[ale] Running a hands off remote Linux installation

[Jim Lynch]

On 07/31/2012 01:23 PM, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
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> See if your "spare system" responds to this...
>
> http://lonesysadmin.net/2007/06/21/how-to-configure-ipmi-on-a-dell-poweredge-running-red-hat-enterprise-linux/
>
> It worked on my Dell PowerEdge systems but it also worked on some of my
> IBM servers as well.
>
> Synopisi - Install:
>
> * OpenIPMI
> * OpenIPMI-libs
> * freeipmi
> * ipmitool
>
> Then fire up ipmi ("service ipmi start" on Redhat, Fedora, CentOS, or
> related).  If it starts up OK, then the drivers loaded and the daemon is
> running and you are probably good to go.
>
> Then run this:
>
> ipmitool -I open lan print 1
>
> If that gives you a nice printout then you've got ipmi built into the
> box and all you need is another system to remotely connect to it.
> Follow the rest of the instructions in that article to lock it down
> tight!
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
I'll have to give that a try.  It's currently running Mint, but I've got 
lots of unused disk space so I can install a second OS easily.

Jim.