Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 20:45:44 -0400 From: Jonathan Billings billings@negate.org
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 05:14:06PM -0400, mark wrote:
I do see one option of "defgw macaddr" - is that supposed to be a MAC external to the server, or can I use the MAC of eth1 (or whatever the stupid, unrememberable name is)?
As mentioned earlier, the BMC is a different MAC from any interface you might see from the OS side. Think of it as a separate computer that shares a physical network port (assuming it doesnt have a dedicated port).
Imagine what would happen if you put two devices on the network with the same MAC. You don't want to do that. defgw macaddr is for setting what it thnks the Default Gateway's MAC address is.
You will need to set the IP, netmask and gateway using the appropriate tool (I prefer ipmitool). keep in mind that because the device shares a port you most likely wont be able to use IPMI to talk over the LAN to the device from the OS on the same box.
It's the end of the week, and maybe I'm being dense, but I still don't get it: how do I tell the BMC to use eth1? Do I give it eth1's MAC address as a gateway?
mark