[Info-vax] RX2800 i4 iLO 3 firmware

[chris]

On 06/22/21 08:29, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> 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

Most server vendors have an ilo equivalent now, even if not compatible,
though remote managaement tools provide support for multiple vendors.
Both Sun and IBM for example, have for possibly decades...