Why I'll never need to leave my chair: Under rated KVM

Hiya Homelads! My colleague Niki gave me this cool little gadget called the SiPeed Nano KVM. It’s a small RISC-V IP-KVM device that works like a lights-out management controller. In this video, I’ll show you three ways I use it in my homelab. First, I updated the BIOS on my VM host motherboard. Usually, you need to be right next to the machine for this, but with the Nano KVM, I can do it remotely. Next, I upgraded the software on the VM host. Finally, I used the KVM to clone a disk using Clonezilla. It was a bit tricky to upload the ISO to the Nano KVM’s virtual CD drive, but it worked! To set it up, you flash its OS onto an SD card using tools like Rufus or Balena Etcher, just like with a Raspberry Pi. Then you connect it to the machine using a display cable, USB, and network cable. It acts like a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and even a CD drive. The Nano KVM has already made my homelab life easier. It saves me from carrying monitors and keyboards around and lets me manage everything remotely. Sure, it’s not always the fastest way to do things, but it’s fun to use! Links to SiPeeds documentation: https://wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/en/l... Chapters ✂️ 0:00 - Intro 0:37 - Flash KVM with new software 2:17 - Update BIOS of machine 4:03 - Upgrade host-OS of machine 5:40 - Move Boot SSD to NVMe 9:10 - Cleanup 10:48 - Goodbye