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SuperMicro's ILO and rack mounting hardware were really poor a few years ago. Has that changed? Keep in mind the big brands have improved those parts since then
by jzwinck 7y ago
SuperMicro's ILO and rack mounting hardware were really poor a few years ago. Has that changed? Keep in mind the big brands have improved those parts since then, so unless SM made amazing progress, they're not a drop in replacement.
- sliken 7y agoWorks for me. I just want to be able to turn on, turn off, reset, get a video console, and reinstall the OS from an ISO. Sure the software/tools could be nicer, but I've not been overly impressed with the competition. At least HTML5 has replaced the pain of ancient buggy java solutions that waste 5 minutes over a slow connections with sandbox permissions, java splash screens, and some awful client that's mostly VNC, but with a hacked up auth system.
- sithadmin 7y agoSuperMicro's rails and OOB management are still horrendous.
- detaro 7y agoWhat's the problem with their OOB?
- snuxoll 7y agoSame Avocent garbage as everyone else I assume, it’s not like any of the OEMs make their own.
- detaro 7y agoMore specific? That you think it's garbage doesn't really tell me what's garbage about it compared to others. I've only used supermicro's a little, and it seemed to do what it offered just fine.
- snuxoll 7y agoI haven’t used it, but I assume it’s really no better or worse. Virtually every OEM licenses their OOB management controllers from Avocent - HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc. all use more or less the same platform with a custom skin and a couple addon features packed in. From what I’ve seen, Supermicro is no different - they use Avocent hardware like everyone else. Everything just depends on what generation of controller they ship. EDIT: as an example, the iDRAC on my Dell R210 II’s, the IMM on my Lenovo TD340, and iLO 3 on my HP ML10 are all the same generation of Avocent hardware with few differences. My Dell RX20’s have newer OOB modules and suck less to work with, but so does comparably new hardware from other OEM’s because they’re all made by the same damned company.
- SteveNuts 7y agoiDrac is MILES ahead of SM ipmi, in my experience.
- greatpatton 7y agoBe more specific, because the basic stuff needed by 99% of setup has been covered for ages. We are managing hundreds of machine with just SP IPMI.
- imroot 7y agoI keep on hearing a rumor about a new HTML5 based RSA/OOB: It's one of those things that I keep on hoping for when I unbox a new SuperMicro, but, I've got 12K+ of these in the field and I'm finally at a point where I can replace them with Dells. In about 5 years, maybe I'll replace the ones I have at home (admittedly, I really should just do a blade server at home -- it'd probably be less power draw!)
- sliken 7y agoThere's two kind of SM rails that I'm familiar with. The cheaper crappy ones, and the "tool less" ones. They are so nice I can mount rails from a single side of the rack with one hand.