Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:33:50 -0400 From: Jason Lixfeld <jason+lists.freebsd-questions@lixfeld.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Questions about monitoring Dell servers Message-ID: <4F6E19E5-CB85-40E8-8E00-42EDCD9483F2@lixfeld.ca>
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I've got a couple of Dell PowerEdge 1850s, one of which has FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE on it. I'm trying to figure out the best way to monitor these boxes. I'm interested in RAID status more than anything else, but I'd like to get as many of the sensors working as possible. What I'm confused about is the difference between IPMI, Open Manage and DRAC. I don't quite understand what does what, and how FreeBSD support is for either of these options. I tried and failed to get IMPI working, I tried to setup linux compatibility to get Open Manage working (which I assume is the osabmcutil RPM) but I couldn't. And I'm not sure if any of these is dependent on the DRAC card or if the DRAC card and these options are mutually exclusive and the DRAC card just does "some other cool stuff"(tm). Can anyone share their experiences?
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