nate wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: > > >> 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. >> > > Install the OpenIPMI tools, start ipmi, and try to connect using > ipmitool shell > > You may need to install some dell specific drivers as well. > > Once in the ipmi shell try commands like > sensor > lan print 0 (print's IPMI controller config) > > This works for me on the DRAC 5, haven't tried DRAC4, but it works > on other non dell IPMI systems as well for me. > > nate > > ______________________________________________ Cool, this worked from my Windows Laptop to the Dell server, but I see it's only a very basic info type setup. Do you run any specific software on your Linux server to give you more control? I was actually hoping that I could use this as a KVM over IP type thing to manage the server if there's any OS / software problems, but it doesn't seem like it could do that. -- 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