IPMI/LOM/DRAC/ILO/etc. (was Re: Release sprint results - team changes, auto-rm and arch status)

[Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de>]

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?

bye,
//mirabilos
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