I have an R720 PowerEdge server with an iDRAC 7 (firmware version 2.61.60.60; enterprise license), which seems to be having some issues that I would love to get some help on for trouble-shooting. The card has only worked once straight-away right after I received the used server. At some point, it lost network connection and the port was completely dead (no LED at the port or on the switch it was plugged into). I brought the card back online by resetting iDRAC using the yellow-blinking button in the back. Looking at the network settings, I noticed it was configured to use the LOM1 network port instead of the dedicated port. However, when setting it to the dedicated port, even after resetting again, the card would not acquire an IP address even though the port LED (and the corresponding ones on the switch) were now on. I reverted back to using LOM1 and, after resetting again right after a reboot of the server, the card is now online again.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.