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Re: ILO Card For P6-2107C

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Am 10.01.2016 um 02:29 schrieb (PeteCresswell):
> Per Kay Martinen:

> Thanks.   I am just trying to set up a situation where a boot-time
> prompt does not require me to drive 200 miles....

You can buy a used Compaq RILOE II on ebay. But only if there is the
outside cabling included, which connects to VGA, Keyboard and Mouse port
on your motherboard. Then, you can give it a try. Most of this cards are
sold for less money.

But, eventually you may need an ILO-Licence for some features. They will
cost more than a used ILO-Card. AFAIR Remote Console was a basic
feature, Remote Install Media not.

So far the machine reacts on CTRL-ALT-DEL you do not need the inside
cables for reset and power.

> 
> It's a relief to hear that the cards physically plug into the mobo's i/o
> headers - seems to make for a better chance of compatibility.   

On Boards dedicated for Server-use, yes. But your machine, like almost
all desktop-machines is not intended to use as a server.

> I was
> thinking that they magically went through the bus into the mobo's
> innards.

Some RiLOE Cards may do so, with an 20pin header and cable in a special
slot like my Proliant DL380G2 has in the Cardcage.

But i belive your machine has no IPMI, no internal KVM-Connector or
similar. Then, you only can do it with the Outside cabling, from
Mobo-Ports to the Cards Slot-Bracket Port. The cable looks like an
octopus, in german called "Kabelpeitsche".

Kay
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ILO Card For P6-2107C "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2016-01-09 09:57 -0500
  Re: ILO Card For P6-2107C Kay Martinen <kay@martinen.de> - 2016-01-09 16:29 +0100
    Re: ILO Card For P6-2107C "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2016-01-09 20:29 -0500
      Re: ILO Card For P6-2107C Kay Martinen <kay@martinen.de> - 2016-01-10 06:41 +0100

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