From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 16 01:58:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E46BC16A425 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:58:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Received: from a2.scoop.co.nz (aurora.scoop.co.nz [202.50.109.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B901043D78 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:57:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Received: from a2.scoop.co.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by a2.scoop.co.nz (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k2G1vtpl000833 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:57:55 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Received: from localhost (andrew@localhost) by a2.scoop.co.nz (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id k2G1vtcs000830 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:57:55 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) X-Authentication-Warning: a2.scoop.co.nz: andrew owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:57:55 +1300 (NZDT) From: Andrew McNaughton To: FreeBSD-ISP List Message-ID: <20060316145215.Y18985@a2.scoop.co.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (a2.scoop.co.nz [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:57:55 +1300 (NZDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88/1334/Thu Mar 16 07:13:15 2006 on a2.scoop.co.nz X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: experience with dell DRAC 4? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:58:09 -0000 Does anyone have experience of Dell's remote access card, the DRAC 4? (as sold for the dell poweredge 850 I'm looking at). Dell suggests that it's possible, at least for windows, to install an operating system remotely via one of these cards. If that were possible with FreeBSD, it would be very useful for me for deploying remote servers. Short of that, out of band serial access for remote management of servers is the base criteria I'm looking for, and I'd be interested in any feedback on how the dell card performs, and any issues relating to FreeBSD compatibility. If there's competing products I should be aware of that might also be useful information. Andrew McNaughton ------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew McNaughton http://www.scoop.co.nz/ andrew@scoop.co.nz Mobile: +61 422 753 792 pgp keyid: 70F6C32D -- "We are trying to figure out how you conduct a war against something other than a nation-state and how ... you conduct a war in countries that you are not at war with," -- Donald Rumsfeld, 27 Jan 2006