[Info-vax] OpenVMS graphics - once more

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-03-07 16:58:34 +0000, Michael Moroney said:

> pechter at S20.pechter.dyndns.org (William Pechter) writes:
> 
>> DELL had the DRAC board.  IBM had their RSA (Remote Supervisor 
>> Adapter).  HP had ILO varients (IIRC that was a Compaq name).  Sun had 
>> ILOM.
> 
> HP Itanic servers have iLO management interfaces.  I use them all the 
> time.  You can reconfigure the system, power it off/on (hard power 
> cycle, not just tell the OS to shut down and power off, please) and 
> talk to the console.  Much easier to SSH to OPA0: than to have to deal 
> with a physical terminal, a reverse DECserver or the console on a 
> DECwindows tube.  You can do all this with a CLI or web interface.

Ayup.  You can also access the Itanium BMC via the iLO, if you're so inclined.

DEC had DECserver connections into the RMC, and I've used similar 
hackery to get at the BMC on the few Itanium boxes that have lacked an 
iLO for one reason or another.  The BMC allows power control, as well 
as a few other features.

The Integrity iLO: 
<http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/servers/ilo/integrated-lights-out.html> 


Newer HP iLO specs and docs for ProLiant-class boxes: 
<http://www.hp.com/go/ilo>

For various Integrity configurations running current OpenVMS I64, the 
iLO hardware also provides a supported graphics interface.  The older 
iLO was a Radeon 7000.  Details on the graphics implementation (if any) 
on the newer iLO widgets aren't available in any obvious spot.

Most of the iLO add-ons posted over there appear to be sources of 
recurring revenue, too.


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