Am 29.06.2011 um 22:15 schrieb Emmanuel Noobadmin: > On 6/30/11, Rainer Duffner <rainer at ultra-secure.de> wrote: > >> Yes, it's called "out of band management". >> Have dial-in access to IPMI/iLO interfaces or just an APC remote >> controlled power-switch to power-off the server. > > I don't want to reboot the server everytime something like that > happens. I'll expect pretty nasty problems will develop after a few > dozen unclean shutdowns like that. > > Would ILO work on a server that's unresponsive due to heavy load? ILO used to be a separate board with a separate NIC and a separate CPU etc. Nowadays, it's just an additional chip on the board. It works until the power-supply is fried. > The > actual network access isn't a problem so dial up isn't necessary. The > other problem is the server in question probably doesn't have ILO > features on the mainboard. If it's a server that actually deserves that name, it should have IPMI on board. You can buy add-on PCI-cards for OOB-management, though.