[geeks] 1U rackmount KVM switch

[Nick B]

I have seen both "Real" serial console, and serialization of the video
console.  It depends on the hardware.
Nick

On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org> wrote:

> > The basic Intel standard for this is IPMI, which is extremely similar
> > to a Sun ALOM.  It gets you remote serial console, remote power
> > state/status, virtual media, and a few diagnostics.
>
> Do you really get serial console, or do you get a serialization of a
> video console?  The difference is important, especially when trying to
> automate interaction with it, or trying to interact with a serialized
> video console when you don't have a sufficiently good emulation of
> whatever it's expecting to be talking to.
>
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