At 15:57 30/11/2005, Nathan Ward wrote:
Im wondering if anyone has used or is using a good solution to remote boot (from complete power down) servers and equiptment?
This i have done in the past by having the bios on the server set to reboot after power fail and that takes care of the rest along with good load UPS's and backup power. But what if you acually had to shut down a server for some reason out-there (backup power fails)?
Most of the replies to this ignored his last sentence. Many (most?) of the BIOSes/motherboards I have seen can either be in "Power off" or "Last state" when power is reconnected. Few have a "Power on" option.
All the recent (last 5+ years) ASUS motherboards I've seen and used have a BIOS option that can be set to off after power loss, on after power loss, or last state. I wouldn't have thought it was a particularly rare option... certainly any machine being used as a server should have the option to turn on after power loss or it's not much use as a server... otherwise a controlled UPS initiated power shut down wont result in the servers coming back up afterwards. Regards, Simon