<p>John, thst is a good idea.<br>
And can use onboard controllers for power up/down also.</p>
<p>500 nodes equals 500 extra bulky cables!</p>
<p>Ps. Anyone remember the Sun nodes where the BMC controllers had two dedicated Ethernet ports plus onboard bridge - so you could daisy chain them up a rack? Good idea.<br>
But many hours spent diagnosing spanning tree issues. Deep joy.<br>
Can I have those hours back please?</p>