Ah, I needed *another* reason to murder WOL in it's sleep. Thanks! Nick
On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Joel Jaeggli <joe...@bogus.com> wrote: > WOL uses 100Mb/s, the phy draws less that way. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 31, 2013, at 10:13, Charles N Wyble <charles-li...@knownelement.com> > wrote: > > > On hp proliant gen8 servers with management and ilo on same port, with > the server off the ports show up as 100mbps. > > > > Jimmy Hess <mysi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Jamie Bowden <ja...@photon.com> wrote: > >> > >>>> From: Saku Ytti [mailto:s...@ytti.fi] > >>> Considering that Dell and HP at least are shipping brand new hardware > >> with > >>> IPMI/BMC/iLO/whatever management ports that can only speak 100mbit > >> when > >>> every other Ethernet interface in the box at least gigabit, having a > >> useful > >>> way to talk to that port without having to keep separate switching > >> hardware > >>> around would be nice. I'm not holding my breath, but you know, along > >> with > >>> a pony, this would be nice. > >> > >> Eh? That may have been the case a few years ago, but HP ILO4 and > >> iDRAC7 specifically list 10/100/1000 even when using in dedicated > >> port > >> mode. > >> > >> And even in prior versions, you could have the port linking up at > >> 1Gbps, > >> by operating the management in Shared port mode (Sharing the > >> management > >> with the server's Eth0). > >> > >> I expect over time: support for linking up at 10/100 will get rarer > >> and > >> much more expensive. > >> > >> > >> The niche status a 10/100 media converter as an SFP would have if > >> produced > >> is likely to mean it would retail at $2000+ per port device. > >> > >> > >> It probably just makes more sense to go find an old obsolete top of > >> rack > >> switch, like a Cat3750 to get the small fraction of legacy copper > >> ports > >> required for out of band network and server management, which: by the > >> way, should be part of a separate switching infrastructure anyways, > >> to > >> increase the chance it stays operational and useful for > >> troubleshooting, in > >> the event the production network experiences outage or has other issues > >> requiring diagnosis. > >> > >> > >> > >>> Jamie > >> > >> -- > >> -JH > > > > -- > > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > > >