Esxi hp microserver: ilo or wol?

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Esxi hp microserver: ilo or wol?
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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert / EE Fellow)VMware and Virtualization Consultant
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for a Microserver WOL.

for a real HP ProLiant Server series - iLo.
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Thanks. Could you clarify why? I have a rac-card inside, are there advanrages over one technology to another?
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A RAC card gives you remote Access, WOL is just Wake On LAN.

RAC is a very poor mans iLo.

iLo is a very advanced Out of Band Management Technology.

http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/remotemgmt.html?jumpid=servers/lights-out

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