On Tuesday 15 April 2008 05:51:40 pm Jarod Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 15 April 2008 05:40:08 pm Ahmed Kamal wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > Situation > > ======= > > I'm managing a server in some rural area with too many power cuts! Even > > long power cuts that our ups can't handle, and sometimes flickery power > > spikes, such that evidently sometimes the server reboots, and waits at > > the stupid "check file system" prompts. I get to drive for an hour to fix > > that FS corruption! Now, that machine does not have IPMI management or > > similar, and the serial port is connected to the UPS for auto-shutdown. > > Problem > > ===== > > This leaves me with no "remote" way to fix serious errors such as FS > > checking > > Suggestion > > ======= > > Is there such a thing as remote serial console. I'm thinking *if* the > > kernel gets to boot, then it immediately starts the network interface, > > and a tiny server for sending console messages to whoever is connected. I > > should be able to fix FS corruption and other serious problems. My > > question is, does such a thing exist ? > > Yes. Serial-over-LAN is a feature on many IPMI-equipped systems. I believe > both the OpenIPMI-tools and freeipmi packages have a means by which to > connect to them, but I'm not all that familiar with either one myself. > > $ rpm -qf /usr/sbin/ipmiconsole > freeipmi-0.5.1-3.fc9.x86_64 > > $ ipmiconsole --usage > [...] > > $ rpm -qf /usr/bin/ipmitool > OpenIPMI-tools-2.0.13-2.fc9.x86_64 > > $ ipmitool -h 2>&1 |grep sol > sol Configure and connect IPMIv2.0 Serial-over-LAN > tsol Configure and connect with Tyan IPMIv1.5 Serial-over-LAN > isol Configure IPMIv1.5 Serial-over-LAN
D'oh, pardon my stupidity. I read that as "that machine does have IPMI" instead of does not. Cyclades or similar serial console server hooked to a serial port on the machine is the answer then. -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
