A lot of true server motherboards can redirect the BIOS console to a serial port, and with Linux or *BSD it's pretty easy to put a login prompt on a serial port.
On top of that a serial terminal server is a *lot* cheaper than an IP KVM. Peter van Houten wrote: > . Keyboard, mouse, USB, LAN and 9 pin serial ports. Serial port??? -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
