DRAC and VNC?

[Zach White]

The latest DRAC firmware includes a new java based console client that  
has worked very well for me using firefox on ubuntu (32 bit). It  
worked ootb as I already had the java plugin installed.

-Zach

On Oct 29, 2008, at 17:22, Kenneth Porter <shiva at sewingwitch.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Linux-PowerEdge mailing list
> Linux-PowerEdge at dell.com
> http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
> Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq