[sf-lug] SF-LUG 2007-09-17 meeting & SF-LUG.COM replacement box (& BALUG)

[Asheesh Laroia]

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Michael Paoli wrote:

> Remote management of the hardware, if feasible, would be a good
> thing.  E.g. KVM over IP.
>
> I don't see such an option for Rackform iServ R107, but I do see
> option for:
> IPMI 2.0 Controller
> ... that might come close (might be quite useful when used, e.g. via
> remote Open Source software such as ipmitool - should then be able to
> power cycle remotely, change device used at boot remotely, access
> serial port communications (e.g. serial console and GRUB serial
> access) remotely, etc. ... but still not a full KVM over IP (no
> graphics) and probably can't fully control/reconfigure BIOS remotely).

The IPMI on that SuperMicro board (I know, I have one!) does let you fully 
control the BIOS reomtely, as I recall.

-- Asheesh.

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