>FWIW, I want this as well, as I'm running a fledgling web service
>provider off NetBSD systems and I don't like the keyboard switchbox.
>There are two things stopping me from finding the time to get the
>systems running on serial consoles:
>
>	1) Lack of equipment
>
>	2) Lack of decent hardware serial console
>	2a) Lack of funds to purchase a PC weasel

Motherboards with ServerBIOS do most of what a PC-Weasel does.
Probably cheaper than mobo+weasel+SCSI, and no ISA means it'll fit in
a 2U or 2.5U rack case.  Unfortunately, unless you find an N440bx
motherboard in stock, a "server" board with onboard SCSI will likely
be Adaptec U2W. ``Ouch''.



>I want to be able to manage a system entirely from a terminal server
>except in the (rare) case when I have a real keyboard and display on it.
>I'd prefer to be able to even do a hard reset from the terminal server.

And the EMP port and microcontroller on Intel "server" motherboards
let you do exactly that.  Unfortunately the only sw I know which groks
EMP is for Wintel, or Linux (http://www.valinux.com/projects/vacm/)
That does mean wiring up 2 serial ports per server machine, though.

BTW, thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one interested in
setups like this.