[ale] 1U server question

[Jim Lynch]

Jim Lynch wrote:
> I'm toying with the idea of putting in a small system in a colocation 
> site and was looking at 1U servers.  I've not worked with these before 
> and haven't quite figured out how you initially boot them.  None of 
> them, that I've looked at, mention a serial port which was what I 
> thought one might use to communicate with the bios.  One did have a 
> statement like "lan only" under "Remote management" which I'm assuming 
> is how you'd access it.
> But, how would that work?  I could see if it were a dhcp client it 
> could get an ip address, but then you'd have to guess what it is.  
> Also it wouldn't make sense to assume dhcp 'cause once you got it in 
> the colo site, you couldn't be assured that there was a dhcp server 
> nor would you be able to connect to it.
> Anyway, before I spend $$ on something, I think I need to know how 
> these things work.
>
> Anyone?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim.
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Thanks to all for your suggestions.  Guess it'll boil down to what I can 
get at the colo site that will govern my hardware selection.

Jim.