1. Oracle ILOM Administrator's Guide for Configuration and Maintenance Firmware Release 5.0.x
  2. Setting Up a Management Connection to Oracle ILOM and Logging In
  3. Establishing a Management Connection to Oracle ILOM
  4. Choosing and Configuring a Management Connection to Oracle ILOM
  5. Sideband Network Management Connection
  6. Sideband Management Network Connectivity Considerations

Sideband Management Network Connectivity Considerations

This section provides general network connectivity issues for you to consider when using a sideband management connection to Oracle ILOM:

  • In-chip connectivity between the server SP and the host operating system might not be supported by the on-board host Gigabit Ethernet controller. If this condition occurs, use a different port or route to transmit the traffic between the source and destination targets instead of using L2 bridging/switching.

  • Server host power cycles might cause a brief interruption of network connectivity for server Gigabit Ethernet ports (NET 0, 1, 2, 3) that are configured for sideband management. If this condition occurs, configure the adjacent switch/bridge ports as host ports.

  • If the Ethernet data ports on the server are configured as switch ports and participate in the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), you might experience longer outages due to spanning tree recalculations.