DRAC and VNC?

[Kenneth Porter]

On Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7:39 PM +1000 Adam Nielsen 
<adam.nielsen at uq.edu.au> wrote:

> I'm looking at getting a DRAC card, but it seems that for some reason
> you still need to use a web browser to get remote access to the console.
>   I've used this before with HP RACs and it's a nightmare trying to get
> the Java applets working properly in Firefox under Linux.

I've used the Java-based "Integrated Lights-Out" (ILO) RAC on a Compaq 
server and that works well with Mozilla Seamonkey (so it should work fine 
with Firefox). Do the HP's use the thing?

I've found that the only way to use the console on my DRAC5 is with IE, 
that it just doesn't work with Firefox. Very frustrating. I'm just glad my 
servers are a short walk away and not in a remote datacenter.