Re: [pfSense Support] Dell Hardware Monitoring - pfSense 1.2 Final

2008-12-16 Thread Curtis LaMasters
Yes, all of the flashing lights and LCD displays are obvious but in this case I just used hard drive as an example and the Dell 1750's don't have LCD displays. A quick reboot into the Dell Diagnostic software gave me a memory log error about a correctable issue. I easily cleared the log out and r

Re: [pfSense Support] Dell Hardware Monitoring - pfSense 1.2 Final

2008-12-16 Thread Paul Mansfield
Chris Bagnall wrote: >> The flashing amber lights on the Dell servers typically indicate a hardware >> issue... > > Might be worth mentioning that a number of the Dell rackmount server range > have a flashing blue or amber light that indicates... nothing. You can switch > it between off/steady/f

RE: [pfSense Support] Dell Hardware Monitoring - pfSense 1.2 Final

2008-12-15 Thread Chris Bagnall
> The flashing amber lights on the Dell servers typically indicate a hardware > issue... Might be worth mentioning that a number of the Dell rackmount server range have a flashing blue or amber light that indicates... nothing. You can switch it between off/steady/flashing using a button on the f

RE: [pfSense Support] Dell Hardware Monitoring - pfSense 1.2 Final

2008-12-09 Thread Dimitri Rodis
OpenManage Server Administrator is what you're looking for. Dimitri Rodis Integrita Systems LLC From: Curtis LaMasters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 11:16 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Dell Hardware Monitoring - pfSense 1.2

Re: [pfSense Support] Dell Hardware Monitoring - pfSense 1.2 Final

2008-12-09 Thread Curtis LaMasters
No problem, I'm on the phone with Dell support now for which ISO/tool to download. Thanks. Curtis LaMasters http://www.curtis-lamasters.com http://www.builtnetworks.com On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Chris Buechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Curtis LaMasters

Re: [pfSense Support] Dell Hardware Monitoring - pfSense 1.2 Final

2008-12-09 Thread Chris Buechler
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Curtis LaMasters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm just trying to minimize failover/failback and downtime. If I knew it > was a memory module, hard drive or fan, I could have one ordered and ready > to go all in one big swoop. You can tell if it's a hard drive by lo

Re: [pfSense Support] Dell Hardware Monitoring - pfSense 1.2 Final

2008-12-09 Thread Curtis LaMasters
I'm just trying to minimize failover/failback and downtime. If I knew it was a memory module, hard drive or fan, I could have one ordered and ready to go all in one big swoop. Curtis LaMasters http://www.curtis-lamasters.com http://www.builtnetworks.com On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Tim Nels

Re: [pfSense Support] Dell Hardware Monitoring - pfSense 1.2 Final

2008-12-09 Thread Tim Nelson
The flashing amber lights on the Dell servers typically indicate a hardware issue... Unless your box has a nice little LCD like the 26xx, or 29xx series, you'll probably have to run the Dell diagnostics. On my 2650s, they scroll the error code across the LCD. A note aside... you have a failove

Re: [pfSense Support] Dell Hardware Monitoring - pfSense 1.2 Final

2008-12-09 Thread Chris Buechler
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Curtis LaMasters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a flashing amber light on one of my Dell 1750 firewalls (they are > failover so I'm not terribly worried). What would be the best way to go > about monitoring these devices? How do I figure out what is currently

[pfSense Support] Dell Hardware Monitoring - pfSense 1.2 Final

2008-12-09 Thread Curtis LaMasters
I have a flashing amber light on one of my Dell 1750 firewalls (they are failover so I'm not terribly worried). What would be the best way to go about monitoring these devices? How do I figure out what is currently wrong without booting into the Dell management software. I do have a Nagios box on