DRAC : Unable to use it for OS installation ? is it normal ?

[Rainer Traut]

hmm, I haven't tried the new SUU DVD yet.

But I have updated the drac FW on the console via screen/ssh.
If I lose access to the drac cards - so that you cannot update the FW - 
  you can try to reboot the server and pull the power plug. This is 
known to recover them.

Rainer


Florent Gilain schrieb:
> ok, because during my tests, I was (or the remote virtual storage) was disconnected after few minutes...maybe is there a timeout to configure somewhere in the drac virtual cdrom/iso menu ?
> 
> Ps : each time i use the latest 5.5 SUU DVD iso/dvdrom to update my PE servers (1950/2950..), DRAC firmware update always fails in SUU...
> 
> Florent
> 
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> Date d'envoi : vendredi 31 octobre 2008 11:42
> À : linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com
> Objet : Re: DRAC : Unable to use it for OS installation ? is it normal ?
> 
> I just did that, updated a couple of PE2950 with el4 to el5 via ISO
> mounted from my workstation.
> 
> Be sure to use the latest firmware for the drac, I think it is 1.40 and
> 1.50 for drac 4 and 5.
> 
> Florent Gilain schrieb:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> On my PE 1850/1950/2950, i have a DRAC and i was thinking i could use it for connecting a remote CDROM/ISO to boot on it and install the OS.
>>
>> but this doesn't seem to work ? did somebody has already succeed in doing this ?
>>
>> for example, I tryed to update a remote ESX from 3.5 to 3.5u2 using the 3.5u2 ISO bootalbe cdrom, and it failed too..