From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 21 18:24:34 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 E71BB16A401 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:24:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D78F743D46 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:24:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k2LIOMJq032907; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:24:23 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <442044D6.5010207@centtech.com> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:24:22 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060112) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew McNaughton 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> In-Reply-To: <20060318061814.A18985@a2.scoop.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1347/Tue Mar 21 10:35:25 2006 on mh2.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: FreeBSD-ISP List Subject: Re: 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: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:24:35 -0000 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 -U user -f 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------