On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 02:45:05AM -0400, Mark Hahn wrote: > >>I find that with IPMI and console redirection, it's very rarely necessary > >>to > >>care about where your nodes are, at least from a sysadmin perspective. > > > >Speaking of IPMI, are there reasonable motherboards that incorporate > >it right into the design at this point, or is it still mostly an add > >on? > > bit of both - supermicro and tyan both rely on add-in cards, but > HP (and probably some other vendors) have integrated IPMI onboard. > I keep reading stuff from Intel and AMD about managability which > sounds tantalizingly like IPMI-like managability being integrated > into the chipset. > > I think the main issue is that ipmi needs a lan interface, though > I guess there are some examples of it sharing a port with the host.
Hi, To implement full IPMI capability on the system board, then you need two separate and independent power distribution systems on the system board I believe, which is why they implement IPMI with a daughterboard. Thanks, Karen -- Karen Shaeffer Neuralscape, Palo Alto, Ca. 94306 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neuralscape.com _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
