Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 18:24:21 +0100 From: Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> To: rhempel@bmts.com Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6.0 on Dell 1850 with DRAC4 management card? Message-ID: <43BEA7C5.9040206@kernel32.de> In-Reply-To: <43BE9C99.5050201@bmts.com> References: <20060106135717.GA20651@llama.fishballoon.org> <43BE8304.2010709@kernel32.de> <DD400FE7-3B39-42E2-BD97-169D0CFAE565@khera.org> <43BE98F3.3000507@bmts.com> <43BE9BB6.2000002@kernel32.de> <43BE9C99.5050201@bmts.com>
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Hej there, Ralph Hempel wrote: > Yes, you get that too. Full hardware power down. Wait as long as > you want, then power the machine up. It's not the same as a remote > reboot where you HOPE the server comes up far enough to get > a console session. > Well, if the BIOS can do console redirection, the server will come up far enough ;) If I don't see a BIOS screen, although console redirection is enabled, there's something really really wrong... > Plus you don't need anything mote than an Ethernet connection to > your existing infrastructure to make it all work. > same counts for a console server (say 48 ports, 1 U) and all servers connected to it. One IP adress, ethernet... > If you are paranoid and/or have a lot of servers, you can > put all the DRAC ports on a separate subnet and their own > VPN... > I would do that anyway... IMO an out-of-band network belongs into its own subnet (vlan) and you want to secure it in some way for remote access (ssh only, VPN, whatever) Marian
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