The advanced license is worth it, in my opinion. It's a one-time cost, not some annual subscription or anything... definitely not "thousands every year" if that helps.
Especially for small businesses that don't want the hassle of HP SIM to monitor the hardware, ILO 4 with advanced licensing will do email alerting... so just set that up and have ILO email someone when there's a hardware issue.
The remote graphics feature of the advanced license is also a must have for me... there have been those times when that was the only way in to a machine, like when I was updating NIC drivers in Windows and then, poof, something happened and you just can't fix it any other way. It's a life saver in cases like that.
Especially for someone like you who may be selling these to clients and then offering remote support. Is it worth it to you to have that ability compared to an on-site visit to fix situations like that?
Especially for small businesses that don't want the hassle of HP SIM to monitor the hardware, ILO 4 with advanced licensing will do email alerting... so just set that up and have ILO email someone when there's a hardware issue.
The remote graphics feature of the advanced license is also a must have for me... there have been those times when that was the only way in to a machine, like when I was updating NIC drivers in Windows and then, poof, something happened and you just can't fix it any other way. It's a life saver in cases like that.
Especially for someone like you who may be selling these to clients and then offering remote support. Is it worth it to you to have that ability compared to an on-site visit to fix situations like that?