
How to reinstall your OS over IPMI
Every dedicated machine ships with out-of-band access, so a reinstall is yours to run at 3 a.m. without a ticket. The order of operations, and the three places it usually goes wrong.
Guide e materiale di riferimento per gestire server su una rete senza limiti di traffico — configurazione, capacità, trasferimenti e le domande a cui i nostri ingegneri rispondono più spesso. Gli articoli sono pubblicati in inglese.

Every dedicated machine ships with out-of-band access, so a reinstall is yours to run at 3 a.m. without a ticket. The order of operations, and the three places it usually goes wrong.

The first fifteen minutes after handover: a real user account, key-only SSH, a firewall that defaults to closed, and updates that install themselves.

Measure what your server is actually delivering, and raise the kernel defaults that cap a multi-gigabit link before you blame the network.