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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