Part of the problem is the absolute crap that most vendors throw on an AST2600 is even worse.

I will say iDRAC has been a lot more reliable for me, but the chance I'll ever buy a Dell server for home use is basically 0.

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geerlingguy 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Always a fun adventure when you buy an old server motherboard to see what state of disarray the BMC is in. Or if you have to patch the license on older boards just to get into it. Usually I just ignore the BMC on any hardware more than 5 years old.

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mwpmaybe 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Have you played around with OpenBMC or any of the open-sourced BMC firmware alternatives?

ETA: specifically on older server/workstation boards instead of the stock firwmare

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xxpor an hour ago | parent [-]

I've been interested but the idea of SPI flasher recovery has always meant I've not bothered actually trying. Maybe I will finally on one of these old boards I have lying around..

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