Most decent nodes will have IPMI and kvm over IP built in. That and a reasonable serial concentrator will make your admins lives *much* easier.
I agree wholeheartedly with what Joe says. And Rahul, are you not talking to vendors who are telling you about their remote management and node imaging capabilities? By vendors, I do not mean your local Tier 1 salesman, who sells servers to normal businesses and corporations. I mean either a specialised cluster vendor, such as those on this list, or the HPC specialist team within (Sun, Dell, IBM, HP...) The contents of this email are confidential and for the exclusive use of the intended recipient. If you receive this email in error you should not copy it, retransmit it, use it or disclose its contents but should return it to the sender immediately and delete your copy. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
