[CentOS] OT: Would you purchase this hardware?

Wed Oct 15 16:35:02 UTC 2014
SilverTip257 <silvertip257 at gmail.com>

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 7:56 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote:

> On 10/14/2014 4:42 PM, SilverTip257 wrote:
>
>> Isn't the iLO access on the HP Microservers restricted once an OS is
>> installed on the device? [0]
>>
>
> I have the earlier version Microserver, it doesn't have any iLO at all, so
> I dunno what functionality the gen8 provides.  At home, iLO wouldn't be of
> much use to me.
>

iLO would only be useful to me when I'm at work or out of the area and not
at home.
Realistically at work I do 98% of configuration via SSH (that's server and
router/switch configuration), so who am I kidding I want IPMI on a
microserver (for home). :-D

Dual GigE is nice, but I'd really prefer an Intel NIC! ;-)
[ Almost all of the gently used Dell server gear my employer has is
Broadcom based.  Hence the wink smiley. ]


>
> I have various REAL Proliant DL servers and I always buy the iLO licenses
> for them, as having a full remote console for a remotely deployed server
> saves me a LOT of late night trips when things go sideways.


Right on.
I'm somewhat spoiled with all the remote management/configuration that be
done via IPMI/SoL.
( Which is why I'm asking about the iLO feature set the gen8's ship with. )

Thanks for the info John.

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