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October 25th, 2007 20:00

Accessing DRAC5 with browser

I am finding that accessing the DRAC5 card in a PE 2950 is very sketchy. Sometimes I can connect, sometimes not. For instance, I can type the IP into the browser and the login screen will come up. Then I close the browser, reopen the browser and try to reconnect and get a "page not found" .... ???
 
I am using IE versions 6 and 7 (they both have this same issue). I have put the IP into the trusted sites and made sure all the security settings are as "low" as possible.
 
To eliminate network issues I even tried connecting to the DRAC from the browser on the machine itself with the same results.
 
I updated the DRAC firmware to 1.20, which is the latest I believe.
 
Any ideas as to why it is so flaky?
 
Thanks
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    DELL-Jeff M

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    Posted October 25th, 2007 22:00

    Thanks for posting!  The lastest firmware is 1.21, so please flash the firmware and reseat the DRAC card's parallel cables.  Also check your network cabling.  If that doesn't fix the problem, your browser's security may be causing problems.
     
    Here is the firmware:
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    Posted November 2nd, 2007 13:00

    I have two DRAC 5's with Firmware 1.21 on two 2950s with the same issue.  Connection is incomplete, and any error dumps you out of the DRAC and puts you to the login page. I'm trying to install the Virtual Media Active-X control and it just fails, and sends me to an incomplete login page. Reloading the page does bring up the login box.
     
    I'm using IE 6.0 SP2 on XP SP2.
     
    cheers,
    James
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    Posted November 5th, 2007 16:00

    Thanks for posting!  If your firmware is at the latest version, sometimes it is good to flash it anyways.  Most likely this is a problem with your browser.  Go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Security -> Trusted Sites -> Custom Level and change everything in the ActiveX category to Enabled.  Then put the DRAC in your Trusted Sites Zone.

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