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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Harris<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 18, 2013 9:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Discussion about MythTV<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [mythtv-users] Small backend server with IPMI (remote virtual console access)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Kenni Lund <<a href="mailto:kenni@kelu.dk" target="_blank">kenni@kelu.dk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2013/7/17 Raymond Wagner <<a href="mailto:raymond@wagnerrp.com">raymond@wagnerrp.com</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">> On 7/16/2013 4:23 PM, Tom Harris wrote:<br>
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>> If I had virtual console access via IPMI (or iLO or similar), I could have<br>
>> quickly remedied the issue<br>
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> Modern i5s and i7s, with a supporting chipset, have an integrated VNC-based<br>
> IPKVM.<br>
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> <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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">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>
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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>
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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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I would recommend you look at this supermicro system if you want atom + IPMI (the supermicro version is very easy to use):
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GKULFO">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GKULFO</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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