Hi,
I'd like to buy some servers with real remote-mamangement support (up to now,
my x86 servers are built on high-end workstation motherboards, without
real remote management). My ideal system would be managable from LAN
with standard tools like telnet or ssh, and would give access to the system's
serial console, as well as power and reset switches. I'm not sure this
exists.

However most vendors now seems to support the IPMI standard. Is use a custom
UDP protocol, but maybe some boards also support telnet or ssh connectivity ?
Also, I'm not sure the console is seen as a serial port on the system side
(I've seen mails suggesting some supermicro IPMI boards would be snooping
the video memory for characters, slowing down the whole system).

Has anyone experience with IPMI boards (from any vendors) ?

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