NAC appliance 3315 remote OOB management with BMC (ILO) does not work

[Attila Horvath]

Hi,

We have several 3355 servers configured with ILO, we can manage (switch on/off)  these with ILO's web interface.

But we have a few 3315, witch are  X3250 M2 IBM servers.

Its also have a management port in the back, and we can configure IP/username/password at BIOS (Baseboard Management Controller - BMC Settings).

But if we try to connect is to a switch, there is no link. (switch is auto-mdx capable) .

What we need to make it work? The IBM's BIOS, BMC firmware is the newest.

Thanks in advance

Attila

[denziljo · Accepted solution]

Atilla,

We had the same problem (no link light) and discovered that these servers do not have a RSA (Remote Supervisor Adapter) card installed. Seems like the 3355's are shipped with these already installed, but not the 3315's.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Denzil