From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 18 16:32:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E2116A47B for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:32:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spencer@io.com) Received: from smtp.prismnet.com (smtp.prismnet.com [209.198.128.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44E9843D5C for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:32:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spencer@io.com) Received: from fnord.io.com (spencer@fnord.io.com [209.198.128.89]) by smtp.prismnet.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8IGWijc040047 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:32:44 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from spencer@io.com) Received: (from spencer@localhost) by fnord.io.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k8IGWi1k002354; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:32:44 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from spencer) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:32:44 -0500 From: Spencer PriceNash To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060918163244.GA1717@io.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.1, clamav-milter version 0.88.1 on smtp.prismnet.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=7.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on smtp.prismnet.com Cc: Paul Schmehl Subject: Re: Dell DRAC 5 cards and 6.1-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:32:49 -0000 On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:29:41AM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > Is anyone using the Dell DRAC 5 cards on 6.1-RELEASE? I played with it > over the weekend and couldn't seem to get it working. Then, last night, it > suddenly started working. (I can access the web admin interface now.) For > some reason, I couldn't ping the card at all, even though I used STATIC and > assigned known good IP, netmask and gateway. Then, for no apparent > reason,it started working, after another reboot. (Needless to say, my > confidence in the card isn't exactly soaring.) It is my understanding that DRAC configuration is not applied until after a reboot. (I work in a place that has thousands of Dell boxes. Yes, thousands.) The DRAC may have worked properly before a reboot if it were (re)configured in a box previous to a *850 series, but that's tricky and Dell doesn't support it. In *850 and beyond, the card is part of the motherboard, and only a restart of the OS will make it realize on what net it should respond. If a pre *850 DRAC is completely hosed for whatever reason, one must replace both the motherboard and the card. (I've stood near many a field engineer who could not believe they had to replace both to get the box to POST properly.) If it's a *850 series, replace the motherboard. > The native card has enough functionality for what I need, but what I'm > wondering is if anyone has managed to get the extra functionality working > under linux emulation. If so, how did you install the rpm? And which > emulation did you use? The OS doesn't matter if it's Windows or RedHat/SuSE. Haven't seen it working on anything else. YMMV. -- Spencer PriceNash spencer@io.com many other addresses http://www.io.com/~spencer many other sites