Thats what it was on all of my servers as well. I found the DRAC was better than the BMC for use on one server but if monitoring more than one server the BMC was better.
Jon On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't think that's accurate. the DRAC has always been the DRAC (Dell > Remote Access controller). The BMC is a monitoring tool, that collects > motherboard info. > > Plus, > > That's some bad hat, Harry. > > >>> Harry Singh <[email protected]> 08/02/11 3:21 PM >>> > What's the OS of the server? I had a similiar issue recently, although Dell > has renamed the BMC to iDRAC, and needed to update the firmware via Service > Console on my ESX 4.1 server. > > If it's windows, download the firmware update package for the BMC, apply > it, > reboot and see if that works out. > > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Kim Longenbaugh <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > I'm not familiar with the device, so this may not apply, but here goes: > > Is there a place where you have to enable telnet and/or web access? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 4:27 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Dell BMC > > > > Anyone have any experience with Dell's Baseboard Management Controller? > I'm > > getting mixed information from Dell. I can't seem to get ahold of anyone > in > > Tech Support via email. I may have to call them when I'm in front of the > > server so I can get them to help me set it up. > > > > I got instructions from my sales rep's Storage Specialist on how to set > it > > up, and I thought I'd set it up right. I hit CTL+E when the prompt for > > "configure remote access" came up and gave it a static IP and enabled > IPMI > > over LAN. Still can't telnet to that IP address. It responds to a PING on > > that IP address, but no telnet/web connection allowed. Just times out. > > > > If anyone has any experience with this, can you chime in? If not, I guess > > I'll give Dell a call eventually. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
