Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 17:05:01 +0100 From: Howard Jones <howie@thingy.com> To: Jason Lixfeld <jason+lists.freebsd-questions@lixfeld.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-questions] Questions about monitoring Dell servers Message-ID: <446B49AD.2070805@thingy.com> In-Reply-To: <040C0BC2-E889-4015-831A-25771CB7502A@lixfeld.ca> References: <4F6E19E5-CB85-40E8-8E00-42EDCD9483F2@lixfeld.ca> <20060516130121.1660ab5d.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <BE65CAE7-17E7-4322-B022-3D49B82A2885@lixfeld.ca> <20060517084014.2ae43ecf.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <040C0BC2-E889-4015-831A-25771CB7502A@lixfeld.ca>
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Jason Lixfeld wrote: > Well, I managed to sort it out. The grey area was that the Dell BMC > just needed an IP, username and password configured on it. I was > under the mistaken impression that the OpenIPMI needed to be installed > to speak the BMC, but ipmitools does that just fine. Between the BMC > and megarc for the raid status, I have everything I need! Well, with > the exception of SNMP traps -- still haven't figured out how to set > the trap host and community, but if worst comes to worst, I can use > used net-snmp and use the exec options in snmpd.conf. > Where does this IP address present itself? On an SC1425 we have here, I can set an IP etc in the BMC BIOS, but it lists a MAC address there that isn't the same as either of the GigE interfaces on the mobo. Is it overlaid in some strange way, or do I need some sort of daughterboard? I'd like to get this going for all our Dells if I can. Cheers, Howie
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