KVMs

[Don]

Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> On Sunday 13 August 2006 06:40 pm, Scott Quinn wrote:
>> Don said
>>
>>> Amusing to think someone will spend $125+/node
>>> just to live WITHOUT a keyboard!  :-(
>> Somewhat disappointing, too. The way you run servers without keyboards is
>> using a serial terminal plugged into a multiplexer. Clean, and

Sure.  But servers aren't workstations.  :-(

As I said, I suspect the reason "my" problem hasn't been
solved adequately/economically/etc. is that the folks who
buy KVM's and the like are running farms of largely
homogenous systems (and only need a console when they
need to figure out why a box doesn't want to boot, etc.)

>> substantially less pricy. No Wizards or other excuses, though - you have to
>> know your stuff for that.
> 
> Serial ports?  Multiplexer?  I just do it over the LAN,  where they're all 
> connected already anyhow...

What do you do when one of your boxes fails to boot?  :>
(and, thus, the network stack isn't up and running).

One port terminal servers can be helpful.  As can newer
boxes that have built in network ready management consoles...