BMC Remote Access

[Tom Brown]

> I've a few PowerEdge 1850 servers without DRAC.
> 
> Is it possible to manage them remotely (e.g. shutdown/reboot them when
> the OS is stuck) using the BMC?
> 
> How do I do it?

yes - configure the BMC and then create a user/pwd

a reboot would be something like

ipmitool -H xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -U user -a chassis status

ipmitool -H xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -U user -a chassis power off

ipmitool -H xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -U user -a chassis power on