Console Management Servers

[Grant M.]

Kristian Hermansen wrote:
> Yeah, and they are poorly designed.  If you run Windows, they work 
> great.  Under Linux, you will encounter random X/mouse/keyboard 
> freezing.  Also, unless you purchase the more expensive products, you 
> will not be able to send certain sequences of keystrokes, like 
> CTRL-ALT-BKSP or some others that I forget of the top of my head.  The 
> full software client only runs on Windows.  They have a Java web 
> interface, but it is really unpleasant to work with.

Actually, we generally use them for SGIs and Apples only. For Linux we 
buy true enterprise servers with Lights-out optins. Both HP and IBM have 
these, as does Sun. We don't do Windows, and we don't generally do Dell 
unless the customer insists, so we don't ever really run into these issues.

> Also, just a quick question, do any of them support sending sequences 
> like STOP-A for Sun/Solaris?  At least on the model I tested, this was 
> not possible...

You can do this from the ALOM card on a Sun.
Grant M.
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