Re: [vserver] Bad Linux-Vserver (CentOS) kernel?

From: Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel_at_hozac.com>
Date: Wed 23 Mar 2011 - 15:09:20 GMT
Message-ID: <43539.192.168.102.6.1300892960.squirrel@192.168.100.17>

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
Received on Wed Mar 23 15:09:31 2011
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