Open post kkarhan @kkarhan@jorts.horse · 5mo ago Replying to @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems i feel like my next step is, once again, foregoing any remote administration capacity the manufacturer may have allegedly put into the board and just set an IP camera pointing at the screen @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems Or you'd have to buy a license for said stuff like #Dell's #iDRAC9 "Enterprise" being a €499 upgrade just to get an #iKVM with the ASPEED #AST2400 BMC…
Open post kkarhan @kkarhan@jorts.horse · 5mo ago Replying to @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems can someone explain to me why server motherboards are so fucking awful (it could also just be supermicro. i've had two server motherboards and both were from supermicro) the cheapest, most cost-reduced, aliexpress tier desktop motherboard easily outperforms both of those supermicro boards, combined, when it comes to things like "fucking booting like a normal PC" @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems because #Vendors like #Dell want to nickel and dime customers for basic features like an #iKVM & #BMC! If it was my decision, both #BIOS & #UEFI would be banned and we'd have #LinuxBoot nee #NERF and maybe some minimalist #CoreBoot / #Skulls as only allowed options!