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Hi all,

I'm looking into solutions for IPMI / KVM access to my server, which is built on consumer hardware. So far I've found

  • PiKVM

  • ASRock Paul

  • ASUS IPMI expansion card

Does anyone have experience with these? I had an old KVM but it ran on Java and flash and hasn't worked for a looong time.

My primary needs are

  • view screen and interact with host machine

  • remotely power host on / off

I'm looking at the PiKVM route at the moment. Does anyone have experience with ASRock Paul?

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[–] Eldiabolo18@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Regarding the ASRock Paul, theres a lenghty discussion on the Level1 Tech Forums: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/asrock-rack-introduces-the-paul-an-ipmi-pcie-card/162977/74?page=6

[–] DimestoreProstitute@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago
[–] JaySea20@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

ESXi ???

Not conventional KVM. But, think about it... Screen View/Control, Power Control, and more.

[–] HTTP_404_NotFound@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

If, your hardware supports Intel vPRO / AMT (Half of my optiplexes did, as did my HP z240s).... That is a built-in hardware KVM.

MeshCommander can expose this is a nice way -> https://www.meshcommander.com/meshcommander