Re: X on any "Intel"

In article <430472a4@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Noses <noses.nospam@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Only on the ADP2,1 and even there it is possible to put in a PCI-based card;
> you can (and should) even configure the BIOS to regard it as its primary
> controller (that's the advantage of having a Phoenix BIOS).

Not sure why I would need any of this: on the Sun V20z, there is a
separate "service processor" (a PPC running embedded Linux from flash
memory) which is always running as long as there is power. It has its
own ethernet i/f and you can ssh into it at any time. There is also a
ghastly https front-end using Java applets (this is Sun, sigh...) that
doesn't work with any of the Mac browsers; comes up on Windows, but just
clicking around I managed to get it to crash the box so hard, even
crtl-alt-del doesn't work.

Anyway the BIOS on the main unit already knows how to talk to the
"serial port" which can then be diverted to the service processor. I can
remotely power up/down the main unit, change BIOS settings, boot Solaris
into single-user and even reflash the BIOS. It's only when Solaris
starts booting from CD-ROM that it switches back to the real console. If
I boot from the HD, all is well:

Sun Microsystems
IPMI v2.0 Service Processor

Version: V2.3.0.11
cd-sp $ platform console
[Enter `^Ec?' for help]

cd console login: root
Password:
Last login: Sun Aug 14 19:18:20 on console
Aug 18 13:38:51 cd login: ROOT LOGIN /dev/console
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005
[root@cd ~]#



> in mind that you will need two PS2-to-USB converters for mous and
> keyboard...

The V20z has both PS/2 and USB so wouldn't need these, I think.

--

Sak Wathanasin
Network Analysis Limited
http://www.network-analysis.ltd.uk
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