[Info-vax] RX2800 i4 iLO 3 firmware

[Hans Bachner]

Stephen Hoffman schrieb am 23.06.2021 um 18:58:
> On 2021-06-22 23:27:16 +0000, <kemain.nospam at gmail.com> said:
> 
>> Out of band server management like ILO's, DRAC including remote power 
>> mgmt. strategies has been around for decades (early 1980's).
> 
> [...]
> 
> Remote management was something comparatively new for OpenVMS folks, 
> first arriving with Itanium for many of the OpenVMS sites around.

Actually, there was the RMC (remote management console) on various 
Alphas - I think starting around the AlphaServer 4100 and friends. It 
also included remote power on/off among other things.

Given that this effort startet in the last millenium, the RMC was 
accessed through a serial port (not via network as today). You could 
connect this port to a DECserver and access the DECserver either locally 
over the network or remotely via a modem.

>> [...]

Hans.