Subject: Re: [vserver] Bad Linux-Vserver (CentOS) kernel?
From: "Daniel Hokka Zakrisson" <daniel@hozac.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:09:20 +0100 (CET)

Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> Ed W wrote:
>> On 23/03/2011 00:10, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
>>> But before I plan another trip to the colo (35 miles) to update all the
>>> machines there I hoping for some reassurance that that it was just a bad
>>> day for me and kernels.  :-)
>>
>>
>> On an unrelated note I have bought boards with IPMI onboard, and now
>> there is zero reason to be near them or not for upgrades or even
>> installing the OS.  You can get full serial port access (or VGA access
>> if you need it), power control and even get into the bios and watch the
>> bios boot pages
>>
>
> <snip />
>
> I've wanted to do the same and think the _used_ systems that were
> provided have IPMI but I've never taken the time to figure out what I
> need to do it.  Looked at a couple of articles but they tended to be
> manufacturer specific.
>
> You got any suggestions on reading/how to/etc. for setting up IPMI that
> are generic?  Hardware and software needed?

It is a specific hardware feature. It varies depending on manufacturer
and product. There are no generic instructions, aside from the client
ones, which tend to be https://<assigned IP>[:<sometimes port>]/ and
ipmitool.

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Daniel Hokka Zakrisson