[Discuss] Dell

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 07/17/2011 08:48 PM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
>  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.
>
> I'm not sure if these features are unique or somewhat standard for servers?
>
Most servers today have this remote feature. For instance,  HP has
Integrated Lights Out (ILO) that allows you to manage the server
remotely.. ILO has been around for a long time.

But, the bottom line on a lot of this is familiarity and personal
experience.  It's comical that in our computer room at work I have 8
servers, and the only one with ILO is our vSphere system that I don't
have root access to :-). Dan Stolts, President of Boston User Groups
owns Baystate Integrrated Technologies, and he has had a lot of success
with Dell servers.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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