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    Drac II

    I have a dell poweredge server with a DRAC II card in it (If you dont know what that is you wont be of any help =P). My server is running 2003 Enterprise edtion. Does anyone know of any sites with drivers for it or have the openmanagement CD that can send me the drivers? I have searched and cant find them. I also have problems with it on Linux, Does anyone have knowlege of this topic? Thanks!

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    Just get your Dell tag # and go on to the downloads section at Dell Support, it will have all the openmanage software and all the drivers you need.
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    where is my dell tag #?

    Its a fairly old server.

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    Should be located somewhere on the chassis. If not, go to Dell's site and detect the service tag. It won't work the first time because it has to install the ActiveX control, but once it's loaded, go to it again, and it should detect your service tag.
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    I just installed linux on the box today (CentOS) What is the URL to the download page?

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    Dell's site is very easy to use. But since it's not obvious enough, on the main page, go to "Customer Service and Support" and then go to "Downloads". You should be able to find your poweredge model from there, and get the drivers you need.
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    has anyone used this card on linux before?

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    Tons of people use DRAC's with Linux, I'd say it's fairly common ... and yes the drivers are on the Dell site.
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    Hi,

    I've not used a DRAC II card on Linux before but I have many machines with DRAC III and Linux runs fine (FreeBSD isn't supported though :/) so I can't imagine it'd be any different with DRAC II. Try calling Dell, they're usually quite good at answering questions (if you can understand their accents over the phone ) and their web site should be able to provide you with the information you need also.

    Hope you get your problems sorted out, good luck.

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    I was looking for the proper drivers and ran into these:

    http://support.dell.com/support/down...1&fileid=25102

    Its a Dell Poweredge 2300 (oldie =/) with a DRAC II, The OS is CentOS 3.4. What do you think about these drivers?

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    Should be fine
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    I just have a quick question. this box is mostly at a home location and used for small file storage. They one have one IP and I would need to assign the DRAC a lan ip (192.168.x.x). does the card have an external port I can forward to the internal address or am I going to have problems?

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    Those drivers didnt work. I try to intall the RPMs they provide and get the following errors.

    error: Failed dependencies:
    module-info is needed by DRAC-RH70-UP-2.3.2-7
    ucd-snmp >= 4.1.2 is needed by DRAC-RH70-UP-2.3.2-7
    kernel-smp = 2.2.16-22 is needed by DRAC-RH70-SMP-2.3.2-7
    ucd-snmp >= 4.1.2 is needed by DRAC-RH70-SMP-2.3.2-7
    kernel-enterprise = 2.2.16-22 is needed by DRAC-RH70-EN-2.3.2-6
    ucd-snmp >= 4.1.2 is needed by DRAC-RH70-EN-2.3.2-6
    kernel = 2.2.16-22 is needed by DRAC-RH70-Common-2.3.2-2
    ucd-snmp >= 4.1.2 is needed by DRAC-RH70-Common-2.3.2-2


    does anyone have current drivers for DRAC II on linux?

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    Or, you could resolve the dependencies....

    Dell also has comprehensive forums for support, and there is always Google.

    http://www.google.com/search?num=100...drac+II+centos
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    Originally posted by levidjkt
    where is my dell tag #?

    Its a fairly old server.
    F1 and setup. Service tag is a bios item.
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    That good search dosent really help much, any other links? Im still yet to find the proper drivers.

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    I have it installed on a Windows box now with the updated drivers but where do I set it up? I cant find that. Its a 2003 Enterprise server. any ideas?

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    You should probably contact Dell support. They know much more about their products than random people here do. Or just do some looking around, the product documentation IS online. Don't be afraid to spend more than 5 minutes on Dell's site, otherwise you will never understand server administration if you have to ask every time you have any question. Not trying to be hard on you, but it's much easier to learn that way...
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    Originally posted by SolidJoe
    You should probably contact Dell support. They know much more about their products than random people here do. Or just do some looking around, the product documentation IS online. Don't be afraid to spend more than 5 minutes on Dell's site, otherwise you will never understand server administration if you have to ask every time you have any question. Not trying to be hard on you, but it's much easier to learn that way...
    honestly, I think dells support / site is total trash. It has nothing about configuring the card after it is installed on 2003 server. I cant find it on the box anywhere. If you know where it is please just tell me where to configure it. I spent more the 5 min of dells site and it has nothing about the card on a 2k3 server, besides how to install the drivers.

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    Dell's site is a wealth of knowledge. I've configured many, many Dell servers and have used their sites countless times, also with their desktops and notebooks. You should check out their own support forums, they are quite useful as well.
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    Originally posted by SolidJoe
    Dell's site is a wealth of knowledge. I've configured many, many Dell servers and have used their sites countless times, also with their desktops and notebooks. You should check out their own support forums, they are quite useful as well.
    Have you setup any DRAC II cards on Windows servers?

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