diff --git a/blog/remote-management-names-rmm-drac-ilom-imm-ilo.mdwn b/blog/remote-management-names-rmm-drac-ilom-imm-ilo.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ee776568 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/remote-management-names-rmm-drac-ilom-imm-ilo.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +[[!meta title="Names of remote management systems (rmm, drac, ilom, imm, ilo)"]] + +After my meeting with a big hardware vendor today, I just got an additional +bunch of presentation slides and buzzwords. And yet another name for a +remote management utility. + +Although all of the tested remote management systems comply with +[IPMI 2.0](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPMI), every vendor gives its +baby a "shiny" new name: + + * [Intel](http://www.intel.com) uses + [RMM2](http://pixel01.cps.intel.com/design/servers/ISM/rmm2.htm) + (remote management 2), + * [Dell](http://www.dell.com) uses + [DRAC](http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/power/en/ps2q02_bell) + (Dell Remote Access Control), + * [Sun](http://www.sun.com) + (now [Oracle](http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/)) uses + [ILOM](http://www.sun.com/systemmanagement/ilom.jsp) + (Integrated Lights Out Manager) + * [IBM](http://www.ibm.com) uses + [IMM](http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/clresctr/vxrx/topic/com.ibm.cluster.csm16.install.doc/am7il_blademm.html) + (Integrated Management Module) + * and [HP](http://www.hp.com) uses + [ILO](http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ilo/) + (Integrated Lights-Out). + +What's the reason for this? Why did the car industry manage to have the same +name for the same feature +(like [ABS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-lock_braking_system) +or [ESP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_stability_control)) and +the IT industry not?