{"id":1121,"date":"2011-10-17T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mossiso.com\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2012-02-23T14:11:46","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T19:11:46","slug":"centos-6-idrac6-and-poweredge-r510","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mossiso.com\/2011\/10\/17\/centos-6-idrac6-and-poweredge-r510\/","title":{"rendered":"CentOS 6, iDrac6 and PowerEdge R510"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. RedHat changed an important part of their system with the upgrade from version 5 to 6. This affects CentOS which is the same thing, but rebranded.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I was updating one server to use CentOS 6, and ran into this issue of setting up the iDRAC for remote console use. In previous versions, I would add a line to the \/etc\/inittab file. This is now unused. RedHat is favoring the “Upstart” system developed by and for Ubuntu. It starts services on request, rather than all at once.<\/p>\n

    So here is how I set up my Dell PowerEdge R510 with CentOS 6 to use the iDRAC6.<\/p>\n

    Info was taken from the RedHat manual<\/a>, the Dell iDRAC manual<\/a>, and probably a bunch of other sites<\/a> that I googled for.<\/p>\n

    These steps are by no means comprehensive or detailed. I barely even know what’s going on myself, but it seems to work. It’s kind of cool to see a system boot up in your terminal. It’s like your terminal turns into a monitor connected to the server.<\/p>\n

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    Setting up the iDrac6<\/h3>\n

    Edit BIOS<\/h4>\n
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    1. Boot the server.<\/li>\n
    2. Press F2<\/code> to enter the BIOS setup utility during POST.<\/li>\n
    3. Scroll down and select Serial Communication by pressing <Enter><\/code>.<\/li>\n
    4. Set the Serial Communication screen options as follows:<\/li>\n