[Info-vax] RX2800 i4 iLO 3 firmware

[Dave Froble]

On 6/22/2021 3:29 AM, 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

Well, no.  There is the question of "Does x86 VMS require an iLO?"

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