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by petschge 2406 days ago
The newer versions finally support a HTML5 console instead of the old java webstart horror they used to ship with.
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Also, if you need to interact with a Supermicro BMC that doesn't support the HTML5 console (for example, because it's running older firmware), I reverse-engineered the proprietary "iKVM" protocol (along with a lot of other parts of the BMC) and implemented support for it on a branch of noVNC, which you can find here: https://github.com/kelleyk/noVNC
Waaaat! Praise be. Now I can justify the last 45min reading HN...
Thank you for your contribution!

Keeping that "Just buy a shitload of cheap-o eBay 2U/4U hand-me-downs" workflow viable for years to come :D

Indeed. We have used this in production for some time now!