Loading software on to rack

[NotAGolf]

Hello all.

I'm looking at a job advertisement and one of the things it states is the ability to: "Load software onto racks". It's for a systems tester job.

What exactly does this mean? Obviously it involves putting some software onto a server in some fashion, but what would be the normal method for doing this? What technologies etc? I know it's not going to be your typical "double click the installer and let it do it all for you" jobby!

Thanks.

 

[K.C. Leblanc]

It sounds like it was writen by someone who doesn't know what they're on about. Or it means shelf stacking.

Servers often have built in managment functions. These take the form of an extra network port and a web server built into the motherboard.

This means the servers can be managed via a web browser, and you can do all sorts of things. Including see what's on screen (even if the OS has crashed), hit the power button and even upload an ISO file and mount it as a CD drive. This means you don't have to go to the servers to carry out all sorts of task. Although it's built into most modern servers (apart from entry level stuff) you of course have to pay extra to enable it.

The HP version of this is called Integrated Lights Out. Get googling.