I am looking into a new supermicro server and deciding whether IPMI is needed or not. If it does what I think it will be very useful, but I can't find a lot of details on it. Can anyone answer a few questions?
- Does it require software on the server or does it operate below/beside the OS? I will be running VMware ESXi on the machine, so installing other services is a problem.
- If the OS on the host is hosed (blue screen) can IPMI be used to reset the machine?
- What app do you use to manage the machines via IPMI?
- Does it require software on the server or does it operate below/beside the OS? I will be running VMware ESXi on the machine, so installing other services is a problem.
- If the OS on the host is hosed (blue screen) can IPMI be used to reset the machine?
- What app do you use to manage the machines via IPMI?