DCImanager is a platform for managing physical equipment, which helps to optimize the use of computing power, improve the efficiency of the IT department, and flexibly transform the infrastructure according to business tasks.
In a single web interface, the system allows you to keep an inventory of equipment and monitor the occupancy of racks. The system also allows for remotely managing servers and power supply, configuring of networks, quickly restoring the infrastructure after failures, and monitoring the load on equipment. DCImanager is compatible with the most popular vendors' equipment.
Based on our record, FAI seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 11 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Take a look at Debian's documentation on automatic installation using FAI or the Debian installer - more details on these and other apporoaches in The Debian Administrator's Handbook. Source: over 1 year ago
Fully Automated Installation, which I literally just found. Source: over 1 year ago
For network-based Ubuntu installs in our environment FAI has been a great solution. Source: almost 2 years ago
Bare metal install with FAI (after getting used to it, it is really quiet fast and adjustable) after initial reboot config management is handed over to salt with a highstate (i.e. Full config run) on boot-up. Source: about 2 years ago
Not exactly an answer to your question but I’ve used FAI (https://fai-project.org) to just make dynamic images. The scripting is a bitch and the entire process is annoying, but you have control over every step of the install, the final product is an image you can install even over NetBoot and fully automatic. Source: over 2 years ago
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