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February 13th, 2008 12:00
BMC Network Usage
I've read all the documentation I can find, and watched the online tutorials, but none answer my question.
I'm trying to figure out what all this "looks like" to the network. Our Network guys get VERY VERY cranky if they see two IP addresses, two MAC addresses, two *anything* on the same port on the network switch. So what does enabling various options do?
I have a testbed PowerEdge 2950 system on it's own isolated network while I sort this out. I currently have BMC disabled, and using the Broadcom utility the 2 NICs teamed. Even there I'm not sure if both the actual MAC and the virtual MAC appear on the same port, or just the virtual MAC address.
I could just plug it into our "live" network and wait for the angry phone calls, but I'd rather get it right first.
If I enable Shared mode, it uses both NICs. Does that mean both the BMC mac + ip *and* the windows mac + ip show up on each NIC? or just the one mac but two IP address?
Or if I enable the BMC options in Failover mode, it uses just NIC1. Does that mean both the BMC mac + ip and the windows team mac + ip appear on NIC1, and just the windows mac + ip on NIC2?
If I understand what I read so far, if I configure it to failover mode, it will use just NIC1 and I further configure windows to only use NIC2, I will meet my requirements of 1 mac 1 ip on any given port?
All of this would be really good to know *before* connecting this puppy to the network.
I'm trying to figure out what all this "looks like" to the network. Our Network guys get VERY VERY cranky if they see two IP addresses, two MAC addresses, two *anything* on the same port on the network switch. So what does enabling various options do?
I have a testbed PowerEdge 2950 system on it's own isolated network while I sort this out. I currently have BMC disabled, and using the Broadcom utility the 2 NICs teamed. Even there I'm not sure if both the actual MAC and the virtual MAC appear on the same port, or just the virtual MAC address.
I could just plug it into our "live" network and wait for the angry phone calls, but I'd rather get it right first.
If I enable Shared mode, it uses both NICs. Does that mean both the BMC mac + ip *and* the windows mac + ip show up on each NIC? or just the one mac but two IP address?
Or if I enable the BMC options in Failover mode, it uses just NIC1. Does that mean both the BMC mac + ip and the windows team mac + ip appear on NIC1, and just the windows mac + ip on NIC2?
If I understand what I read so far, if I configure it to failover mode, it will use just NIC1 and I further configure windows to only use NIC2, I will meet my requirements of 1 mac 1 ip on any given port?
All of this would be really good to know *before* connecting this puppy to the network.
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