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Date:      Tue, 6 Mar 2007 10:04:43 -0800
From:      "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com>
To:        "Artem Kuchin" <matrix@itlegion.ru>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot prompt for Intel AMT
Message-ID:  <2a41acea0703061004n62eb213fsec9904e263669ac5@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <008201c75fcc$21302940$0c00a8c0@Artem>
References:  <20070227205351.GA72597@ravenloft.kiev.ua> <20070305035945.GA71660@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070305132350.GB57253@comp.chem.msu.su> <200703051314.29902@aldan> <20070305191714.GF57253@comp.chem.msu.su> <20070305193022.GM10453@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <000b01c75f6b$594c23d0$0c00a8c0@Artem> <2a41acea0703051355n5148d19cp36bc425ecd054add@mail.gmail.com> <008201c75fcc$21302940$0c00a8c0@Artem>

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On 3/6/07, Artem Kuchin <matrix@itlegion.ru> wrote:
> >> I hope some people will understand what  i am talking about, because
> >> the technology, i think, is not very popular, but can come VERY handy.
> >>
> >> Intel AMT Serial over LAN (SOL, why is it called 'over LAN' if it is really
> >> 'OVER IP'?) allows to boot into BIOS of a remote machine
> >> and even, as seen in their demo, can be used to control MS DOS prompt.
> >
> > well because it isnt using IP, besides SOIP is uninspiring :)
>
> Wait.. how so? I was sure that the whose SOL (IPMI) protocal is running over
> IP and i can REMOTELY (e.g. from anoth planet with IP connection) access
> the machine in the data center. If i can do such thing, then it DOES run over IP
> eventually. Isn't it?

Yes, my bad, I spoke too quickly, it does use IP, sorry,
I still find SOL much more descriptive of what I think about
the whole apparatus however :)

Jack



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