Dell IDRAC6 User Manual page 50

4 Click the appropriate button to continue. See Table 4-8.
Table 4-2. Network Settings
Setting
NIC Selection Configures the current mode out of the four possible modes:
MAC Address Displays the Media Access Control (MAC) address that uniquely
Enable NIC
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Description
• Dedicated
• Shared (LOM1)
• Shared with Failover LOM2
• Shared with Failover All LOMs
NOTE:
The Dedicated option is only available for iDRAC Enterprise
cards and the Shared with Failover All LOMs option may be available
only for few systems.
iDRAC6 will not communicate locally through the same physical
port if NIC selection is set to either Shared or Shared with Failover
modes. This is because a network switch will not send out packets
through the same port it received the packets.
If the NIC selection is set to Shared with Failover (LOM 2 or all
LOMs), it is recommended not to connect the LOMs to diffferent
network broadcast domains.
It is recommended not to team LOMs with add-in network
controllers when iDRAC is configured for any shared mode. Any type
of team between the LOMs is acceptable irrespective of the NIC
selection mode (shared/shared with failover LOM2/shared with
failover all LOMs.)
identifies each node in a network.
When checked, indicates that the NIC is enabled and activates the
remaining controls in this group. When a NIC is disabled, all
communication to and from the iDRAC6 via the network is blocked.
The default is On.