<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Kenni Lund <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kenni@kelu.dk" target="_blank">kenni@kelu.dk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
2013/7/17 Raymond Wagner <<a href="mailto:raymond@wagnerrp.com">raymond@wagnerrp.com</a>>:<br>
<div class="im">> On 7/16/2013 4:23 PM, Tom Harris wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> If I had virtual console access via IPMI (or iLO or similar), I could have<br>
>> quickly remedied the issue<br>
><br>
><br>
> Modern i5s and i7s, with a supporting chipset, have an integrated VNC-based<br>
> IPKVM.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_vPro#VNC-based_KVM_remote_control" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_vPro#VNC-based_KVM_remote_control</a><br>
<br>
</div>Exactly, I would recommend the Intel vPro solution as well. I've been<br>
running my backend on a vPro-compatible system for a couple of years,<br>
and even though I've only needed the functionality once (to see why<br>
the system didn't boot after a reset), then it's still nice to have<br>
the functionality. My setup consists of a Intel motherboard with a<br>
vPro-compatible chipset and an Core i5 with integrated GPU. The<br>
motherboard runs a few network services which are available to the<br>
LAN. One of the services is a webserver which gives you a simple<br>
website that allows you to power on, power off or (hard) reset the<br>
system. Another service gives you the VNC-based KVM, which allows you<br>
to get low-level KVM access and - if using a compatible client -<br>
allows you to mount ISO files over the network and boot from them.<br>
That's useful if you don't want to put an optical drive in your<br>
server, as you're likely only going to use it to install the OS once<br>
when setting up the server.<br>
<br>
I've been looking into upgrading the system to a Haswell-based one, so<br>
I can just as well share some of my findings:<br>
<br>
Out of the new Intel 8 Series desktop chipsets for Haswell, only one<br>
chipset supports vPro - and that's "Intel Q87":<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1150#Original_Haswell_chipsets" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1150#Original_Haswell_chipsets</a><br>
<br>
Intel currently only has one desktop motherboard with Q87 chipset -<br>
"Intel DQ87PQ" (the manual of the motherboard confirms that the<br>
motherboard supports vPro, including AMT/KVM):<br>
<a href="http://ark.intel.com/products/series/75550/Intel-Desktop-Boards-with-Intel-Q87-Chipset" target="_blank">http://ark.intel.com/products/series/75550/Intel-Desktop-Boards-with-Intel-Q87-Chipset</a><br>
<br>
In terms of CPU, any of the Haswell Core i5 or i7 models above 45xx<br>
which are NOT "K" or "R" models will support vPro.<br>
You can see a comparison table of the CPUs here:<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_(microarchitecture)#Desktop_processors" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_(microarchitecture)#Desktop_processors</a><br>
<br>
Even though I'm fairly sure that the above rules applies to all<br>
current Haswell CPUs, please check vPro compatibility of the CPU at<br>
<a href="http://ark.intel.com/" target="_blank">http://ark.intel.com/</a> before buying.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the replies. vPro AMT looks like a good option. One option that looks very good to me is the new Intel NUC i5 ( DC53427HYE ). It's very small, but quite powerful, and states vPro support on the product info. Intel uses "vPro" as a brand for a lot of features, including virtualization support, but as best I can tell from their marketing material it does include remote management (AMT).</div>
<div><br></div><div>A quick search didn't turn up any Atom based systems with AMT. It would be nice to have even lower power options, as I really don't need the processing power of the i5. </div></div>