Viper is a system for completely automated installation, configuration and monitoring of Debian GNU based systems.Viper uses a modern approach (debian-installer, Puppet etc.), works with existing Debian packages, and does not require any custom patching of either install media, client or server.
The build system is based on FAI (Fully Automatic Installation)
Doing automatic ubuntu installations with FAI - Fully Automatic install from a debian sarge or ubuntu warty install server with FAI 2.6.5
Wakeonlan is a Perl script that sends 'magic packets' to wake-on-LAN enabled ethernet adapters and motherboards, in order to switch on remote computers.
Massive scale installation and management tools for Debian GNU / Linux