Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:32:54 +0100 From: Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> To: rhempel@bmts.com Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6.0 on Dell 1850 with DRAC4 management card? Message-ID: <43BE9BB6.2000002@kernel32.de> In-Reply-To: <43BE98F3.3000507@bmts.com> References: <20060106135717.GA20651@llama.fishballoon.org> <43BE8304.2010709@kernel32.de> <DD400FE7-3B39-42E2-BD97-169D0CFAE565@khera.org> <43BE98F3.3000507@bmts.com>
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Ralph Hempel wrote: > >> I've never enabled the DRAC card on any dell I have that came with >> them... > > > Hmmm. The DRAC card can save you a long drive sometimes. You actually > get to look at the hardware boot process and can even adjust > BIOS settings if needed. To get to a FreeBSD console, I think that > the OS actually needs to boot. > > The DRAC lets you control the server BEFORE the OS is even loaded, > all through a browser interface. > Well, you can do that too, if you enable Console Redirection to Serial Port in the BIOS. The old DELL 1550 and 1650 were definetly capable of doing so. I don't know about the 1850, but I assume they can redirect the console too. Usually the BIOS accepts VT100 or ANSI input. Of course you want to go with VT100. And from your workstation: export TERM=vt100 ssh user:server@console-server and of you go. The only thing missing would be hardware power down. if that can be done via DRAC, that'll be an advantage :) - Marian
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