On 2019-02-02, Rachel Roch <rr...@tutanota.de> wrote: > Hi, > > Subject line says it all really, I'm looking to hear of people's experiences > with recent models of Dell single-socket machines (i.e. R230/R330/R340 - > especially the newest R340, obviously!). > > I'm looking for a decent machine with enterprisey features (i.e. hotswap PSU > + drives, high-efficiency power,and high quality ipmi/ilo). I'm not chained > to Dell if anyone better ideas, but have had good experience with Dell. > > I've contemplated Supermicro machines, but quite frankly what I've read > online about the quality of their iLO leaves a lot to be desired (combined > with the fact my 'friendly local reseller' tells me their iLO still requires > Java).
iLO is HP's name for their range of BMCs, as DRAC/iDRAC are Dell terms. None of these from any company are things I would put anywhere other than a separate restricted-access management network. I usually ssh through a jump host to reach them and don't give them direct internet access in either direction. Your 'friendly local reseller' is wrong, current supermicro BMCs have HTML5 web console, though I usually just configure IPMI serial-over-lan and access them that way (normally front-ended by conserver running on the jump host).
