From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 24 23:47:27 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 D510516A41F for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:47:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ken@abbott.allenmyland.com) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7632E43D45 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:47:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ken@abbott.allenmyland.com) Received: from abbott.allenmyland.com ([68.81.206.140]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with ESMTP id <20060124234725m12008ktp7e>; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:47:26 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by abbott.allenmyland.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5207517055; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:47:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from abbott.allenmyland.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (abbott.allenmyland.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 00649-08; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:47:23 -0500 (EST) Received: by abbott.allenmyland.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9066017051; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:47:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:47:23 -0500 From: Ken Stevenson To: Alex Zbyslaw Message-ID: <20060124234723.GA1399@abbott.allenmyland.com> Mail-Followup-To: Alex Zbyslaw , David Dean , freebsd-questions References: <163a4b210601231436j7c6c8210y641dab515903c3ad@mail.gmail.com> <43D60E87.4050907@dial.pipex.com> <20060124134727.GA61951@abbott.allenmyland.com> <43D63A80.701@dial.pipex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43D63A80.701@dial.pipex.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at allenmyland.com Cc: David Dean , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Dell DRAC Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:47:28 -0000 On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 02:32:32PM +0000, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Ken Stevenson wrote: > > >What software did you have to install (if any) on the 2850's in order to > >use the serial console? I have a couple 2650's with DRAC's, and I can > >connect to the Web interface on the DRAC port, but the serial console never > >connects. > > > > > > > None. For me they just worked out of the box. I had to upgrade the > firmware in order to get SSH connections to work, but the java serial > console just worked. > > I would first make sure that you have the DRAC configured correctly > especially gateway and DNS server IPs, then start by running a Web > browser on the Dell itself and connecting to the DRAC. > > The other thing is that I do get lots of warnings about certificates, so > maybe over-aggressive browser security settings are your problem. > > I realise I should have said that these are DRAC4s. I don't believe > that the underlying OS should matter a jot, but we have 5.4-RELEASE. I > can connect from a Mozilla browser with native java 1.4. You do have > Java installed, right? > > --Alex > I got it working once I quit kdm. Apparently the remote console is only available if the graphics adapter is in a text mode. Thanks for your help. -- Ken Stevenson Allen-Myland Inc.