Re: [foxboro] Anyone using Dell remote access controllers?
- From: "Sweetman, Ian F" <ian.sweetman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:02:46 +0800
Hi Kevin,
I've used the drac5 cards in the past for IP21 servers and the like but
never on an IA machine. I found them to be exceptionally functional as
they gave me long distance access to the machine for reboots etc when
the OS went west.
I am currently using a hardwired redundant KVM solution by Avocent to
use a group of rack mounted IA machines from within the control room
area only. I think you are looking for a more remote solution than that
though.
When I started looking at this a while back I deliberately stayed away
from the IP based solutions for the digital security implications so
would be very interested to hear how others have addressed this issue as
I might be persuaded to go that route for my next incarnation of remote
access.
Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Corey R Clingo
Sent: Thursday, 11 November 2010 2:21 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Anyone using Dell remote access controllers?
I've been playing with these:
http://www.lantronix.com/it-management/kvm-over-ip/securelinx-spider.htm
l
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:
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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
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