I pulled the server out of storage, put it in my office, plugged it in and connected a network cable to the iDRAC port. Based on the work yesterday, I was able to get connected and was able to start the server up. It’s running Ubuntu 20.04 now and i ran apt update && apt upgrade to patch it and make sure the network connection is stable to the Internet. The throughput isn’t great, but it worked. So, that was good.
A couple of problems to solve now:
- I only have the one Ethernet port on the Raspberry Pi and it would be nice to be able to connect to the iDRAC as well as the server itself. So, I either need an Ethernet hub or to dig up another old Raspberry Pi I’ve got hanging around. For now, I’m just swapping the cable around when I want to use one or the other.
- I can only connect to the server from the Raspberry Pi and not from other systems on my network since they are in a different subnet and don’t know how to route. For now, I can just use the Raspberry Pi as a sort of bastion server.
- I’m not quite sure how to mount the BSD installation on the iDRAC without the web interface. I can research that one.
All solvable problems.