On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, lisa stout wrote: > 1) Does Linux support IPMI? If so how?
sure. I don't know where the tools are. > 2) Why is their a preference for using Console Port Servers in Linux and > Unix, while Windows tends to be KVM? Because windows systems can't be managed well any other way. We don't actually use Console Port servers for day-to-day, we have found they are unusable in clusters with many nodes. Real OSes are manageable over a network. > 3) I read an article on Linux where in the serial section they > indicate: "Linux supports ordinary telephone modems only if they work > through a serial port (although the port may be built into the modem). > Is this true? if it is true and someone wants to modem in then it must > be done serially? no, stop reading the rag that wrote that, they are wrong. ron _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios