On 2008-05-06 18:55:10 +0100, Sebastian Hanigk <hanigk@in.tum.de> said:

> comp.unix.solaris@expires-on-2008-05...as-borchert.de
> (Andreas F. Borchert) writes:
>
>> Do you will get the same access level on a x86 architecture? No! Well,
>> x86-based servers from Suns come nowadays likewise with a LOM interface
>> and they provide even a SSH interface. However, the x86 architecture
>> unlike the SPARC platform has no simple console interface but requires
>> a graphical VGA-based interface. This cannot be supported through a SSH
>> session.
>
> Wrong and wrong. At least on our X4100s the ILOM provides a serial
> console which can be accessed via SSH login into the service
> processor. And the graphical console (it is horrible, I concede) can be
> tunneled via SSH (three ports suffice) - been there, done that, no
> T-shirt though.

Don't EFI-based systems provide support for sophisticated LOMs?

Cheers,

Chris