Console and out-of-band management

Skills you'll practise

• Identify a server's dedicated management port versus production ports
• Explain what a BMC (iDRAC, iLO, IPMI/Redfish) can do
• Apply the rules for securing out-of-band access

Course outline

1. 1.Out-of-band managementVideo · 2 min
2. 2.Out-of-band accessLesson · 14 min
3. 3.KVM, IP-KVM and serial consolesLesson · 14 min
4. 4.Using the BMC safely: power, virtual media and logsLesson · 12 min
5. 5.Console and out-of-band management: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 21 questions
6. 6.Management controller found on a production VLANScenario
7. 7.Final exam4 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• Your equipment vendors' installation and service guides (rail kits, PSU and BMC documentation)
• General data-center operations practice