If you get your iLO network settings using hponcfg - there is a setting called SHARED_NETWORK_PORT - with falues of NO, YES, LOM, or FlexibleLOM.
I am trying to determine what the actual difference is between the values of "YES" and "LOM". From the hponcfg scripting manual, the descriptions are identical, as quoted below:
• Yes—Enables a NIC that is built into the server (a shared network port). The NIC handles
server network traffic and can, if ILO is configured to do so, handle iLO traffic at the same
time.
• LOM—Enables a NIC that is built into the server (a shared network port). The NIC handles
server network traffic and can, if ILO is configured to do so, handle iLO traffic at the same
time. Not all servers support a LOM.
So what is the actual, technical difference here. They both use NIC port 1 right? What affect does switching from YES to LOM have, and vice versa?
I ask this because deployed out in the field, I have a ProLiant DL160 Gen 9, that for whatever reason, wasn't shipped with the optional iLO Management Port kit, that provides a dedicated iLO port; that all of our servers typically have.
This server is currently configured as "LOM" and, I am unable to access the iLO interface for it. It's connected to an auto detecting speed switch, and the NIC 1 interface itself is working as that is how the server is connected and otherwise operational on the network. Yet I can't get into the iLO.
I am considering trying to switch it from "LOM" to "YES" for this value, to see if that helps. But if I lose NIC 1 access as a result, I'll be unable to reach this server at all...
Thank you in advance!