PE 2950 and debian

[Alex Howells]

2008/8/3 Jared <list-dell at legroom.net>:
> Can you be a little more specific about what you're trying to do?  I'm
> running Etch amd64 on a PowerEdge 2950 and it works great.  If you're just
> trying to install OMSA, it's easiest to use the Debian port available here:
> ftp://ftp.sara.nl/pub/outgoing/dell/

To try and answer the original poster, the DRAC isn't really employed
through Debian Etch as its an "out of band" system -- configure it
with an IP address and setup the NICs appropriately and you'll have a
web interface (in addition to other methods of getting at it) for
fixing the server remotely.  You should be able to get on the console,
powercycle the server, view essential information about your
temperatures, fan speeds and also configure the DRAC to send you
e-mail alerts when things go a bit pear-shaped. :)

I think your RAID controller works fine, if you have Debian Etch
installed -- assuming you're talking about management then the Dell
OMSA tools linked above can help. Particularly useful is the
'omreport' which can be invoked something along the lines of:

    omreport storage pdisk controller=0

It'll give output about the state of physical disks, virtual arrays,
controllers, enclosures. Not to mention temperature sensors, power
supplies, etc.

Hope that helps,
Alex