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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>
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Subject: Re: 6.0 on Dell 1850 with DRAC4 management card?
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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.