John R Pierce wrote: > 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. I'm not 100% sure if there's a DRAC 4 device in. It has 2x NIC's, and I can set the IP on the top NIC as the management IP. I haven't been able to connect to it via a web browser though, nor can I ping it. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff