Most rackmount systems are designed for headless operation, so let me
qualify that most non-rackmount Intel boxes do require Keyboard at
bootup.
On 20 Oct 2000, at 11:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > One of our beowulf clusters on testdrive is a bunch of DS10s. Most Alpha
> > systems can boot as headless out of the box. Most (but not all) Intel
> > systems require keyboard to be attached at bootup.
>
> I don't know of a single rackmount intel server vendor that configures
> their systems to require a keyboard at boot time, unless that's now
> Compaq ships their RM PC's ;-).
>
> Can DS10's do IPMI? Can they be gang managed a-la VACM?
> (vacm.sourceforge.net)
>
> ccb
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Jerry Feldman
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