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Date:      Fri, 06 Jan 2006 18:24:21 +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:  <43BEA7C5.9040206@kernel32.de>
In-Reply-To: <43BE9C99.5050201@bmts.com>
References:  <20060106135717.GA20651@llama.fishballoon.org>	<43BE8304.2010709@kernel32.de>	<DD400FE7-3B39-42E2-BD97-169D0CFAE565@khera.org>	<43BE98F3.3000507@bmts.com> <43BE9BB6.2000002@kernel32.de> <43BE9C99.5050201@bmts.com>

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Hej there,

Ralph Hempel wrote:
> Yes, you get that too. Full hardware power down. Wait as long as
> you want, then power the machine up. It's not the same as a remote
> reboot where you HOPE the server comes up far enough to get
> a console session.
>
Well, if the BIOS can do console redirection, the server will come up
far enough ;)
If I don't see a BIOS screen, although console redirection is enabled,
there's something really really wrong...

> Plus you don't need anything mote than an Ethernet connection to
> your existing infrastructure to make it all work.
> 
same counts for a console server (say 48 ports, 1 U) and all servers
connected to it.
One IP adress, ethernet...

> If you are paranoid and/or have a lot of servers, you can
> put all the DRAC ports on a separate subnet and their own
> VPN...
>
I would do that anyway... IMO an out-of-band network belongs into its
own subnet (vlan) and you want to secure it in some way for remote
access (ssh only, VPN, whatever)

Marian



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