Need advice about remote access to datacenter PCs

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From: AFN (DELETEnewsgroupCAPSaccount_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/06/04 

Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 17:30:28 GMT

Hi. I figured this group might be best for this question because I've
contributed here in the past on IIS issues, and people here might have web
servers at a remote datacenter. I need advice on what to buy/install so I
can manage web servers at a remote datacenter.

I've always had web servers on-site, but now we're going to put them at a
datacenter. I have to figure out how to manage them and reboot them
remotely. I will have a firewall on the datacenter end, and at our office,
with a tunnel between, so even if there's private IP addresses on those
datacenter PCs (e.g. a database server that is behind the firewall), I can
still ping the private IP addresses. So, I'll have private and public IP
addresses to reach any machine. Here's my questions:

1) Should I use PcAnywhere? And can I reboot a machine with PcAnywhere, or
does it lose the connection when booting and at the login screen, which
would leave me stuck?

2) Do I need a KVM switch-box, like I'm used to having? I don't see the
need for one EXCEPT that I don't think the servers will boot properly unless
they have a mouse, video cable, and keyboard cable connected. So I think
maybe I need a KVM switch just for that purpose even though i won't be
looking at a monitor connected to a KVM box. And if I do need to buy
another KVM switch box, any suggestions on which ones to buy/avoid, or what
features I definitely want for this purpose?

Please feel free to suggest anything else that you've learned about for a
good setup, or even about the rack cabinet or power strips, because I have
to buy those too. Thank you.

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