From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 2 21:37:57 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEE46106564A for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 21:37:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gull@gull.us) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C1138FC13 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 21:37:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyg7 with SMTP id 7so180245eyg.13 for ; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:37:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.17.225 with SMTP id j73mr323099eej.26.1299101876340; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:37:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.119.1 with HTTP; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 13:37:56 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [128.95.17.209] In-Reply-To: References: <4D6E6B16.7010508@my.gd> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 13:37:56 -0800 Message-ID: From: David Brodbeck To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Finish upgrading remote server without physically being there? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:37:58 -0000 On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Nerius Landys wrote: > Another way to do this, but is quite rare, is to log in via serial > console. =A0This requires you to configure serial logins to your server > (quite easy, but you should test it first) and it requires the data > center to somehow make it possible to log in via serial console. =A0That > is that part that is quite rare. It's become less rare as more and more servers are coming with IPMI devices. Serial-over-LAN can be tough to set up properly, but once set up it works quite well.