[Beowulf] Re: Purdue Supercomputer

[Joe Landman]

Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> Mark Hahn <hahn at mcmaster.ca> writes:
>> I find that with IPMI and console redirection, it's very rarely necessary to
>> care about where your nodes are, at least from a sysadmin perspective.
> 
> Speaking of IPMI, are there reasonable motherboards that incorporate
> it right into the design at this point, or is it still mostly an add
> on?

Still mostly an add-on.  With occasional exciting failure modes.

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