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idrac hell - Virtual Media
MTUser2012
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I am trying to work on a dedi from a host that does not offer any OS reinstall service. Instead, the host provides an IPMI link to an idrac. I've been using this link on how to reinstall an OS using idrac:
It doesn't work for me or my sysadmin as it fails when you try to launch the virtual console. It looks like idrac uses java, and it doesn't work on with any browser that I have tried. From Googling, it looks like this is a common problem, but solutions aren't so common. Anyone here faced this problem and solved it? Mind sharing how you did it?
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In Idrac v7 you can switch the console to HTML5 mode, it will work in pretty much any browser. For idrac6 and older as well as supermicro's IPMI we use a dedicated machine with Firefox + java 7.
ovh.com /kimsufi.com - Install as many times as you like. God bless you!
Try to use old version of java, i use java 6
Yeah. Supported ancient Java 6 under XP with no abilities other than the ISO you share.. it's hardly optimal, but it works. Once.
use Ubuntu docker VNC image https://github.com/centminmod/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop which has firefox to use IPMI. I made the image with java MD5 signed restrictions disabled to allow IPMI console access
worked fine with my Databasebydesign Dell iDRAC6 based IPMI console access
Updated with screenshots of steps i use to launch my docker Ubuntu VNC image for IPMI access at https://github.com/centminmod/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop#dell-idrac-6-ipmi-java-console-usage
@MTUser2012 install java 7 or below it works
If you get some security issue. Add the iDRAC IP to java exception list
Are you under the influence or something? Any more of your shitposting...
Gtfo
I just like ovh / kimsufi... I wonder where you got this idea from. God bless you!
It doesn't work for me. Running under
javaws -verbosesays that launching main but nothing happens after that and nojavaprocess is running.I had to add a Java security exception for the URL/IP of the KVM/iDRAC, and also had to use Internet Explorer with 32 and 64 bit Java installed (Java 7 worked for me)
I'm not sure if 32 and 64 bit java have their own control panels and exception lists of if they share them, but it'll be in the windows control panel (classic view)
what server processor ? @MasonR had Xeon E54xx processor with Dell iDRAC4 and had problems with my ubuntu docker image and had to go to even lower Java version 6 to get iDRAC4's IPMI console working
Same here, got it working in XP IE6.
I can't get this to work with Centos 7 no matter what I try. I've googled my specific OS and idrac 6 see problems that aren't resolved. I can get the ISO booted but the scan/upload/install sticks half way through. Has anyone been successful with Centos 7?
What is the error?
idrac is usually connected to a very slow network. All the virtual iso stuff is terribly slow. Go to https://netboot.xyz/, grab their small iso and boot that in idrac. Try installing centos from there. It mostly bypasses the idrac virtual iso path as well as the idrac network path.
no problems here via my Docker VNC instance https://github.com/centminmod/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop#dell-idrac-6-ipmi-java-console-usage
Just make sure you are running the Docker VNC instance on a server with good network connectivity that is close to the location where your idrac server is located. I ran docker VNC from OVH BHS to databasebydesign's location.
thanks for sharing - added netboot.xyz.iso to my Ubuntu VNC docker image https://github.com/centminmod/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop
Thanks for this suggestion. It sounds like it might work. I'll ask my sysadmin to give it a try and post the result here.