Looking for remote console access card that works with FreeBSD

[Jim King]

Richard Coleman wrote:

> I'm looking for a remote console card that will work with FreeBSD 5.2 
> or -current.  The machine is a Dell Poweredge 2450.
>
> By remote console card, I'm referring to a PCI card that uses a 
> separate network connection so that you can remotely access the 
> equivalent of a serial console via a web browser or telnet/ssh 
> session.  Essentially, I need to have remote access to single user 
> mode on a collocated box.
>
> I know that AMI makes such cards (MegaRAC G2), but I don't know if 
> they will work with FreeBSD.  I checked the hardware compatibility 
> list on the web site, but there was no mention of such cards.
>
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.  Thanks.


If you have remote access to a serial port you can configure the most 
recent PowerEdge 2450 BIOS to use a serial console, and configure 
FreeBSD to use a serial console.  My co-lo provider has a Cyclades 
serial server than I can SSH into and from there connect to my 2450.

Jim