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minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agoToo bad there aren’t servers that come with mechanical arms that you can remotely control.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·3 days agoThere used to be… I have seen servers with optical drives rigged to press the power button of another server when the drive ejects it’s tray. Just SSH into it and run the eject command, wait a few min, run it again, then run it twice again. This would make it hold the button to power it off, release the button, and push it quickly again to power up the machine. Note that you need the old desktop style of optical drive with a powered tray for this to work
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days ago optical drives rigged to press the power button of another server That’s simultaneously janky and genius. I love it.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoHmm, that would really send a message to all my enemies…
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIs that what they were “jousting” with at the beginning of the movie “Hackers?”
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI don’t remember the scene, so I can’t say. Love the movie though! Hack the planet!
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-23 days agoI have great news for you, because that absolutely exists :) Patch robot at DE-CIX (The largest european IXP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GKaPKRggBM Skip to 53 seconds to see it in action With this you can physically reroute to another connection or server if something dies.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoUntil the robot itself burns out and is unresponsive as well 😅
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoThat’s okay, they have a robot to do maintenance on the robot.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI would hope not. If that thing burns, then a large portion of Europe’s internet comes crashing down.
minus-squarezero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoRemote hands are extra.
minus-squareInfernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIs IPMI/iLO/IDRAC close enough?
Too bad there aren’t servers that come with mechanical arms that you can remotely control.
There used to be…
I have seen servers with optical drives rigged to press the power button of another server when the drive ejects it’s tray.
Just SSH into it and run the eject command, wait a few min, run it again, then run it twice again.
This would make it hold the button to power it off, release the button, and push it quickly again to power up the machine.
Note that you need the old desktop style of optical drive with a powered tray for this to work
That’s simultaneously janky and genius. I love it.
Hmm, that would really send a message to all my enemies…
Is that what they were “jousting” with at the beginning of the movie “Hackers?”
I don’t remember the scene, so I can’t say.
Love the movie though!
Hack the planet!
I have great news for you, because that absolutely exists :)
Patch robot at DE-CIX (The largest european IXP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GKaPKRggBM
Skip to 53 seconds to see it in action
With this you can physically reroute to another connection or server if something dies.
Until the robot itself burns out and is unresponsive as well 😅
That’s okay, they have a robot to do maintenance on the robot.
I would hope not. If that thing burns, then a large portion of Europe’s internet comes crashing down.
Remote hands are extra.
Is IPMI/iLO/IDRAC close enough?