Hi hobbit users,
We have a gsm modem hooked up to a hobbit server. It actually resides offsite in another data centre. Today, the modem locked up and I now need to travel to the site to power the thing off and on.
has anybody experience with some sort of device that can do this remotely? ideally, I would love to have some sort of black box that plugs into the usb port of my linux based hobbit server. If we detect that the modem has stopped working, we can send some sort of signal to switch the power off and then back on...
Any thoughts?
Phil
They actually make internet enabled power supplies (I've seen them in supply mags but it's been a couple of years since I was in a position where I get the catalogs). You could then log into the power supply and power cycle to outlet. IIRC, they were a bit pricey but cheaper than trips to power down a device.
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From: Phil Wild [mailto:philwild at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:05 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Sort of off topic (gsm modems)
Hi hobbit users,
We have a gsm modem hooked up to a hobbit server. It actually resides offsite in another data centre. Today, the modem locked up and I now need to travel to the site to power the thing off and on.
has anybody experience with some sort of device that can do this remotely? ideally, I would love to have some sort of black box that plugs into the usb port of my linux based hobbit server. If we detect that the modem has stopped working, we can send some sort of signal to switch the power off and then back on...
Any thoughts?
Phil
Phil Wild wrote :
has anybody experience with some sort of device that can do this remotely? ideally, I would love to have some sort of black box that plugs into the usb port of my linux based hobbit server. If we detect that the modem has stopped working, we can send some sort of signal to switch the power off and then back on...
Here we have PDUs from APC (APC 7953) we use to remotely cold reboot hardware. Plus, we monitor the power draw with these PDUs thanks to devmon :).
Regards,
-- Charles Goyard - charles.goyard at orange-ftgroup.com - (+33) 1 45 38 01 31 Orange Business Services - online multimedia // ingénierie
On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Phil Wild wrote:
Hi hobbit users,
We have a gsm modem hooked up to a hobbit server. It actually resides offsite in another data centre. Today, the modem locked up and I now need to travel to the site to power the thing off and on.
has anybody experience with some sort of device that can do this remotely? ideally, I would love to have some sort of black box that plugs into the usb port of my linux based hobbit server. If we detect that the modem has stopped working, we can send some sort of signal to switch the power off and then back on... http://www.blackbox.co.uk/solutions/display.asp?cs=dvh&id=1&doc=pse501-uk A power strip with a http server.
Stef
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi hobbit users,
We have a gsm modem hooked up to a hobbit server. It actually resides offsite in another data centre. Today, the modem locked up and I now need to travel to the site to power the thing off and on.
has anybody experience with some sort of device that can do this remotely? ideally, I would love to have some sort of black box that plugs into the usb port of my linux based hobbit server. If we detect that the modem has stopped working, we can send some sort of signal to switch the power off and then back on...
APC do rack mountable ones that have both web interfaces and a telnet/SSH interface. The ones we use have 8 power sockets, each individually switched.
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Rob MacGregor Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn't become a monster. Friedrich Nietzsche
Thanks people,
Actually, we also use these PDU's and I did not think of it. Unfortunately, this server is mounted inside a rack supplied by the data centre owner. I can't just replace the whole PDU and we only pay for a portion of the rack. I was looking for something small and relatively cheap.
The below is what I have found so far...
http://www.dataprobe.com/products/power/iboot/ibootac/index.html
Cheers
2008/4/8 Rob MacGregor <rob.macgregor at gmail.com>:
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi hobbit users,
We have a gsm modem hooked up to a hobbit server. It actually resides offsite in another data centre. Today, the modem locked up and I now need to travel to the site to power the thing off and on.
has anybody experience with some sort of device that can do this remotely? ideally, I would love to have some sort of black box that plugs into the usb port of my linux based hobbit server. If we detect that the modem has stopped working, we can send some sort of signal to switch the power off and then back on...
APC do rack mountable ones that have both web interfaces and a telnet/SSH interface. The ones we use have 8 power sockets, each individually switched.
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The APC and Western Telematic devices work fine. Just plug them into the PDU, then your devices into them. I've used the 8-port rack-mount models, but I remember that WT makes a 2-port small unit. Then you can telnet or ssh in and power-cycle your equipment.
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks people,
Actually, we also use these PDU's and I did not think of it. Unfortunately, this server is mounted inside a rack supplied by the data centre owner. I can't just replace the whole PDU and we only pay for a portion of the rack. I was looking for something small and relatively cheap.
The below is what I have found so far...
http://www.dataprobe.com/products/power/iboot/ibootac/index.html
Cheers
2008/4/8 Rob MacGregor <rob.macgregor at gmail.com>:
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi hobbit users,
We have a gsm modem hooked up to a hobbit server. It actually resides offsite in another data centre. Today, the modem locked up and I now
need to
travel to the site to power the thing off and on.
has anybody experience with some sort of device that can do this remotely? ideally, I would love to have some sort of black box that plugs into the usb port of my linux based hobbit server. If we detect that the modem has stopped working, we can send some sort of signal to switch the power off and then back on...
APC do rack mountable ones that have both web interfaces and a telnet/SSH interface. The ones we use have 8 power sockets, each individually switched.
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Rob MacGregor Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn't become a monster. Friedrich Nietzsche
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charles.goyard＠orange-ftgroup.com
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Galen.Johnson＠sas.com
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lee＠leegarner.com
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philwild＠gmail.com
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rob.macgregor＠gmail.com
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stef.coene＠docum.org