Drac/4 Dell en sistemas Centos 5

En los sistemas Dell PowerEdge/850 y simialres disponemso de facilidad DRAC/4 que nos permite acceso remoto al equipo, permitiendo su gestión total remota previo al SO, pudiendo instalar remotamente, ver la consola, conectar nuestro CD remoto y reiniciar el equipo basicamente, asi como monitorizar lo que habitualmente vemos en la BIOS.

En ocasiones necesitamos acceder desde el SO a dicho recursos, por ejemplo para actaulizar el firmware, como la documentación para linux es un tanto dispersa hay va eso, para Centos 5.

Necesitamos el CD “System Management Consoles”, supongo que en la web de dell te deben dejar bajartelo.

yum install libgcc
yum install compat-libstdc++-33
rpm -ivh mgmtst-racadm-5.1.0-302.i386.rpm

luego tirando del manual: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3/drac4/160/sp/ug/racugc2.htm

Manual del comando “racadm”:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3/drac4/160/sp/ug/racugaa.htm

Tampoco es mala idea actualizar firmware, ejecutamos el binario, primero con -c para verficiar que hayq eu aplicarlo y luego ya lo aplicamos.

[root@ drac]# ./RAC_FRMW_LX_R168515.BIN  -c
Collecting inventory…
..
Running validation…

Dell Remote Access Controller 4/P

The version of this Update Package is newer than the currently installed
version.
Software application name: Dell Remote Access Controller 4/P Firmware
Package version: 1.60
Installed version: 1.33

[root@ drac]# ./RAC_FRMW_LX_R168515.BIN

Collecting inventory…
.
Running validation…

Dell Remote Access Controller 4/P

The version of this Update Package is newer than the currently installed
version.
Software application name: Dell Remote Access Controller 4/P Firmware
Package version: 1.60
Installed version: 1.33

Continue? Y/N:y
Executing update…
WARNING: DO NOT STOP THIS PROCESS OR INSTALL OTHER DELL PRODUCTS WHILE UPDATE
IS IN PROGRESS.
THESE ACTIONS MAY CAUSE YOUR SYSTEM TO BECOME UNSTABLE!
………………………………………………………………………………………………..

[root@ drac]# ./RAC_FRMW_LX_R168515.BIN  -c
Collecting inventory…
.
Running validation…

Dell Remote Access Controller 4/P

The version of this Update Package is the same as the currently installed
version.
Software application name: Dell Remote Access Controller 4/P Firmware
Package version: 1.60
Installed version: 1.60

 

 

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