IPMI Question

[Matt Domsch]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 07:38:33PM -0500, Rodman Frowert wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Quick question regarding IPMI and monitoring a DellPoweredge 860 with
> Slackware Linux.  I downloaded ipmitools and am able to administer
> (locally) the machine.  But what I would like to do is to be able to do
> this over the LAN from a windows client.  Is there an easier way to do
> this WITHOUT ipmitools.  Is there no client GUI that could connect to the
> BMC?  Was thinking there might be some kind of Dell branded program that
> would interact with the server.

Dell I/T Assistant, and/or the newer Dell Management Console, are both
Windows apps which can manage Dell servers running Linux.  I'm pretty
sure you need Dell OMSA on the target server, which with Slackware
might be a little tricky.

When running Windows, I use putty to ssh into my Linux boxes.

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux