On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 10:31:03AM +1100, Devraj Mukherjee wrote:
> What part of the OpenManage tools are you wanting to use?
>
> Devraj
>
> > Is anyone running a Dell PowerEdge server and has the OpenManage tools
> > installed in Gentoo? I'm getting a PowerEdge server and want to run
> > Gentoo,
> > but I also want the OpenManage tools to work.
> >
> > On a side note, does the IPMI/BMC management work when the server is
> > turned
> > off but still plugged in?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > -jw
I accidentally deleted the original mail, or I'd have replied directly
to 'jw', but yes, the dell remote access controller (DRAC) does work
when the server is powered off - it boots up as soon as power is
applied.
I don't bother with the openmanage tools - all they do is talk to the
DRAC over an internal interface. As every poweredge with a DRAC i've
used has two gigabit ports (not counting the 10/100 port for the drac)
i've never had a situation where one of the interfaces wasn't on the
same network as the DRAC and couldn't just query it over tcp/ip.
There's a module in CPAN for it, I think.
Regards,
-j
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