I’m going to be putting some servers into a data centre and manage them remotely. That means power control and optionally an IP KVM. Does anyone know the best way to do this? Do I need an IP KVM? What do they do that would mean I use an IP KVM rather than a normal KVM, both if I had to visit or if I worked from home?<\/p>\n
The options I’m looking at at the moment are either some kind of remote power control device, using servers like Sun X2100s<\/a> with either ” \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t Optional System Management Daughter Cards” or “Standard Service Processor with embedded LOM” which use IPMI. Or maybe regular Dell or other servers, with the same kind of cards.<\/p>\n Are these cards any good? Do they work with Linux. Will IPMI 1.5 do what I want or do I need IPMI 2? It’s a minefield I tell ya. Can anyone make recommendations for remote power control devices, or BMC manufacturers and suppliers? What is preferable? A card or a separate device? I don’t know.<\/p>\n Oh yes and all of these servers will be running Linux…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m going to be putting some servers into a data centre and manage them remotely. That means power control and optionally an IP KVM. Does anyone know the best way to do this? Do I need an IP KVM? What … Continue reading