On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 01:57:17PM +, Scott Mitchell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> On to my next question about running 6.0 on a Dell PE1850, since it seems
> that the RAID card will work just fine...
>
> I'm thinking about getting the machine with a DRAC4 remote management card.
> This looks to be OS
On Jan 6, 2006, at 11:21 AM, Ralph Hempel wrote:
Hmmm. The DRAC card can save you a long drive sometimes. You actually
get to look at the hardware boot process and can even adjust
BIOS settings if needed. To get to a FreeBSD console, I think that
the OS actually needs to boot.
Dell's BIOS all
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 05:22:04PM +0100, Marian Hettwer wrote:
>
> Vivek Khera wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Marian Hettwer wrote:
> >
> >> I don't know about the DRAC with FreeBSD, but I assume that the BIOS of
> >> this Dell still supports BIOS redirection to serial port. If so,
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 05:32:54PM +0100, Marian Hettwer wrote:
>
> The only thing missing would be hardware power down. if that can be done
> via DRAC, that'll be an advantage :)
One big advantage of the DRAC is virtual media (floppy, CD) support.
Good for BIOS/firmware upgrades, booting a rescu
Hej there,
Ralph Hempel wrote:
> Yes, you get that too. Full hardware power down. Wait as long as
> you want, then power the machine up. It's not the same as a remote
> reboot where you HOPE the server comes up far enough to get
> a console session.
>
Well, if the BIOS can do console redirection,
The only thing missing would be hardware power down. if that can be done
via DRAC, that'll be an advantage :)
Yes, you get that too. Full hardware power down. Wait as long as
you want, then power the machine up. It's not the same as a remote
reboot where you HOPE the server comes up far enough t
Ralph Hempel wrote:
>
>> I've never enabled the DRAC card on any dell I have that came with
>> them...
>
>
> Hmmm. The DRAC card can save you a long drive sometimes. You actually
> get to look at the hardware boot process and can even adjust
> BIOS settings if needed. To get to a FreeBSD conso
On Jan 6, 2006, at 11:22 AM, Marian Hettwer wrote:
How old is your Cyclades box? Since mid 2002 these boxes don't send a
break when power cycled. And I know what I say, being an ex-
employee of
cyclades (o' course, technician). We had customers with quite a large
amount of sun servers and the
I've never enabled the DRAC card on any dell I have that came with them...
Hmmm. The DRAC card can save you a long drive sometimes. You actually
get to look at the hardware boot process and can even adjust
BIOS settings if needed. To get to a FreeBSD console, I think that
the OS actually needs
Vivek Khera wrote:
>
> On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Marian Hettwer wrote:
>
>> I don't know about the DRAC with FreeBSD, but I assume that the BIOS of
>> this Dell still supports BIOS redirection to serial port. If so, you can
>> have Monitor and Keyboard connected locally and use the serial c
On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Marian Hettwer wrote:
I don't know about the DRAC with FreeBSD, but I assume that the
BIOS of
this Dell still supports BIOS redirection to serial port. If so,
you can
have Monitor and Keyboard connected locally and use the serial console
remote.
Just get a small
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 09:12:06AM -0500, Ralph Hempel wrote:
> Scott Mitchell wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >On to my next question about running 6.0 on a Dell PE1850, since it seems
> >that the RAID card will work just fine...
> >
> >I'm thinking about getting the machine with a DRAC4 remote management
Hi there,
Scott Mitchell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> I'm thinking about getting the machine with a DRAC4 remote management card.
> This looks to be OS-independent (you can configure through the BIOS) so I
> expect it will just work. I've seen various posts talking about how it
> tends to take over t
Scott Mitchell wrote:
Hi all,
On to my next question about running 6.0 on a Dell PE1850, since it seems
that the RAID card will work just fine...
I'm thinking about getting the machine with a DRAC4 remote management card.
This looks to be OS-independent (you can configure through the BIOS) so I
Hi all,
On to my next question about running 6.0 on a Dell PE1850, since it seems
that the RAID card will work just fine...
I'm thinking about getting the machine with a DRAC4 remote management card.
This looks to be OS-independent (you can configure through the BIOS) so I
expect it will just wor
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