On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 12:44:32AM -0500, Brian A. Seklecki wrote: > > There is the (expensive) Real Weasel for x86 kit, Dell's crappy lights > > DRAC/4 isn't that bad >:} > > You can always use serial console redirection on the 1850s/2850s; it > works well until OS boot (BIOS menus works, RAID, IPMI menus), when you > have to setup serial console redirection on the boot loader/kernel, and > then start a getty on the com. > > Plus you have hardware level IPMI (cold boots, etc.) which you can tag > with a VLAN.
I hadn't realised that was possible without the DRAC. If I get a chance, I'll play about with some of the test Dell boxes at work. > > It's not Sun, though. I'm not all that brand conscious, more interested in what works, is avaiable, replaceable, reliable, etc. I don't want to find that I can't control a box from Scotland that I've posted to New Zealand! I just hadn't heard anything good about the DRAC: poor support with RHEL, etc. Craig.
