Bryan Allen wrote:
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| On 2010-01-16 12:24:01, Erik Trimble wrote:
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Otherwise, you either need hardware that supports IPMI or a a Service
Processor, or get yourself a IPKVM. Frankly, one of the big advantages
of Sun-branded x86 gear is the FREE, very feature-full Service Processor
built into each one.
Service Processors are neither free, nor built into every model of x86 Sun box.
Many do come with them by default, though.
Excepting the low-end HPC-targetted X2270, /ALL/ Sun server systems have
an SP built-in, and included in the price.
(workstations, of course, do not have SPs)
As for their feature-full-ness, that's open to some debate. With the blanket
upgrade to ILOM Sun did last year, they are very serviceable, though, and
absolutely worth the price.
The ILOM-based SPs (which are on everything except the old non-M2 X2200
and all X2100 machines) are at least as nice as anything IBM and HP
make, until you get to their high-end SP offerings, at which point both
HP and IBM have some interesting enterprise features that Sun's SPs
don't have. Sun's SP is radically better than any 3rd-party IPMI
systems I've come across (e.g. the ones built into Supermicro, Tyan, or
Intel motherboards).
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Erik Trimble
Java System Support
Mailstop: usca22-123
Phone: x17195
Santa Clara, CA
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