ThinkServer RD Models: Configure Out-of-Band Management Port as Dedicated or Shared

How to set the out-of-band management port on 4R series servers as dedicated or shared?

RD330/430/530/630 motherboards come with three built-in ports; refer to the figure below:

Setting the Out-of-Band Management Port on ThinkServer RD Series Servers as Dedicated or Shared

Port 9 is the management port, Port 8 is Data Port (1), and Port 5 is Data Port (2)

BIOS setting diagram:

Setting the Out-of-Band Management Port on ThinkServer RD Series Servers as Dedicated or Shared

The effects of different settings are shown in the table below:

RDX30 Series

MGMT Management Port

Data Port 1

Data Port 2

Dedicated

Out-of-Band Only

Data

Data

Shared

Out-of-Band + Data

Data

Data

RD340/440/540/640 motherboards come with three built-in ports; refer to the figure below:

Setting the Out-of-Band Management Port on ThinkServer RD Series Servers as Dedicated or Shared

Port 10 is the management port, Port 8 is Data Port (1), and Port 7 is Data Port (2)

BIOS setting diagram:

Setting the Out-of-Band Management Port on ThinkServer RD Series Servers as Dedicated or Shared

The effects of different settings are shown in the table below:

RDX40 Series

MGMT Management Port

Data Port 1

Data Port 2

Management NIC dedicated

Out-of-Band Only

Data

Data

Management NIC Shared

Out-of-Band + Data

Data

Data

Onboard LAN port1 shared

Not Available

Out-of-Band + Data

Data

Onboard LAN port2 shared

Not Available

Data

Out-of-Band + Data

RD350/450 motherboards come with three built-in ports; refer to the figure below:

Set Out-of-Band Management Port on ThinkServer RD Models to Dedicated or Shared Mode

Port 10 is the management port, Port 8 is Data Network Port (1), and Port 7 is Data Network Port (2)

BIOS Configuration Diagram:

Set Out-of-Band Management Port on ThinkServer RD Models to Dedicated or Shared Mode

See the following table for the effects of different settings:

RD350/RD450 Models

MGMT Management Port

Data Network Port 1

Data Network Port 2

dedicatedPort

Out-of-Band Only

Data

Data

Shared NIC Port

Unavailable

Out-of-Band + Data

Data

The RD550/650 models have only one MGMT management port built into the motherboard; refer to the diagram below:

Set Out-of-Band Management Port on ThinkServer RD Models to Dedicated or Shared Mode

Port 4 is the management port; Port 2 can be equipped with a Mezzanine network card

BIOS Configuration Diagram:

Set Out-of-Band Management Port on ThinkServer RD Models to Dedicated or Shared Mode

See the following table for the effects of different settings:

RD550/RD650 Models

MGMT Management Port

Mezzanine Network Card (Port 1)

Dedicated Port

Out-of-Band Only

Data

Shared Any Fabric Port

Unavailable

Out-of-Band + Data

Summary Table:

Model

BIOS Setting

MGMT Management Port

Data Network Port 1

Data Network Port 2

RDX30

Dedicated

Out-of-Band Only

Data

Data

Shared

Out-of-Band + Data

Data

Data

RDX40

Management NIC dedicated

Out-of-band only

Data

Data

Management NIC Shared

Out-of-band + Data

Data

Data

Onboard LAN port1 shared

Not available

Out-of-band + Data

Data

Onboard LAN port2 shared

Not available

Data

Out-of-band + Data

RD350RD450

dedicatedPort

Out-of-band only

Data

Data

Shared NIC Port

Not available

Out-of-band + Data

Data

RD550RD650

MGMT Management Port

Mezz Network Card port 1

Dedicated Port

Out-of-band only

Data

Shared Any Fabric Port

Not available

Out-of-band + Data

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