On Thu, 5 Dec 2013 14:32:32 +0100 (CET), Thorsten Glaser <t.gla...@tarent.de> wrote: >On Wed, 4 Dec 2013, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > >> Does it have IPMI, LOM/DRAC/ILO/some sort of remote management or is all >> that serial console + networked power switch? I suspect Debian would be > >Isn’t “serial console + networked power switch” preferable? > >See http://fish2.com/ipmi/ (“IPMI: Freight Train to Hell”, >in case someone already read it, but it seems a new version, >PDF-only for now, is out). > >What about the “firm”ware (software) running on these >embedded devices? Should it not be replaced with Debian, too?
The software on the networked power switch might suffer from the same flaws, and a networked power switch doesn't help if the device doesn't come on with the power for some reason. Greetings Marc, who prefers built-in OOB management if it's on a dedicated Ethernet -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1vp1cw-0003yn...@swivel.zugschlus.de
