Hi, I can help in testing with the Dell Servers as I have PowerEdge 620,630 and 730 in handy with me. Let me know if that helps!
On Friday, October 27, 2017 at 7:53:59 AM UTC-5, Alvin Starr wrote: > > With the start of this discussion I started poking around at a couple of > ideas and the novnc referenced. > > I have access to a number of Supermicro and HP systems and decided to > try the novnc solution. > > My in house several year old Supermicro is built using a different > chipset than the one referenced in the novnc by kellyk It looks like > there is some sort of authentication incompatibility. > > On the much newer Supermicro systems I have access to the VNC ports > appear to be blocked by some sort of internal firewall. > > HP uses port 17990 and at first look does not appear to be VNC but it > may just be VNC with some wrapping around it. > > I have no Dell equipment to test against. > > Although I would love to be able to pull up a iKVM console via Foreman > my feeling is that the novnc fork needs some testing first. > > > On 10/27/2017 06:47 AM, Konstantin Lepikhov wrote: > > Hi Greg! > > > > On 10/27/2017, at 10:25:20 AM you wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 2017-10-26 at 17:37 +0200, Konstantin Lepikhov wrote: > >>> You need to replace novnc js code in foreman by js code from kelleyk > >>> version + modify foreman host controller. Then you can connect > >>> to servers's bmc ikvm via foreman's websockify. > >>> > >>> Another thing - extend host inventory adding properties related > >>> connection/bmc_type. > >> This sounds like an excellent thing to send a patch for, if you're > >> interested - or at least log a feature request with some tips on wiring > >> it up. Then it can be available for everyone :) > >> > >> Greg > >> > > I've checked the source, it doesn't looks hard to add it: > > > > 1) we need to extend discovery to provide extra attributes for kvm > > functionality (it could be either 'idrac_vnc' DELL or 'sm_vnc' for > Supermicro). > > > > 2) add novnc ikvm js to vendor/assets/javascripts. > > > > 3) add custom app/views/hosts/console/*.html.erb for ikvm vnc which > > includes ikvm nonvc. > > > > 4) extend console in app/controllers/hosts_controller.rb to handle _vnc > > atrributes for physical boxes too > > > > PROFIT. > > > > So I just need a hardware to test and then I can make a patch :) > > > > -- > Alvin Starr || land: (905)513-7688 > Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 > [email protected] <javascript:> || > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Foreman users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/foreman-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
