Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:24:22 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Andrew McNaughton <andrew@scoop.co.nz> Cc: FreeBSD-ISP List <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: experience with dell DRAC 4? Message-ID: <442044D6.5010207@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20060318061814.A18985@a2.scoop.co.nz> References: <20060316145215.Y18985@a2.scoop.co.nz> <4418E5B4.1010903@centtech.com> <441ACD4E.6080305@centtech.com> <20060318044213.F18985@a2.scoop.co.nz> <441ADD77.1040501@centtech.com> <20060318061814.A18985@a2.scoop.co.nz>
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Andrew McNaughton wrote: > On Fri, 17 Mar 2006, Eric Anderson wrote: > >> The least amount of setup needed is to configure the DRAC's IP >> information, and of course cabling it up. Once that's done, you can >> do everything else remotely (what I did). You can ssh into the DRAC >> (default u/pw: admin/calvin), and do lots of things. If you have >> console redirection enabled in the BIOS, you can ssh to the DRAC, >> connect to the console, and use it to do lots of stuff. I usually >> use the console redirection feature in the DRAC web console - it >> works great with FreeBSD 6.x with jre 1.5 installed, and gives you >> the actual video/kb/mouse console as if you were in front of the >> machine, great for fixing crashed machines, debugging, etc. >> >> Now, I just need to get a remote-power-cycling script going on >> FreeBSD to reboot a machine automatically.. > > I gather the DRAC does ipmi as well as console access. If so, then > ipmitool makes it easy to script this. eg something like: > > ipmitool -H <host> -U user -f <file with password> chassis power cycle There is IPMI support - but I have to admit, I'm not sure how to use it. There's a config area for IP information, but I'm not certain where there's a physical connection to connect it through - unless I'm supposed to use the same IP info as the DRAC (they are different configuration areas). Either way, I haven't been successful with it yet.. If anyone is currently using IPMI on Dell servers with FreeBSD, I'd love to hear details.. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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