Hi all- I am trying to get myself up to speed on server management in a Linux environment and in my research I keep running across your e-mail list serve. I have been doing a lot of reading and many times the information I am reading is contradictory. I am looking for some definitive answers on the following:
1) Does Linux support IPMI? If so how? 2) Why is their a preference for using Console Port Servers in Linux and Unix, while Windows tends to be KVM? Is their a technical reason or is it simply 1) cost 2) text based management preference through CLI? 3) I read an article on Linux where in the serial section they indicate: "Linux supports ordinary telephone modems only if they work through a serial port (although the port may be built into the modem). Is this true? if it is true and someone wants to modem in then it must be done serially?
Thanks in advance.
Lisa
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, lisa stout wrote:
- Does Linux support IPMI? If so how?
sure.
I don't know where the tools are.
- Why is their a preference for using Console Port Servers in Linux and
Unix, while Windows tends to be KVM?
Because windows systems can't be managed well any other way. We don't actually use Console Port servers for day-to-day, we have found they are unusable in clusters with many nodes. Real OSes are manageable over a network.
- I read an article on Linux where in the serial section they
indicate: "Linux supports ordinary telephone modems only if they work through a serial port (although the port may be built into the modem). Is this true? if it is true and someone wants to modem in then it must be done serially?
no, stop reading the rag that wrote that, they are wrong.
ron
ron minnich wrote:
- I read an article on Linux where in the serial section they
indicate: "Linux supports ordinary telephone modems only if they work through a serial port (although the port may be built into the modem). Is this true? if it is true and someone wants to modem in then it must be done serially?
no, stop reading the rag that wrote that, they are wrong.
Maybe they were talking about Winmodem cards, I think these are a problem on Linux.
-Steve
* Steve Gehlbach steve@nexpath.com [030811 05:53]:
- I read an article on Linux where in the serial section they
indicate: "Linux supports ordinary telephone modems only if they work through a serial port (although the port may be built into the modem). Is this true? if it is true and someone wants to modem in then it must be done serially?
no, stop reading the rag that wrote that, they are wrong.
Maybe they were talking about Winmodem cards, I think these are a problem on Linux.
Many Laptops have these and most of them work fine nowadays. Since most available drivers are not included in the kernel source itself, it needs some extra fiddling around, but it's certainly doable.
Stefan
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Steve Gehlbach wrote:
Maybe they were talking about Winmodem cards, I think these are a problem on Linux.
yes, but the author of that article is still pretty clueless.
ron
Hello from Gregg C Levine Originally when I saw the first message, I wasn't going to say anything. I figured that all of you would have the right things to say. However, one of the things I have seen in the past five years, is that when it comes to Linux, and the magazine isn't one that was formed to publish articles and things on the subject of Linux, the magazine, and its authors usually are clueless about it. Take for example the theme of Linux on the mainframe. The bunch attempting to write about that one, are more clueless then the group I just mentioned. ------------------- Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net ------------------------------------------------------------ "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi "Use the Force, Luke." Obi-Wan Kenobi (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda )
-----Original Message----- From: linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios- admin@clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of ron minnich Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 9:51 AM To: Steve Gehlbach Cc: lisa stout; linuxbios@clustermatic.org Subject: Re: Questions to the experts
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Steve Gehlbach wrote:
Maybe they were talking about Winmodem cards, I think these are a problem on Linux.
yes, but the author of that article is still pretty clueless.
ron
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Gregg C Levine wrote:
Hello from Gregg C Levine Originally when I saw the first message, I wasn't going to say anything.
I think Lisa might get some good answers over on the Beowulf list, http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
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