Re: [OmniOS-discuss] [smartos-discuss] Re: Supermicro IPMI based BIOS update

2013-12-13 Thread Alain O'Dea
On Dec 12, 2013, at 2:24, "Paul B. Henson" wrote: >> From: Keith Wesolowski [mailto:keith.wesolow...@joyent.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:01 AM >> >> My perspective on this is that being able to upgrade firmware over the >> LAN interface is an essential manageability feature. > >

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] [smartos-discuss] Re: Supermicro IPMI based BIOS update

2013-12-11 Thread Paul B. Henson
> From: Keith Wesolowski [mailto:keith.wesolow...@joyent.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:01 AM > > My perspective on this is that being able to upgrade firmware over the > LAN interface is an essential manageability feature. I don't know if I want to call them "higher end", or "brand n

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] [smartos-discuss] Re: Supermicro IPMI based BIOS update

2013-12-11 Thread Keith Wesolowski
On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 10:34:50PM -0500, wuffers wrote: > It's kind of interesting that they're trying to charge for it (at least > that's the assumption with an "activation key"). It's useful, but outside > of the "fix corrupted BIOS" (which would probably save themselves $$$), not > worth a pre