nate wrote: > Some management systems have additional options which include full > VGA KVM abilities, I have a demo Dell box with DRAC 5 which has this > ability though I haven't been able to get it to work. HP systems > have this ability as well but require an additional ~$300 license > add on(iLO Advanced), whereas remote serial console is free. That > and the remote KVM stuff usually requires a browser or a special > client, whereas remote serial console can be done in text mode > (the before mentioned system running DRAC5 allows me to SSH into > it and connect to the serial console that way). > DRAC 4 or 5 remote console shoudl work just fine, I've used it quite regularlly... the client needs a web browser with java 1.4 or 1.5 enabled as they use a java VNC implementation to 'remote' the ATI VGA. this gives you a remote CD and floppy as well as graphical VGA. the remote CD can either be the client systems actual CD drive, or it can be an ISO file.