Server BMCs can need to be rebooted every so often

Re:Server BMCs can need to be rebooted every so often by p_l on Sunday January 15, 2023 @08:39AM (#34389291)

This is one of the reasons I like to architect networks for netbooting (so no remote media needed) plus force every physical server to boot UEFI-only - because UEFI supports serial console properly, unlike BIOS, so I can just use IPMI Serial-over-LAN support.

Combination of those two generally removes the need for any of the advanced features that required custom clients or even a Web browser

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Re:Server BMCs can need to be rebooted every so often by andrewjf on Sunday January 15, 2023 @12:58PM (#34391401)

For sure - we have some networks that when a host netboots it always goes to something like http://netboot.xyz with serial console by default.

My favorite is some vendors using COM1 and some using COM2 so you have no idea which it is ahead of time.

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Re:Server BMCs can need to be rebooted every so often by p_l on Sunday January 15, 2023 @07:31PM (#34395276)

That's why I keep to UEFI - most of the time the configuration just works, and firmware passes down information about serial console to the OS, iirc.

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