Re: [Testbed-admins] Power controller or IPMI

[Brecht Vermeulen <brecht.vermeulen@atlantis.ugent.be>]

Dear Zdravko,

at IBBT (http://ilabt.ibbt.be/) we are running a 100 node emulab with
IPMI cards (supermicro servers).
We have written some modules for this and of course are happy to share this.

regards,
Brecht

Zdravko Bozakov schreef:
> Hello,
>
> we are planning to set up an Emulab based testbed at our institute, 
> consisting of approximately 40 nodes, and are currently considering 
> the various hardware alternatives.
>
> I have a question regarding the remote managed power controllers - if 
> we install IPMI management cards in our servers, would it be possible 
> to use these to power servers on/off, and just use standard power strips?
> In the Wiki, IPMI is mentioned only briefly, so I assume that the 
> Emulab software does not support it out of the box -  so my question 
> is, do you believe that the approach to use IPMI is feasible? Do you 
> know if something similar has been done before and how difficult do 
> you think it will be to incorporate the IPMI support in the software?
>
> Any info on the matter would be appreciated - many thanks in advance!
>
> Best regards,
> Zdravko
>
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