During the last years large farms have been built using commodity hardware. This hardware lacks components for remote and automated administration. Products that can be retrofitted to these systems are either costly or inherently insecure. We present a system based on serial ports and simple machine controlled relays. We report on experience gained by setting up a 50-machine test environment as well as current work in progress in the area.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cs/0305061,
title = {A Secure Infrastructure For System Console and Reset Access},
author = {Andras Horvath and Emanuele Leonardi and Markus Schulz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0305061},
year = {2007}
}
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Conference for Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP2003), March 24-28, 2003, La Jolla, California