Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:53:26 -0600 From: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage Message-ID: <4B715AC6.5090500@denninger.net> In-Reply-To: <20100209063310.GA23387@icarus.home.lan> References: <4B6F9A8D.4050907@langille.org> <alpine.OSX.2.00.1002090103520.982@hotlap.local> <4B70FEEC.6070007@modulus.org> <20100209063310.GA23387@icarus.home.lan>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050901070102000703020002 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 05:21:32PM +1100, Andrew Snow wrote: > >> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA.cfm?typ=H >> >> Supermicro just released a new Mini-ITX fanless Atom server board >> with 6xSATA ports (based on Intel ICH9) and a PCIe 16x slot. It >> takes up to 4GB of RAM, and there's even a version with KVM-over-LAN >> for headless operation and remote management. >> > > Neat hardware. But with regards to the KVM-over-LAN stuff: it's IPMI, > and Supermicro has a very, *very* long history of having shoddy IPMI > support. I've been told the latter by too many different individuals in > the industry (some co-workers, some work at Yahoo, some at Rackable, > etc.) for me to rely on it. If you *have* to go this route, make sure > you get the IPMI module which has its own dedicated LAN port on the > module and ***does not*** piggyback on top of an existing LAN port on > the mainboard. > What's wrong with the Supermicro IPMI implementations? I have several - all have a SEPARATE LAN port on the main board for the IPMI KVM (separate and distinct from the board's primary LAN ports), and I've not had any trouble with any of them. -- Karl --------------050901070102000703020002--
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