Subject: Re: [vserver] Bad Linux-Vserver (CentOS) kernel?
From: "Roderick A. Anderson" <raanders@cyber-office.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:36:08 -0700

Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 08:01:33AM -0700, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> 
>> 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?
> 
> IPMI typically have dedicated or shared NICs, and can be configured
> to a specific IP address. They can be accessed via browser (Java
> needed), command line (ipmitool) or monitored via SNMP, e.g. via
> Nagios plugins or such. This allows monitoring hardware health
> including many aspects of the system, including ambient temperatures
> and allows e.g. external watchdogs to reset the system when
> measurement probe detects it's unresponsive.

It has been awhile since I _really_ looked at the boxes but I seem to 
remember a third RJ45 plug and there are only two NICs.  So I should be 
good to go.

This will be received warmly as we have Nagios running on a system but 
currently only monitor some of the guests.


Again thanks,
Rod
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