blade servers (was Re: [Bioclusters] Any experiences with these guys? reeks)

[Jeffrey B. Layton]

Tim Cutts wrote:

>On 03-Nov-03, Jeff Layton wrote:
>  
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>>Also, could you describe what you look for in management
>>and monitoring?
>>    
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>
>I'm not going to make specific comments about any particular blade
>vendor on this list, but many of you will know that we have significant
>blade installations from two of the major blade players, totalling over
>a thousand installed CPUs.
>
>I'd say my ideal requirements are:
>
>1)  Remote serial console, and a BIOS that's reachable by serial
>    console.  Vital, and AFAIK *none* of the current 2P blade products
>    have it.  Without it, we have no console logging.  Bad.
>

Can I ask why you need this? Do you change or access the BIOS
frequently? (Not criticizing, just inquiring).

Thanks!

Jeff (at home now).