[68989] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Personal Co-location Registry
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert E. Seastrom)
Sat Mar 20 07:46:36 2004
To: John Todd <jtodd@loligo.com>
Cc: Kelly Setzer <Kelly.Setzer@LiquidChicken.org>, nanog@merit.edu
From: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs@seastrom.com>
Date: 20 Mar 2004 07:45:42 -0500
In-Reply-To: <p06020403bc7f8b7b7b6f@loligo.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
John Todd <jtodd@loligo.com> writes:
> While I do prefer a "real" serial LOM kit (i.e.: Sun Microsystems)
...
> RealWeasel is too expensive (even with the hypothetical NANOG
> discount) though extremely nice. As previously mentioned, I can
> purchase an entire system with serial console built in for that price.
> If I had a vendor-specific piece of equipment that simply did not do
> the Right Thing but was tied to a particular motherboard, then I'd
> consider a RealWeasel.
Weasel, like the sun implementation, allows remote reboot of wedged
machines. This is key, particularly when running on an Intel platform
<cough>. If there are any PC serial console implementations that
allow one to do this, I'd like to hear about it, since I'm not aware
of such. Buying a serial console server *plus* a power cycler fills
my heart with hatred.
---Rob
