Ralph Hempel wrote: > >> I've never enabled the DRAC card on any dell I have that came with >> them... > > > Hmmm. The DRAC card can save you a long drive sometimes. You actually > get to look at the hardware boot process and can even adjust > BIOS settings if needed. To get to a FreeBSD console, I think that > the OS actually needs to boot. > > The DRAC lets you control the server BEFORE the OS is even loaded, > all through a browser interface. > Well, you can do that too, if you enable Console Redirection to Serial Port in the BIOS. The old DELL 1550 and 1650 were definetly capable of doing so. I don't know about the 1850, but I assume they can redirect the console too. Usually the BIOS accepts VT100 or ANSI input. Of course you want to go with VT100. And from your workstation:
export TERM=vt100 ssh user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] and of you go. The only thing missing would be hardware power down. if that can be done via DRAC, that'll be an advantage :) - Marian _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
