Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Hi all > > I'm trying to get to grips with this one, but just can't figure it > out. I recently acquired some 2nd hand Dell Poweredge 860 servers, and > noticed that they have built in remote management interfaces. So, I > have setup one, and assigned an IP address to it, but have no idea on > how to access it remotely. Google'ing for an answer didn't bring me > more than general product information about various different IPMI stuff. > > So, how do I actually access these servers remotely? If possible, I'd > like todo it via another CentOS server at the DC using SSH. do they have teh DRAC 4/p management module? if so, you configure that (can be done from the BIOS setup, I believe) to have an IP, then you can access them with a web browser. this is done via the seperate ethernet port on the DRAC card. change the default DRAC password on first access (no, I don't recall what the default is, but if you google for site:dell.com drac-4 documentation, I'm sure you'll find it). if its strictly IPMI, I can't help you, I've never figured out IPMI either.