I normally just install srvadmin-all now and thing just "work" -- yes the
depchain is a tad stupid, but that includes supporting a jvm install too,
so, there's that.

-n


On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Jo Rhett <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Dec 10, 2012, at 1:01 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> > All the DRACs that we've got (version 4 through iDRAC6) support IPMI
> > with serial redirection, so once that's configured (we do it through
> > recipies run at the first boot after kickstarting), we can manage
> machines
> > strictly through IPMI and serial console commands--so management access
> is
> > the same for our Dell and SuperMicro and other boxes from that point on.
>
>
> Hey, that's a project on my back plate I'd love some pointers on. I tried
> to get the Dell Repo for software utilities and it's larger than CentOS and
> wants to install half the world. I haven't gotten back to figure out how to
> get a minimal installation out of it. Can I throw beer at you for pointers
> on that?
>
> Basically we just want the DRAC utilities and the RAID card software, but
> access to things like hardware temp sensors would be nice too. Feel free to
> reply directly, or keep it on list if you want to share with everyone.
>
> --
> Jo Rhett
> Net Consonance : net philanthropy to improve open source and internet
> projects.
>
>
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