[Gllug] KVM-over-internet

[Nix]

On 31 Jan 2012, John Hearns said:
> Do it properly - spec the hardware with IPMI

... and hope that the IPMI isn't a piece of shit, since if it is you can
do nothing: the BMC's firmware will be closed-source at best,
non-replaceable at worst.

I have one machine which allegedly has IPMI, and at £3000+ it was not
cheap so you'd sort of expect it to work. It works... for about a day.
Then the BMC locks up and goes nonresponsive to IPMI requests, only
recovering if the power plug is pulled and reinserted.

But maybe it's more reliable now than on mid-2009 hardware. I hope it
is. It can hardly be *less* reliable.

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