Is this problem solvable?
Bill Davidsen
davidsen at tmr.com
Mon Jan 12 02:04:17 UTC 2009
Frank Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:43:18 -0500
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
>
>> IBM sells a card called RSA which has its own network connection, and which can
>> provide console access, machine status, and reboot via system message or power
>> cycle on command.
>
> The "big hammer" approach:
>
> http://www.webpowerswitch.com/
>
>
Depends on what the problem is, RSA gives console access and the ability to
reboot a running kernel cleanly, useful if the network connection is down for
some reason, but a clean reboot is desirable.
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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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