Greg Lindahl wrote:
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 02:45:05AM -0400, Mark Hahn wrote:
I think the main issue is that ipmi needs a lan interface, though
I guess there are some examples of it sharing a port with the host.
Last I saw someone doing this, IPMI sharing an ethernet port with the
host led to all kinds of weird ARP problems. Whereas a dedicated port
Not just arp problems. Sometimes shutting down the machine would
actually turn off the port. Made for an "almost"-lights out machine room...
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