> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:50:55 -0500 > From: Jon Pruente <jpruente at riskanalytics.com> > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 4:10 PM, mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >> So you're saying I should set the MAC address for the lan channel 1 to >> the MAC address of the second NIC? > > No, you don't do anything to the MAC addresses on the BMC/IPMI. They > already have their own preset values. You decide which port you want to > use for IPMI from the ones it supports and set it up with various commands > (or use the BIOS/UEFI). The gist of what you are doing is just > setting up an > IP address on an embedded computer. It just so happens > that that embedded computer can simultaneously communicate over the same > ports as the host computer and may also/instead have its own > dedicated port. > > If you give ipmitool an incomplete command it will print out the list of > further options. <snip> > For a static IP on the second port you'd use > > lan set 2 ipaddr 10.0.0.15 (whatever your desired IP is) lan set 2 netmask > 255.255.255.0 (or whatever your matching netmask should > be) lan set 2 defgw ipaddr 10.0.0.1 (or whatever your gateway is) Well, that didn't work - Channel 2 is not a LAN channel! > > If you want to use DHCP then find the MAC with NO!!! I do not want this ever asking for an IP. There's no management port, dunno why, but the only thing where it should be is a couple of pieces of thin, bent metal, and nothing, apparently, damaged. 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)? mark