advanced event handlers

[Sean Perry]

newsletters wrote:
> I am interested in doing some low level trouble resolution with event
> handlers.
> 
> More specifically, today my cable modem crapped out and it needed to be
> power cycled.  So I am interested in using nagios pings to figure out
> where the problem is and start rebooting things.  I can easily reboot the
> firewall as it's running linux.  But the cable modem is going to be
> tougher.  I don't think there is a way I can remote to it and power cycle.
>  So.......
> 
> Using something like X10 to bouce an outlet.  We have APC master switches
> here at work and I have just started thinking about writing some php code
> to bounce a switch if I need, but does anybody know how this might be
> accomplished on the cheap???
> 

here at work we use these network enabled power switches.  You just 
telnet to it and say 'boot 3' to reboot switch 3.  Trivial to write 
expect scripts (or perl/python/whatever) against.

Not sure what they cost but it saves us a fair amount when something 
goes wrong and an admin can fix it from wherever he happens to be.
They can't be all that expensive.  I have one here on my desk by "Black 
Box" which has 8 ports.  It looks like a big KVM.  We also have a few in 
the lab that look like standard rack powerstrips with a cat-5 sticking 
out one end.



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