> On 18 May 2010, at 23:17, Matthew Lenz wrote: >> We're planning on sticking with our 1850/2850s as our production >> environment >> for the time being. We never did DRAC4s in any of these machines when >> they >> were new but you can get the cards used dirt cheap on ebay (as well as >> spare >> 1850 and 2850 systems). > > The prices I've seen have not been dirty cheap, but certainly very > reasonable. ;)
The ones I'm interested in are the DRAC 4/I. The 1850's and 2850's already have a slot available on the MB for connecting the DRAC. Lots of them listed on ebay for as little as $40 each. >> Are the DRAC4 worth looking at when using non-supported OSes like >> Debian? I >> use openipmi for basic system health stuff but is there other cooler >> stuff >> that the DRAC4 is able to do that ipmi isn't (for non-supported oses)? > > IMO the significantly cool thing about the DRAC4 is the remote access > screen viewer / console. You can see whatever is on the screen and > operate the mouse from across the network, independently of the operating > system. So you can do so even whilst the system is booting, you can enter > the BIOS and you can even install the operating system across the > network, using the virtual media facility. So if your server needs > booting from a live CD, you can just put that in your laptop and use the > laptop to control the server's screen. The virtual CD and console support are very interesting. Primary reason I'm looking into them. Our servers are in a data center that is 25 miles one way. I like to avoid it at costs. > As far as operating system support is concerned, it doesn't matter what > o/s is installed on the server for using the remote access. But the > machine you use to do the controlling / viewing will *probably* have to > be using Windows. Macs certainly don't work. When the DRAC4 Windows desktop isn't a problem. > was released is was claimed you could view using RedHat & a certain > version of Firefox, but I never heard of anyone actually doing so (cue > respondents coming out of the woodwork). DRAC4 viewing remains compatible > with Windows XP and Internet Explorer 8, however - you just need to > adjust the browser's security settings to allow the viewer applet to run. > > Stroller. Does anyone know what the last DRAC 4's version's part number was? Looks like there was at least 4 versions of them released over the years. Does dell have a place on there site that lists all part numbers available for replacement? _______________________________________________ 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
