Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 13:37:56 -0800 From: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Finish upgrading remote server without physically being there? Message-ID: <AANLkTikFNnV-V82Ucncy_cM0VwiNif6r8DHB9DfMDNvC@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikq1-CKnwHRahTE%2BTa5KLP=8qpUG8WzBrpP=d8n@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTin39JjTsts2WwgDUV2QfZL745D0P3DqTkko8TFq@mail.gmail.com> <4D6E6B16.7010508@my.gd> <AANLkTin7sHXsLwBBUmHinDaB3FLOH25_CDy4v82gKFjw@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikq1-CKnwHRahTE%2BTa5KLP=8qpUG8WzBrpP=d8n@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com> 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.
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