Tim Cutts wrote: >On 03-Nov-03, Jeff Layton wrote: > > >>Also, could you describe what you look for in management >>and monitoring? >> >> > >I'm not going to make specific comments about any particular blade >vendor on this list, but many of you will know that we have significant >blade installations from two of the major blade players, totalling over >a thousand installed CPUs. > >I'd say my ideal requirements are: > >1) Remote serial console, and a BIOS that's reachable by serial > console. Vital, and AFAIK *none* of the current 2P blade products > have it. Without it, we have no console logging. Bad. > Can I ask why you need this? Do you change or access the BIOS frequently? (Not criticizing, just inquiring). Thanks! Jeff (at home now).