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I sent an email around to colleagues working in different sectors for different organizations asking them to name four features that they would like on their lights out card:

Top of the list was the server name to be displayed prominently when logging in or using the card “I might be accessing five servers at a time when I’m building them and it can be confusing working out which one is which, that can make all the difference in rebooting or changing a setting on the wrong server.”

Making the java client more forgiving – said Mike “I’m tired of constantly playing with my java client because one vendors card uses one kind of java and the others uses another, you’d think this could be made easier”, “Also fix browser support, seriously is there a reason that I have to use a specific browser version these days?”

Online configuration – “preferably with some kind of online tool, where I fill in the details and press submit” – “it’s crazy that I have to bring down a production server to change the address on the lights out card “said Bill.

Integrate the array and system managements functions, “it would be nice if I could manage everything with the one screen, the one tool rather than having to log into different bits of software.” replied Jenny

Thank you to everyone who replied to my question, no doubt every user has their own view, but the more intuitive or easy to use we can make the server, the lights out or the management software the better for the end user community and innovation in the market place alike.

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