[Tfug] OT - PC Autostart Hardware

[Harry McGregor]

Hi Jim,

What you want is IPMI, or Intelligent Platform Management Interface

HP's branded version is iLO2

Strangely enough I don't know if IBM has a branding term for theirs
(though basically all xSeries servers support it in one way or another).

Most server grade motherboards have ipmi either built in or as an option.

Some use a second (or third/fourth) network interface, and some bridge
it onto the primary network interface.

I use IPMI on almost a daily basis...

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp?topic=/liaai/ipmi/liaaiipmiother.htm&tocNode=toc%3Afront%2Ffront.cmb%2F0%2F2%2F7%2F5%2F8%2F

supermicro ipmi options:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/index.cfm

             Harry

Jim Secan wrote:
> Not going to work for what I need.  I'm looking for a way for a PC to
> shut itself down (power down) and have a "smart" internal-to-the-case
> power supply that can be configured to restart the system if it is
> shut down with instructions to power back up either immediately or
> after a certain time period.  I would think this isn't rocket science,
> but I've not seen a PS that provides this functionality.
>
> Jim
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> On Feb 10, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote:
>
>> On 10 Feb 2009 at 8:10, Marco Savo  wrote:
>>
>>> Wake-on-lan? may not apply to you, but I found it interesting
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN
>>
>> WOL works well.  I use this routinely at client shops to wake up
>> workstations
>> so I can patch them at night.  No experience setting it up on *nix
>> boxen but on
>> 'Doze there are some tweaks you need to make.
>>
>>
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