Are you sure the lan channel interface 1 goes off when the system is off? It might bounce but it should come back up if it's configured for bmc access. Even with the server off, the standby power and bmc should initialize the link.
It might try and come up in 100Mbit mode which your switch might not support (cough cisco cough) Phil P. -- Philip Pokorny, RHCE Chief Technology Officer PENGUIN COMPUTING, Inc www.penguincomputing.com Changing the world through technical innovation _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-users mailing list Freeipmi-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users