Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the link/hint.
I remembered your post but did not associate it with my problem.
Yet, it pointed me into the right direction.
My iDRAC6 Enterprise, though having a dedicated NIC, is set to "Shared with
Failover: All LOMs".
This was done on purpose for availability reasons because unlike the iDRAC7
(and later) the iDRAC6 does not have an "Auto dedicated" NIC failover feature
which would only use the shared LOMs in case the dedicated NIC is down.
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/archive/2013/07/18/auto-dedicated-nic-feature-in-idrac7
Setting the iDRAC6 Enterprise NIC selection to "Dedicated" solved the problem
for me but anyone with iDRAC Express is probably out of luck.
Thanks again
Stefan
PowerEdge R710 with iDRAC6 Enterprise
BIOS 6.4.0
LCC 1.7.5.4
iDRAC6 2.85 (Build 04)
iDRAC NIC Selection = Shared with Failover: All LOMs
Solution: iDRAC NIC Selection = Dedicated NIC
http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/4/SLN85572/en
> On Nov 9, 2016, at 4:41 PM, Andrew Gaylard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Stefan,
>
> I've had exactly this experience. I suspect there's a bug in the BNX Linux
> driver, which brings down the iDRAC interface if either of the main ethernet
> interfaces are shut down.
>
> I'd be grateful for any input.
>
> See
> http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2016-October/050784.html
>
> --
> Andrew Gaylard
>
> On 11/09/2016 03:16 PM, Stefan M. Radman wrote:
>> I have a strange issue with an R710.
>>
>> When booting from the Dell Support Live Image (SLI) 2.2 through iDRAC
>> virtual media the iDRAC stops responding at some point during the CentOS
>> boot process.
>>
>> No ping, no ARP, no nothing. The only way to get it back alive is to pull
>> all power cables from the machine.
>> The server is at the latest firmware level available from Dell FTP through
>> Lifecycle Manager.
>>
>> Has anyone made the same or similar experience?
>>
>> Is booting SLI from virtual media supported?
>>
>> Stefan
>
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