From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 27 11:36:07 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB97016A41A for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:36:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from netslists@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C60C13C4A3 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:36:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from netslists@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id w9so2040147mue for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:36:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=r/LgwU5Yd6hP31Kya95HOVOKgnWr6KhT3hmlqwggNTt0w37h7Qm3PSKech/wM7RJrEzBKRV2l+XxLjNorxRzcsEe0uEfAMkycFkuyU10tNJ2r83k3F93beRjxKvbf4jiVTOxWt63ruDHtINFyEG2XJEEltPZWGcR0LTI4JLdqnY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=j2v+ME+BIqqxuGzafDQpf6JZnxc5kO00Y3wm3HDq8iuYGoPyrmDCxUJmiebhhiQXZess6Cypg+OGY8hDUl6hFduQjtzl/qXClNZ7BdsrrQYCKak7PZeerkiuBHb4XiJqaYAf0+jDwghJ4sCDLjsygOuHiLjnRJBWNACDRHLKouA= Received: by 10.82.175.17 with SMTP id x17mr13965611bue.1188214564735; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:36:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.9.8? ( [91.135.49.10]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f7sm624444nfh.2007.08.27.04.36.02 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:36:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46D2B71E.8050101@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:35:58 +0200 From: Sten Daniel Soersdal User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grant Peel References: <000f01c7e7d8$e4960e60$6501a8c0@GRANT> In-Reply-To: <000f01c7e7d8$e4960e60$6501a8c0@GRANT> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPMI A Question to all Dell Users. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:36:07 -0000 Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been reading a bit about IPMI. > > I am running 6.2 on all my servers. > > Does any Dell (PowerEdge) users have the IPMI port installed? Is it safe? Easy to use? Any problems with installation? > > I am mostly interested in viewing sensor info and extracting SELs. > > TIA, > Have been using IPMI on PE2850 without problems. Although i have not performed any extensive testing on the functionality, it appears correct and i have had no trouble with it. I have used /usr/ports/sysutils/ipmitool on 6.1. /usr/ports/sysutils/ipmi-kmod is either available as ports module or in base system on some versions of FreeBSD. -- Sten Daniel Soersdal