I wanted to use as a firewall and possibly a server and some other instances, but I wouldn’t want to have to plug in a monitor and keyboard to use it at the BIOS level or to install an os, etc. I didn’t see any rs232 ports or IPMI, so was wondering if what I’m trying to do is possible?
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Windows systems can also be connected remotely using ssh, and it can be controlled completely from the command line as long as bootup is set.
Thanks, but I was looking for control that would avoid using monitor and keyboard. I wouldn’t be remoting in via any software ran on the OS. I wouldn’t be using Windows either.
You can take a look at pikvm - access at bios level and mount drives remotely for installation
Thanks, but I have seen that product before and if I had to buy another product to accomplish it, I would be better off just buying something in the first place that supports what I am trying to do. The Odyssey Blue looked like a viable alternative to what I was looking at, but not without this ability.
I’ll cross it off the list for when I absolutely need or want this kind of control with it based on the application I am using it for.
ok. I am not familiar with your project so I might be on the wrong track. You are limiting yourself to devices that have that capability. With a pikvm or you can plug into any computer in the future. Would seem more flexible.
It does have usefulness, but any computer that I have around me physically has remote control capabilities like I describe, but I wanted to upgrade one of them, so using a pikvm for just one device would be silly when I can continue to get something that has it built in. This particular device I will be upgrading I rarely would need remote control for, but would prefer when needed. If for some reason, I opted for device without the remote control, I would just use a monitor/keyboard when needed as it’d be a waste of money to get something like a pikvm to rarely use it.