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[-] dbtng@eviltoast.org 1 points 2 days ago

I hate it when my boss says that. Or he will call it "D-RAC". Annoys the hell out of me.
It's iDRAC.
Yes, there are components that are called RAC, but the Dell out of band management system is called iDRAC.
... but that's not as dumb as when he calls the SuperMicro system "iLO". That's IPMI. We don't even own any HPE. I've no idea why he's stuck on iLO.

[-] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

It's iDRAC.

I'd say that RAC is the overarching term for different Dell Solutions, see Dell Remote Access Configuration Guide

DRACT supports the following types of RACs that support RACADM commands:

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8)

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7)

[...]

Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for Dell PowerEdge M1000e and PowerEdge VRTX

[...]

And it's just shorter and easier to say ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

but that's not as dumb as when he calls the SuperMicro system "iLO". That's IPMI. We don't even own any HPE. I've no idea why he's stuck on iLO.

Perhaps his first encounter with remote management was with iLO and he just thinks that this is how it's called. It's "integrated Lights Out", and "Lights-Out Management" as well as "Remote Access Controller" both are generic terms (and I suspect that this is why Dell adds an “iD” in front of its product names).

But we are way to close to the “GNU/Linux Copypasta” than I would like.