at
>your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html
>
>foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro
>to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join
>to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave
>
_______________________________________________________________________
This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process
Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at
your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html
foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro
to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join
to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave
Other related posts:
