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Using LAN over USB to interface the IMM

Unlike the BMC and RSA-II, the IMM does not require IPMI device drivers or USB
daemons for in-band IMM communication. Instead, a LAN over USB interface
enables in-band communications to the IMM; the IMM hardware on the system
board presents an internal Ethernet NIC from the IMM to the operating system.
LAN over USB is also called the "USB in-band interface" in the IMM Web interface.
Typically, the IMM IP address for the LAN over USB interface is set to a static
address of 169.254.95.118 with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0. In the event of an IP
address collision on the network, the IMM might obtain a different IP address in
the 169.254.xxx.xxx range. The IMM first attempts to use the default static address,
169.254.95.118. If that IP address is already in use, the IMM attempts to randomly
obtain an address until it finds one that is not in use.
Because the IMM might obtain a random IP address for the LAN over USB
interface, the IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) and firmware flash utilities,
DSA, and the IBM Director Agent use the Service Location Protocol (SLP) to
discover the IMM IP address. These tools perform an SLP multicast discovery on
the LAN over USB interface. When they receive a response from the IMM, they
obtain the attributes that contain the IP address the IMM is using for the LAN over
USB interface.

Potential conflicts with the LAN over USB interface

In some situations, the IMM LAN over USB interface can conflict with certain
network configurations, applications, or both. For example, Open MPI attempts to
use all of the available network interfaces on a server. Open MPI detects the IMM
LAN over USB interface and attempts to use it to communicate with other systems
in a clustered environment. The LAN over USB interface is an internal interface, so
this interface does not work for external communications with other systems in the
cluster.

Resolving conflicts with the IMM LAN over USB interface

There are several actions that resolve LAN over USB conflicts with network
configurations and applications:
1. For conflicts with Open MPI, configure the application so it does not attempt to
2. Take the interface down (run ifdown under Linux).
3. Remove the driver (run rmmod under Linux).
4. Disable the USB in-band interface on the IMM through either the IMM Web
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interface or the AMM Web interface.
Important: If you disable the USB in-band interface, you cannot perform an
in-band update of the IMM firmware using the Linux or Windows flash
utilities. If the USB in-band interface is disabled, use the Firmware Update
option on the IMM Web interface to update the firmware.
If you disable the USB in-band interface, also disable the watchdog timeouts to
prevent the server from restarting unexpectedly.
v Use the following steps to disable the LAN over USB interface from the IMM
Web interface.
a. Log in to the IMM on which you want to disable the USB device driver
interface.