From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 17 16:02:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5FCD1065678 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:02:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@optiksecurite.com) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B5B58FC19 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:02:28 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Received: from [69.69.69.193] ([69.70.93.206]) by VL-MO-MR002.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0L46000IB1W3VVC0@VL-MO-MR002.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:02:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-id: <4C1A471B.906@optiksecurite.com> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:02:35 -0400 From: Martin Turgeon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; fr; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Hardware monitoring with iDRAC6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:02:28 -0000 Hi again everyone, I just realized after posting my question on optimal RAID config that the best solution for hardware monitoring would be to use the integrated iDRAC6. I have the Express version (no dedicated port). I have never worked with DRAC cards and I would like to know your opinions about the best way to use it for hardware monitoring. I'm not really planning on using the remote control features, but it would be nice too. As I understand it, I have to configure an additional IP for iDRAC. In my case, the servers are going to be installed in a colocation datacenter so I guess I have to reserve an additional public IP for each servers so I can access the iDRAC remotely? What are the securiy implications? I'm also configuring a Nagios installation for monitoring. Is there a way to plug iDRAC with Nagios to handle the notifications (snmp maybe)? Or should I configure an email alert in the iDRAC config (I assume there is a way to do that)? Thanks for your answer on how to use iDRAC6 Express with FreeBSD 8.0, Martin