Re: [CentOS] Semi-OT: ipmitool or ipmicfg: set BMC to use NIC 2

2018-06-29 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, mark said: > 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? Choosing the NIC(s) for IPMI is not a general configuration of IPMI; that's going to be a vendor/hardw

Re: [CentOS] Semi-OT: ipmitool or ipmicfg: set BMC to use NIC 2

2018-06-29 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 05:30:26PM -0400, mark wrote: > 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? No, use the IP and MAC of the gateway you wish it to use, as if you were confi

Re: [CentOS] Semi-OT: ipmitool or ipmicfg: set BMC to use NIC 2

2018-06-29 Thread mark
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 20:45:44 -0400 From: Jonathan Billings > 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 i

Re: [CentOS] Semi-OT: ipmitool or ipmicfg: set BMC to use NIC 2

2018-06-27 Thread Jonathan Billings
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 interfa

Re: [CentOS] Semi-OT: ipmitool or ipmicfg: set BMC to use NIC 2

2018-06-27 Thread mark
> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:50:55 -0500 > From: Jon Pruente > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 4:10 PM, mark 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 >

Re: [CentOS] Semi-OT: ipmitool or ipmicfg: set BMC to use NIC 2

2018-06-26 Thread Jon Pruente
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 4:10 PM, mark 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

Re: [CentOS] Semi-OT: ipmitool or ipmicfg: set BMC to use NIC 2

2018-06-26 Thread mark
Jon Pruente wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 3:16 PM, mark wrote: > >> The man page isn't helping, nor have I been able to find examples that >> work. >> >> For example, the man page claims I can do ipmitool lan get active, and >> I try, and it says, "invalid lan command, get". > > get isn't a rec

Re: [CentOS] Semi-OT: ipmitool or ipmicfg: set BMC to use NIC 2

2018-06-26 Thread Jon Pruente
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Jon Pruente wrote: > or configure the MAC shown by issuing 'lan print 2' in the ipmitool shell. > I should finish that sentence. ... or configure the MAC (shown by issuing 'lan print 2' in the ipmitool shell) in your DHCP server. Though, running server managem

Re: [CentOS] Semi-OT: ipmitool or ipmicfg: set BMC to use NIC 2

2018-06-26 Thread Jon Pruente
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 3:16 PM, mark wrote: > The man page isn't helping, nor have I been able to find examples that > work. > > For example, the man page claims I can do ipmitool lan get active, and I > try, and it says, "invaling lan command, get". > get isn't a recognized subcommand under la

Re: [CentOS] Semi-OT: ipmitool or ipmicfg: set BMC to use NIC 2

2018-06-26 Thread mark
Michael C. Tiernan wrote: > ipmitool -I open lan get *NUMBER* > Description:CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core) Release:7.5.1804 ipmitool -I open lan get 1 Invalid LAN command: get I'm saying that the get command with lan DOES NOT WORK. ipmitool doesn't understand it m