[geeks] Amazing! Tales from the Dell T30 trenches...

Patrick Finnegan pat at computer-refuge.org
Mon Feb 12 06:59:43 CST 2018


On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 7:45 AM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
> It was just surprising to sit there holding my KVM leads in one hand and
> staring at the server back wondering where the VGA port went! A $10 adapter
> solved that problem, and will wind up in my PC toolbox - these machines will
> run headless once configured, accessed either through Remote Desktop or Intel
> AMT 11.0 management interface.

Real, "modern" servers all have a network-attachable console, so it's
even easier.  New Dells (like the R640s we just got en masse at work)
have a micro-B USB adapter, to make it even easier to just use a
laptop as a console.

Pat


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