[Info-vax] RX2800 i4 iLO 3 firmware

[Dave Froble]

On 6/21/2021 10:33 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 6/21/2021 8:03 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 6/21/2021 6:34 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>>> On 6/21/2021 5:36 PM, Hans Bachner wrote:
>>>
>>>> Iirc most everything (but not all) for x86 (BIOS, ILO,
>>>> Windows-/Linux-/VMware-related) is freely available. Not so for
>>>> Itanium (or Alpha).
>>>
>>> Yes, iLO and BIOS are freely available for X86, but not the rest of the
>>> firmware that is on the system.
>>>
>>
>> Competition can be a wonderful thing.
>>
>> Not knowledgeable about newest servers, wonder what AMD has to compare
>> with iLO, if anything?
>
> I wasn't clear in my response; I did not mean to draw a distinction
> between the Proliant Intel vs. the Proliant AMD series.
>
> iLO is motherboard CPU-agnostic; it's the same iLO for a DL380 and DL385
> (the nomenclature is such that for the Proliant line, the xx5 variant is
> with an
> AMD CPU).
>

Since you're answering questions ...

:-)

Is the iLO an HPe thing, or do others use it, or something similar?

Does x86 VMS require an iLO?

Or something similar?

I'm aware that VSI is looking to the HPe Proliant systems, but I'm still 
holding an old grudge because of the 386 FP fiasco, and more recently 
against HP(e).  To be fair, I guess I should also hold a grudge for AMD 
not producing the motherboards that would work with Alpha, as I believe 
they agreed to do.

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