Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:56:14 +0100 From: Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com> To: "Peter G." <freebsd@disroot.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can we please finally solve Dell's racadm for FreeBSD? Advice needed Message-ID: <A484062E-E7F0-4747-BD9F-1462255118F3@exonetric.com> In-Reply-To: <5eca3020-4b9c-dd43-8cf0-066d63a92521@disroot.org> References: <5eca3020-4b9c-dd43-8cf0-066d63a92521@disroot.org>
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> On 28 Apr 2018, at 14:39, Peter G. <freebsd@disroot.org> wrote: >=20 > Dear everybody, >=20 > regarding: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D201799 >=20 > would somebody knowledgeable be kind enough to advice and/or help with > bringing Dell racadm client/tools to FreeBSD? What is the problem with > ipmi enumeration Dan mentioned on his commit? What is in the first = place > desired is local access to local hardware via standard racadm client. > Local management is the "big kahuna" here. >=20 > There were several attempts over the years, yet everything waned away > without any solid results. Dell hardware is constantly mentioned on = the > lists or in the forums, so clearly many of us use it. I myself manage > several Dell servers. The lack of local racadm for FreeBSD is daring. >=20 > On my own and out of my pocket I will offer 50 EUR in Bitcoin to = anybody > who will solve the problem, i.e. provide a working racadm client which > can access and manage local hardware. Of course anybody else is = welcome > to chime in. I am willing to put that in escrow with a trusted member = of > the community. Please let me know what to do. A kind offer, and much better than nothing. I think more like Nx1000 = Euros=20 cash would be a more realistic offer. Maybe a kickstarter campaign or = similar to fund it? If all the Dell server managers clubbed together, I bet they = could easily find that much. Alternately persuade the FreeBSD foundation to = put their focus behind it. - Mark=
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