Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:22:04 +0100 From: Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> To: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6.0 on Dell 1850 with DRAC4 management card? Message-ID: <43BE992C.5030506@kernel32.de> In-Reply-To: <DD400FE7-3B39-42E2-BD97-169D0CFAE565@khera.org> References: <20060106135717.GA20651@llama.fishballoon.org> <43BE8304.2010709@kernel32.de> <DD400FE7-3B39-42E2-BD97-169D0CFAE565@khera.org>
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Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Marian Hettwer wrote: > >> I don't know about the DRAC with FreeBSD, but I assume that the BIOS of >> this Dell still supports BIOS redirection to serial port. If so, you can >> have Monitor and Keyboard connected locally and use the serial console >> remote. >> Just get a small console server (depending on the amount of servers you >> have remote), for instance an old cyclades TS. Connect them and you can >> get on your serial port through the console server via ssh. > > > This is precisely what I do. The cyclades work extremely well, except > for one flaw: if you power cycle them they send a BREAK signal down > every serial port. So just make sure you don't have BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER > enabled on your kernels and you're safe. Otherwise expect every server > to break to debugger on a power cycle of your cyclade. Not that you > need to ever reboot those little boxes, but you never know.... > How old is your Cyclades box? Since mid 2002 these boxes don't send a break when power cycled. And I know what I say, being an ex-employee of cyclades (o' course, technician). We had customers with quite a large amount of sun servers and these are usually pretty sensitive regarding breaks. Never had an issue due to power cycles... hm... consider a replacement :) The old boxes had 5 years of warranty. So, go for it ;)) > I've never enabled the DRAC card on any dell I have that came with them... > I'd rather stick with a good old console which I can access remotely via ssh, too. So Long, Marian
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