On 07/17/2011 08:48 PM, Chris O'Connell wrote: > For those Windows users among us, there is a neato application called > Dell OpenManage that allows full bios control, error reporting and > configuration that can be accessed via the desktop. > > I'm not sure if these features are unique or somewhat standard for servers? > Most servers today have this remote feature. For instance, HP has Integrated Lights Out (ILO) that allows you to manage the server remotely.. ILO has been around for a long time.
But, the bottom line on a lot of this is familiarity and personal experience. It's comical that in our computer room at work I have 8 servers, and the only one with ILO is our vSphere system that I don't have root access to :-). Dan Stolts, President of Boston User Groups owns Baystate Integrrated Technologies, and he has had a lot of success with Dell servers. -- Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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