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This is one of the reasons I like to architect networks for netbooting (so no remote media needed) plus force every physical server to boot UEFI-only - because
by p_l 4y ago
This is one of the reasons I like to architect networks for netbooting (so no remote media needed) plus force every physical server to boot UEFI-only - because UEFI supports serial console properly, unlike BIOS, so I can just use IPMI Serial-over-LAN support.
Combination of those two generally removes the need for any of the advanced features that required custom clients or even a Web browser
- andrewjf 4y agoFor sure - we have some networks that when a host netboots it always goes to something like http://netboot.xyz http://netboot.xyz with serial console by default. My favorite is some vendors using COM1 and some using COM2 so you have no idea which it is ahead of time.
- p_l 4y agoThat's why I keep to UEFI - most of the time the configuration just works, and firmware passes down information about serial console to the OS, iirc.