By Console Redirection we mean serial port console redirection. The interface works fine over the iDRAC virtual KVM. This was decided since the Lifecycle Controller uses a graphical interface.
-----Original Message----- From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Bas van der Vlies Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:56 AM To: Tim Small Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists Subject: Re: Lifecycle Controller not-so slick IMO. On 27 jan 2010, at 15:40, Tim Small wrote: > Bas van der Vlies wrote: >>> While the OpenManage team is working to make more Linux-native >>> firmware update utilities available, Lifecycle Controller is really >>> quite slick, and there's no concern with having the "right" Linux >>> environment to run. >> We have a lot of M610's and did not know we have a lifecycle controller >> ;-). I just tested it and press F10 and it works interactively . >> > > Oooh, that sounds promising, so I rebooted the R210 which I have here, > and when I hit F10 it says: > > Unified Server Configurator does not support console redirection. > > So, next week when this box gets shipped to the datacentre, I'll have to > drive 70 miles to use this "easy" update process. Doesn't sound very > "slick" to me. I'll give that a "2-out-of-10 Must Try Harder", I think.... > > Who the hell decided on that, and what were they thinking? At least I > can run the DOS update utilities remotely using SoL and PXE boot memdisk! The test was with M610 over idrac. So we use some kind of console redirection. -- Bas van der Vlies b...@sara.nl _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq