[lug] Help using Serial Console

dio2002 at indra.com dio2002 at indra.com
Tue Jul 24 02:42:03 MDT 2007


> I'm starting the process of evaluating the Supermicro remote management
> cards, which seem to be reasonable.

I'm not sure if you're talking about the IPMI cards.  If you are, fwiw I
just purchased one for a recent supermicro server i ordered.  Make sure
you know which version you're getting.  The latest greatest flavor has
more functionality than the not so latest version.  And depending on which
server you buy, certain models only support the lower version.

The bare bones version allows you to remote boot and inspect sensor data
(i believe).  The more full featured version allows you to do things like
actually install to the remote system off of your local cd/dvd rom drive.
i think the full version is the "kvm" version.





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