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Date:      Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:34:59 -0600
From:      David Sze <dsze@alumni.uwaterloo.ca>
To:        Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de>
Cc:        freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, rhempel@bmts.com
Subject:   Re: 6.0 on Dell 1850 with DRAC4 management card?
Message-ID:  <20060106173459.GA6765@mail.distrust.net>
In-Reply-To: <43BE9BB6.2000002@kernel32.de>
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>

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On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 05:32:54PM +0100, Marian Hettwer wrote:
> 
> The only thing missing would be hardware power down. if that can be done
> via DRAC, that'll be an advantage :)

One big advantage of the DRAC is virtual media (floppy, CD) support.
Good for BIOS/firmware upgrades, booting a rescue/repair CD, or even
reinstalling the OS.




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