IBM blades don't have individual serial ports. I updated BIOS and turned off hyperthreading in our 84 blades in under an hour using console redirection in management browser. Java applet works well for me even if I do it from home. It takes about a minute or two to load, but once it does, it runs fine. True serial connection would be nice, but its not crucial in my case. > > Odd, our IBM x345 BIOSes are fully serial-friendly (once it's > turned on), and I assumed the BladeCenters were as well-behaved. > > > Chris Pepper