On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Adam Nielsen <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Has anyone suggested installing/using Dell OpenManage on the server? > > I have used this to view and modify DRAC5 network settings in the past. > > It is pretty well documented by Dell, ask if you need help. > > I have tried using OpenManage before (admittedly it was a couple of years > ago) > but at that time it was limited so that it could only be installed on a > couple > of hand-picked distros (e.g. Red Hat.) Because I prefer more flexible > distros > I can't run most software like this. (I always find it ironic that open > source software, comprised mainly of volunteers, runs on a much wider range > of > systems than most financially-backed closed-source packages.) > > Is it still like this or can I unzip parts of it and run it direct from the > command line without installing anything? > I think that is possible to set the IP of the DRAC via the IPMI inside Linux that is running on the machine. > > > Our DRAC5's have been quite solid. I'd expect a physical problem > > before a crash. We have had to reseat a couple. Symptom was that in > > OpenManage under Remote Access we could see BMC but not DRAC listed. > > Yes I would be surprised if it did crash, but then there's not too many > things > that will cause a machine to stop responding to ARP packets! > > I was hoping I'd be able to use racadm to set the IP and reboot the DRAC, > but > then the only version of racadm that I can find is the one on the DRAC > itself... > > Cheers, > Adam. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq >
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