On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Tollef Fog Heen <tfh...@err.no> wrote: > ]] Aron Xu > >> > IPMI would be lovely, but I'm not sure we can locate a board right now with >> > that - so, we may have to fix remote management with a remotely controlled >> > power/reset box - I believe they exist (something else I've been looking >> > into). If the DSA already use some then I'd be interested to hear which :-) >> >> I don't know if IPMI is available, but there is certain kind of PCI >> device that can help with remotely power on/off the machine controlled >> by SMS. I'm curious if DSA think IPMI is mandatory for buildd and >> porterbox. > > We would very much like «reasonable remote access». Whether that's IPMI > onto a BMC or serial console which can interact with the boot loader and > a network-enabled power strip is less important. Of course, having nice > features like mounting of ISOs over HTTP and such is a nice bonus, but > not a requirement. > > We haven't really talked about how and when it should be enforced, but > I'm reluctant to take on more porter hardware that lacks reasonable > remote management.
I thinlk we could hack a low cost arm like a cubiebox to do that. They are plenty of gpio available and reseting power is only matter or putting on/off a relay... Bonus point it will run debian :) Bastien > -- > Tollef Fog Heen (speaking on behalf of himself, but with a DSA hat) > UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/m2fvrkf16y....@rahvafeir.err.no > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cae2spabklsotzisu+6pw4desx5u5t9db2xdcsamfdvj0w6o...@mail.gmail.com