Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:57:27 +0200 From: Niki Denev <nike_d@cytexbg.com> To: "Peter C. Lai" <peter@simons-rock.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage Message-ID: <2e77fc11002092157x645105cdi543a8729aec37b2d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100209225631.GP4648@cesium.hyperfine.info> References: <4B6F9A8D.4050907@langille.org> <alpine.OSX.2.00.1002090103520.982@hotlap.local> <4B70FEEC.6070007@modulus.org> <20100209063310.GA23387@icarus.home.lan> <4B715AC6.5090500@denninger.net> <20100209134456.GA37029@icarus.home.lan> <alpine.OSX.2.00.1002091723380.259@freemac> <20100209225631.GP4648@cesium.hyperfine.info>
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On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Peter C. Lai <peter@simons-rock.edu> wrote: > On 2010-02-09 05:32:02PM -0500, Charles Sprickman wrote: >> On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >>> One similar product that does seem to work well is iLO, available on >>> HP/Compaq hardware. >> >> I've heard great things about that. It seems like a much better design - >> it's essentially a small server that is independent from the main host. Has >> it's own LAN and serial ports as well. >> >> Charles > > Dell PowerEdge Remote Access (DRAC) cards also provided this as well, > and for a while there, you could actually VNC into them. But HP offers iLO > for no extra charge or discount upon removal (DRACs are worth about $250) > and has become such a prominent "must-have" datacenter feature that the > "iLO" term is beginning to become genericized for web-accessible and virtual > disc-capable onboard out-of-band IP-console management. > > -- > =========================================================== > Peter C. Lai | Bard College at Simon's Rock > Systems Administrator | 84 Alford Rd. > Information Technology Svcs. | Gt. Barrington, MA 01230 USA > peter AT simons-rock.edu | (413) 528-7428 > =========================================================== > I thought that their VNC implementation is non-standard, and I wasn't able to VPN into them, at least on the latest Core i7 models.
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