Collin_Clark wrote:
At the last place I worked, we had to manage all of out network devices OOB. Even a separate WAN as no management traffic could be on the same network as the production data network. It stinks!
Your'e right it can be a pain but it is the only guaranteed way to get from A -> B if your production network truly goes haywire. Course whether you can actually do something at the other end ie. B when you get there is another matter.
The OOB port needs to be totally independent from the rest of the device in terms of CPU/memory etc. so it can still respond when you get to it.
Jon
