Platform Management OverviewIntel® Server Board S2600IP and Intel® Workstation Board W2600CR TPS
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(the next active LAN link will be chosen randomly from the pool of backup LAN links with link
status as “UP”). Traffic immediately resumes on the new active connection.
The LAN Failover enable/disable command may be sent at any time. After it has been enabled,
standard IPMI commands for setting channel configuration that specify a LAN channel other
than the first will return an error code.
Standard IPMI commands for getting channel configuration will return the cached settings for
the inactive channels.
4.5.3.7 BMC IP Address Configuration
Enabling the BMC’s network interfaces requires using the Set LAN Configuration Parameter
command to configure LAN configuration parameter 4, IP Address Source.
4.5.3.8 DHCP BMC Hostname
The BMC allows setting a DHCP Hostname. DHCP Hostname can be set regardless of the IP
Address source configured on the BMC. But this parameter is only used if the IP Address
source is set to DHCP.
4.5.3.9 Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
The BMC can receive and respond to ARP requests on BMC NICs. Gratuitous ARPs are
supported, and disabled by default.
4.5.3.10 Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)
The BMC supports VLAN as defined by IPMI 2.0 specifications. VLAN is supported internally by
the BMC, not through switches. VLAN provides a way of grouping a set of systems together so
that they form a logical network. This feature can be used to set up a management VLAN where
only devices which are members of the VLAN will receive packets related to management and
members of the VLAN will be isolated from any other network traffic. Please note that VLAN
does not change the behavior of the host network setting, it only affects the BMC LAN
communication.
LAN configuration options are now supported (by means of the Set LAN Config Parameters
command, parameters 20 and 21) that allow support for 802.1Q VLAN (Layer 2). This allows
VLAN headers/packets to be used for IPMI LAN sessions. VLAN ID’s are entered and enabled
by means of parameter 20 of the Set LAN Config Parameters IPMI command. When a VLAN ID
is configured and enabled, the BMC only accepts packets with that VLAN tag/ID. Conversely, all
BMC generated LAN packets on the channel include the given VLAN tag/ID. Valid VLAN ID’s
are 1 through 4094, VLAN ID’s of 0 and 4095 are reserved, per the 802.1Q VLAN specification.
Only one VLAN can be enabled at any point in time on a LAN channel. If an existing VLAN is
enabled, it must first be disabled prior to configuring a new VLAN on the same LAN channel.
Parameter 21 (VLAN Priority) of the Set LAN Config Parameters IPMI command is now
implemented and a range from 0-7 will be allowed for VLAN Priorities. Please note that bits 3
and 4 of Parameter 21 are considered Reserved bits.
Parameter 25 (VLAN Destination Address) of the Set LAN Config Parameters IPMI command is
not supported and returns a completion code of 0x80 (parameter not supported) for any
read/write of parameter 25.
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