[Info-vax] Integrity iLO Configuration?

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 6/24/21 3:29 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2021-06-24 kl. 21:17, skrev Craig A. Berry:
>>
>> On 6/24/21 2:10 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> On 6/24/21 2:44 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>> On 6/24/2021 1:19 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>>>>> On 2021-06-24 00:50:32 +0000, Dave Froble said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Apparently I'm getting an itanic on Friday.  Do I have to use iLO and
>>>>>> such, or, can I ignore tham?
>>>>>
>>>>> That's your call.
>>>>>
>>>>> Around here, I'd want to configure and connect the iLO to the network,
>>>>> yes. With any Integrity server. Regardless of the intended usage of 
>>>>> the
>>>>> Integrity server.
>>>>>
>>>>> If this Integrity server includes graphics hardware and a graphics
>>>>> display (that via separate controller, or via the iLO), that'll likely
>>>>> be the primary usage, and not the iLO network-connected serial 
>>>>> console.
>>>>>
>>>>> If using this Integrity server as a remote server with interactive
>>>>> sessions—traditional timesharing, not graphics—then the iLO can be one
>>>>> of the various network connections, or can be ignored.
>>>>>
>>>>> For a development-only system, the iLO is akin to a backup. Handy to
>>>>> have when something goes wrong, also handy for upgrades and for
>>>>> restarting the host and for restarting the network stack, but probably
>>>>> not used heavily otherwise.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I need to do some TCP/IP research and development.  The Alpha 
>>>> doesn't get the latest stuff, and, I really need to be using the 
>>>> latest stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Didn't want the damn thing, but, I need to do the research.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Can't you get involved in the "Early Implementer" stuff with VSI
>>> and do your research on an X86-64 version?
>>
>> There are no native compilers in v9.0 so he'd still need an itanic to
>> cross-compile.  v9.1 with native compilers is due 2021H1, i.e. within
>> the next week or so, assuming it's on time.
> 
> *Some* compilers. And, if I'm not wrong, not the compiler David use.
> 
> 


That's too bad.  I wouldn't wish an Itanic on my worst enemy.

bill