DL360 G4 shared network iLo and FreeBSD

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Lakin" <elakin at infohell.net>
To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: DL360 G4 shared network iLo and FreeBSD


> On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 11:56:47PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote:
> > On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:13:57 -0700
> > Eric Lakin <elakin at infohell.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to setup a DL360 G4 for use in a colo environment with
> > > FreeBSD. I've run into one problem: I've setup the iLo to use the
> > > "shared network" option, which allows the iLo to share the same
network
> > > interface as the host computer. But the iLo hangs whenever the FreeBSD
> > > kernel loads.
> >
> > FWIW, we have a bunch of 360s but running the iLo independently from the
main
> > card. They work just great, but never tried them on the other setting.
> > Beto
>
> I have not had issues when using the dedicated iLo network interface
> either. But, when I ship the machine off to the colo, it'll only have
> one network drop - so either I get the iLo working in shared mode, or I
> don't get to use the iLo at all.
>

Duct tape a small 4 port ethernet switch to the server.

Ted