On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 09:31 -0400, Chris Dagdigian wrote: > > My needs are pretty minimal -- remote power control. BIOS access and > the ability to trigger a PXE boot off the network. Anything else is > just supplemental. > > Does anyone have any experience/impressions of the "Supermicro > Intelligent Management" stuff?
Chris, I use Supermicro IPMI all the time. Working with it today, actually. They can do what you ask - power control, access to the BIOS via a serial console etc. They have a choice of either 'piggybacking' on the first on-board NIC, or of using a separate mini-USB style cable and a separate port which clips into the rear of the server. We tend to use the 'piggyback' variety. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
