[Info-vax] RX2800 i4 iLO 3 firmware

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2021-06-22 kl. 05:39, skrev 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.
> 

I think your questions already have answers available to everyone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Integrated_Lights-Out