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That's common, and something to avoid. You want a physically separate BMC network for security and reliability.
by gnufx 4y ago
That's common, and something to avoid. You want a physically separate BMC network for security and reliability.
- ilyt 4y agoOne example: on some servers turning off NIC will... turn off the port completely, including shared BMC connection hanging off it. Which happens during reboot meaning you won't catch the boot screen on KVM if you use shared nic
- gnufx 4y agoWhat I remember was losing it just at a crucial point in the PXE boot process. You're also dependent on the same switches as the main net, and have to rely on fragile firewalling or VLANs to restrict access to the BMCs.