[ale] 1U server question

[Jeff Lightner]

Not what I'm looking for but rather what he is looking for - I was just
trying to explain the concept to him as he seemed to have confused
earlier posts with "just use your network" without understanding we were
talking about network to a special card.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Derek Carter
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:52 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] 1U server question

Jeff Lightner wrote:
> I think you missed the point.
> 
> The NIC/IP discussed below is for a "management card" which is
separate
> from the standard kind of NIC you use for OSes.  Typically such

What you are looking for is called "out of band managment"[1]

The dell boxes call them DRAC, (Dell Remote Access Card) and is 
***MORE*** than worth the extra couple hundred dollars it adds to the 
cost of your machine.

On an HP machine it is called "iLO" (Integrated Lights Out).

I have never had any experience with the HP boxes but the idea is the 
same. You have access to the "console" regardless of how the system's 
connectivity is setup. My DRAC cards have saved my life multiple times 
when I mis-configured a firewall or the like.

--
Derek AKA Goozbach

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-band_management
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