Switch "hangs" when using dedicated IPMI port

[Rilo Ravestein]

Hi guys,

I have a strange issue when using IPMI. My witch "hangs" sometimes when i use IPMI via the dedicated port on my motherboard. It totally freezes (althought the lights keep blinking). When i don't use it throught the dedicated port (disconnect cable after setting the option to use one of the "regular" NIC's i have no problem at all.
This is not a real big issue i guess, but i would like to know what could be the cause of this issue?

I am using a TP-Link TL-SG3216 16-Port Gigabit L2 managed switch

 

[Ericloewe]

That's a new one.

Could be a bad IPMI NIC. Have you tried a different port on the switch?

 

[pirateghost]

Do you have the 2 NICs bridged somehow? That would create a broadcast storm.

 

[Rilo Ravestein]

Hi, sorry for the delay, but i suddenly had some time off this weekend and almost totally redid my network (including wiring) last two days. Result is that i am almost finished, but the NAS is now in a room where i only have 1 connection. So until i find time to build room for my nas near the witch, i won't be able to test further. Thanks for the hints though, will look into those.

 

[Fraoch]

Note the IPMI data can be sent over the main NICs and the data is fairly small.

 

[Rilo Ravestein]

Yeah, i know, but I wanted to experiment a little with IPMI and found this issue. Eventually I would connect IPMI to a different, private network, away from my main home network.