[Discuss] Dell

[Chuck Anderson]

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 08:48:14PM -0400, Chris O'Connell wrote:
> 3.  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.

There is a Linux version of OpenManage as well.  In fact, Dell has
excellent Linux support--I know the guy who heads up their Linux
development, Matt Domsch.  He started the Linux support mailing list,
linux-poweredge:

https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge/

and also contributes to Red Hat and Fedora.

> I would recommend Dell servers without a hesitation, but it's largely due to
> familiarity.

Agreed.