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When comparing cluster offerings, seems reasonable, that the additional
$85-$100 would be factored in to any system/cluster purchase, for at
least power up/down and reset? This is astonishing, or is there
something I'm missing in this thread? The technology mentioned isn't
really earth shattering. <br><br>
Additional system monitoring...like...internal temp...fan
speed.....cpu/mem/disks, down to rotation rates is readily available.
There is a very nice technology built into HP DLxxx systems that provides
pre-failure analysis to system managers. Actually, from what I've seen
and we've discussed, the goal is to extend the number of systems managed
per system administrator to higher and higher numbers.<br><br>
So if it's possible to extend the number of systems per system
administrator, how about extending the number of systems per cabinet, and
the number of cabinets per system administrator. I don't mean to
minimize the job responsibilities of system managers. Quite the opposite,
which further exacerbates the notion that in addition to the
$85-$100....you might somehow have the desire to become a custom cable
specialist? <font color="#800000"><b>BLOODY BRILLIANT....<br>
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At 06:00 PM 11/28/2006, Bill Broadley wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I've heard of folks successfully
getting the tyan card to work:<br>
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<a href="http://www.tyan.com/products/html/m3291.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/m3291.html</a><br><br>
At least the power up/down and reset functionality. I've
googled<br>
prices in the $85-$100 range. Not cheap, but not bad for what
looks<br>
like a relatively low volume product.<br><br>
I suspect it wouldn't be to hard to get some of the additional monitoring
working, but you would likely have to make a custom cable to
monitor/connect<br>
what you want. Hrm, I guess it's possible that they just got it
working<br>
with a tyan rebranded units (like a sunfire). I'm not at all clear
how it<br>
takes over a network port.<br><br>
Anyone else using these cards?<br><br>
Does anyone know if IPMI can "share" a GigE port? Or does
it usually<br>
require a dedicated port on the host?<br><br>
In any case the card looks like it has a nice featureset and can be
mounted<br>
on a motherboard, in a drive bay, or in a pci slot.<br><br>
Comments?<br><br>
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