The shift from srvadmin (OMSA) to iSM (iDRAC Service Module) marks the end of bloated, "in-band" server management. This occurred between Dell 12th gen and Dell 13th gen server. If you have a 12th Gen Dell Server, you can still leverage Dell srvadmin (Idrac 7). I wrote a post on it here. While OMSA ran … Continue reading Moving Beyond OMSA: A Guide to Dell iSM Installation on RHEL 10 and PowerEdge R730
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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator: Comprehensive Guide for Hardware Monitoring (RHEL)(Dell 12 Gen)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) is Dell’s on-host hardware management and monitoring framework for PowerEdge servers. It runs inside the operating system and provides direct visibility into system hardware such as RAID controllers, physical and virtual disks, power supplies, fans, temperatures, memory, processors, and chassis health. OMSA communicates with the server’s iDRAC and hardware controllers … Continue reading Dell OpenManage Server Administrator: Comprehensive Guide for Hardware Monitoring (RHEL)(Dell 12 Gen)
Resetting a Lost BMC Password with ipmitool
I recently got my hands on a couple of gigabyte servers. These machines came preinstalled with Ubuntu 20.04. Credentials for a OS local user account were on a sticker on the machines. However there was no indication of what the BMC credentials were. According to this document, there should be default credentials that we can … Continue reading Resetting a Lost BMC Password with ipmitool
Step-by-Step Nvidia CUDA Toolkit Installation Guide: Ubuntu 24.04
The NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit is essential for developing GPU-accelerated applications and includes various tools. Users must uninstall older versions from Ubuntu before installing the latest toolkit from NVIDIA’s website for better performance and compatibility. The summary highlights differences between installation methods regarding version availability, ease, and update management.
Step-by-Step Nvidia CUDA Toolkit Installation Guide: Ubuntu 22.04
"The NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit is a software development kit that helps users create GPU-accelerated applications. It includes libraries, compilers, debuggers, and optimization tools". Since we have an Nvidia GPU we will install it as shown below. Note: If you installed the nvidia-cuda-toolkit from default ubuntu noble repo, uninstall it first as that version is probably too old. … Continue reading Step-by-Step Nvidia CUDA Toolkit Installation Guide: Ubuntu 22.04
HomeLab: How to Resolve Supermicro x8dti Fan Revving Issues
Specifically what was happening was this... The systems were running cool, so the fans would spin down to a low rpm and the system would then throw a low rpm threshold alert and spin the fan back up.When this occurs the system switches into some sort of "Critical Cooling Mode" and spins all the fans up to 100% for a few seconds. Rinse and repeat a few dozen times and you hear what almost sounds like an intoxicated neighbor playing with his new weedeater.
How to Add Users via the CLI to a Thinklogical Secure Console Server
Since the Thinklogical Secure Console Server is running a variation of RedHat Linux, it is very tempting to try to add users via the command line using the useradd command as you normally would on a Linux machine. Please note that you probably do not want to do this for several reasons. First off your users will be … Continue reading How to Add Users via the CLI to a Thinklogical Secure Console Server