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if i buy a motherboard with ipmi, i don't need to get a GPU, right? (feddit.it)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sorry, I'm not very used with server stuff, if I buy an Intel CPU without an integrated GPU like most Xeon, then I wouldn't have enough pcie lanes for a GPU because all is taken for nvme drives

Specifically, the motherboard ipmi is powered by aspeed ast2500

If I understood right, that chip will act as a 2d basic graphics card that's enough to see what happens that day the server is unresponsive

I don't plan to connect a monitor, it's just that I'm scared if I break truenas and I can't connect via ssh, then I could still see the local screen from the management Page on the browser

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[–] ysjet 13 points 1 year ago

If you're willing to deal with terminal, you don't need a gpu at all. You can merely connect over serial (which could be a DB8 connector, or an ethernet connector, or whatever), and a directly plugged in screen/keyboard (which is usually also supported, though maybe not over HDMI or anything) will also work.

And to be honest, if you want to play with servers, you should get used to terminal- it will do you a lot of good in general.