[OSM-dev] Dev is down

[Nick Hill]

Hello Robert

This could have helped with tilegen whose NICs became unresponsive, but not with 
dev. Lights out cards would have got both up and running.

Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
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> Nick Hill wrote:
>> I have been looking at remote lights out cards on ebay. There are a few HP/CPQ 
>> cards at good prices, but need to verify they'll work on regular hardware.
>>
>> An RLO card enables remote control of a machine obviating the need for human 
>> presence except where hardware upgrades are needed.
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> Do you have a serial console set up? If the machines have more than one
> serial port, each machine could at as a serial console server for the
> next - all you would need is a null modem cable for each one.
> If you have only one serial port on each machine, you could use USB to
> serial cables - put the console on the real serial port, and monitor it
> with a USB connection from another machine.
> 
> Robert (Jamie) Munro