| >Hi,
>
> my customer has Digital Unix, Solaris and Aix systems.
> He is interested in Console Manager.
> Can I remotely execute something at another machine?
> Can I boot remotely?
> Or can I just receive the display of all of them?
First of all, I recommend you get a copy of the PCM V1.6 SPD from
CSC32::PCM$DOCS: as itescibes PCM's capabilities. Yes, the product was
sold to CA but the V1.6 SPD is still valid.
> Can I remotely execute something at another machine?
> Can I boot remotely?
Basically, PCM allows you to access the physical consoles of the
systems it is managing as long as the physical console is a serial
line. All Digital Alpha and VAX workstations allow the console to be a
serial line or the graphics head. Many 3rd party workstations allow this
too. Because of that we can boot those systems via PCM, however, some
operating systems don't have a "halt" key - you have to physically
push a reset button in order to "halt" them. Digital Unix has that
problem.
I do not know if RS6000's or Solaris systems have a serial-line
console or if they allow halting from the serial line console if it
exists.
Regards,
Dan
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