[GRLUG] Dell Openmanage and linux

[Greg Folkert]

On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 10:00 -0400, Colin Vallance wrote:
> I've got a Dell Poweredge 750 that I'm going to be putting in to  
> production for personal use and I was wondering if anyone has  
> experience with using Open Manage in linux.  I've never installed it  
> myself so I don't really know where to begin.  I've used it on Windows  
> servers that came factory direct from Dell with it pre-installed so I  
> know it's a valuable tool.  Anyone gone through that setup before?

Does the Dell support IPMI? Does OpenManage follow the IPMI standards?
Does the Dell have a network port for a "LightsOut" kind of thing (yes,
HPs Lights Out is what i am referring to), if so... use it for "reset"
buttons and so on.

If the Dell does support IPMI there is a WHOLE HECK of a lot of stuff
out there that can do the job better and with *WAY* less resources.
(IMO)

Plus, you can just roll your own status stuff easily. Scripts...
Apache... cron...  I was doing things using lm_sensors, "NUT", iostat,
vmstat, *stat... and had a single text webpage I could monitor all day
and collect and see the health of my machines.

But that may be more than some are willing to do.
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