Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:35:17 -1000 From: NetOpsCenter <noc@hdk5.net> To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding keyboard after reboot with no keyboard ... Message-ID: <461D4685.1050301@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070410100710.025273c8@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <DB1C681FBA350242795277B4@ganymede.hub.org> <6.0.0.22.2.20070410100710.025273c8@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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Derek Ragona wrote: > At 09:55 AM 4/10/2007, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> I hate it when a subject doesn't easily present itself ... but ... >> >> Is there something that I'm missing, such that if I add a keyboard to >> a server >> *after* rebooting it with no keyboard, that will have that keyboard >> recognized? >> >> Basically, I have several remote servers, with no keyboards, but if I >> need a >> tech to check something on the console (ie. the ethernet went down >> for some >> reason), when they plug a keyboard back in again, there is no signal >> until they >> actually power cycle the machine ... which of course, is too late to >> do any >> diagnosis :( >> >> Thx ... > > > > This is a limitation of the hardware in the keyboards and the > motherboards. The only solution I have found is to use a KVM switch > which keeps the keyboard and mouse ports active during bootups. > > -Derek > Aloha, KVM switch... This is the way I do it as well with 8 servers in a noc . ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + noc@hdk5.net + + http://internetohana.org - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* + "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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