WOL uses 100Mb/s, the phy draws less that way. Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 31, 2013, at 10:13, Charles N Wyble <charles-li...@knownelement.com> wrote: > On hp proliant gen8 servers with management and ilo on same port, with the > server off the ports show up as 100mbps. > > Jimmy Hess <mysi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Jamie Bowden <ja...@photon.com> wrote: >> >>>> From: Saku Ytti [mailto:s...@ytti.fi] >>> Considering that Dell and HP at least are shipping brand new hardware >> with >>> IPMI/BMC/iLO/whatever management ports that can only speak 100mbit >> when >>> every other Ethernet interface in the box at least gigabit, having a >> useful >>> way to talk to that port without having to keep separate switching >> hardware >>> around would be nice. I'm not holding my breath, but you know, along >> with >>> a pony, this would be nice. >> >> Eh? That may have been the case a few years ago, but HP ILO4 and >> iDRAC7 specifically list 10/100/1000 even when using in dedicated >> port >> mode. >> >> And even in prior versions, you could have the port linking up at >> 1Gbps, >> by operating the management in Shared port mode (Sharing the >> management >> with the server's Eth0). >> >> I expect over time: support for linking up at 10/100 will get rarer >> and >> much more expensive. >> >> >> The niche status a 10/100 media converter as an SFP would have if >> produced >> is likely to mean it would retail at $2000+ per port device. >> >> >> It probably just makes more sense to go find an old obsolete top of >> rack >> switch, like a Cat3750 to get the small fraction of legacy copper >> ports >> required for out of band network and server management, which: by the >> way, should be part of a separate switching infrastructure anyways, >> to >> increase the chance it stays operational and useful for >> troubleshooting, in >> the event the production network experiences outage or has other issues >> requiring diagnosis. >> >> >> >>> Jamie >> >> -- >> -JH > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >
