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lights out server room
Last modified: Thursday, September 25, 2003
Also called a lights out datacenter, a room that contains a number of servers under lock and key and kept in the dark that under normal operation is not entered by human administrators, and all operations in the room are automated. The computers in a lights out server room typically are controlled by the use of KVM switches to help ensure the security of the locked room.
