Re: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-20 Thread Kenneth Porter
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Re: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-17 Thread Nick Goddard
On Tuesday 16 September 2008 12:54, Spook ZA wrote: > Has anyone got Dell OpenManage running on CentOS so one can monitor the > server components via their web interface and via snmp? > > Regards, > Andrew. I don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere else but Dell provide a yum repo for th

RE: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ian Forde <> scribbled on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:10 AM: > [snipping galore] You've got a PERC > 5/i, and I know that's supported in OMSA under RHEL 5.2. So I'd say > just go for it... and if you want more confirmation that it's certified > and supported for RHEL 5.2, you can check the

RE: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ian Forde <> scribbled on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:10 AM: >> Thx. A former unix-admin at the dept thinks it might be a little on the old >> side hardware-wise, this particular server is about four years old. I'm >> split... >> >> This particular Poweredge modell is certified for RHEL 2 a

RE: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-17 Thread Ian Forde
On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 10:26 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thx. A former unix-admin at the dept thinks it might be a little on the old > side hardware-wise, this particular server is about four years old. I'm > split... > > This particular Poweredge modell is certified for RHEL 2 and 3. If I'd

RE: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michel van Deventer <> scribbled on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:31 AM: Our department's planning to buy a refurbished Dell Poweredge 2850 running dual-xeons and with a rather big raid array (8x 146GB). *My* plan is to install CentOS on this machine and I'd like to hear wi

RE: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-17 Thread Michel van Deventer
Hi, On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 10:26 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ian Forde <> scribbled on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:35 PM: > > >> Our department's planning to buy a refurbished Dell Poweredge 2850 running > >> dual-xeons and with a rather big raid array (8x 146GB). > >> > >> *My* plan is t

RE: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ian Forde <> scribbled on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:35 PM: >> Our department's planning to buy a refurbished Dell Poweredge 2850 running >> dual-xeons and with a rather big raid array (8x 146GB). >> >> *My* plan is to install CentOS on this machine and I'd like to hear with >> you guys if the

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-16 Thread Ian Forde
On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 02:51 +0700, Lunix1618 wrote: > Ian Forde wrote: > > there underneath the OS. You also may be able to do it using omconfig > > after installing omsa. This question really belongs on the Dell Linux > > list though... I can say that I've expanded a RAID5 volume underneath > >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-16 Thread Lunix1618
Ian Forde wrote: there underneath the OS. You also may be able to do it using omconfig after installing omsa. This question really belongs on the Dell Linux list though... I can say that I've expanded a RAID5 volume underneath Windows quite recently on a 2850 and a 2950 without incident...

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-16 Thread Ian Forde
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 16:35 +0700, Lunix1618 wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Our department's planning to buy a refurbished Dell Poweredge 2850 running > > dual-xeons and with a rather big raid array (8x 146GB). > > > > *My* plan is to install CentOS on this machine and I'd li

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-16 Thread Ian Forde
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:15 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > Our department's planning to buy a refurbished Dell Poweredge 2850 running > dual-xeons and with a rather big raid array (8x 146GB). > > *My* plan is to install CentOS on this machine and I'd like to hear with you > guys if

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on Dell Poweredge 2850

2008-09-16 Thread Nick Goddard
On Tuesday 16 September 2008 12:54, Spook ZA wrote: > Has anyone got Dell OpenManage running on CentOS so one can monitor the > server components via their web interface and via snmp? > > Regards, > Andrew. I've had CentOS 4 and 5 running on several 2850's for a few years now - now problems at