HP iLO stops responding to ping from other subnets in a couple of minutes
SYMPTOMS: iLO network interface (be it shared or dedicated) is set up with static IP address and a gateway. One can access and ping it from the same LAN subnet with no issues; however when pinged from a different subnet through the router pings stop after random amount of time, but generally within a few minutes. Resetting the iLO resolves the issue for another couple of minutes. This applies to iLO 3, iLO 4, iLO 5 and probably iLO 6 as well. This problem has been described on the Internet number of times [1] [2] [3] with no clear resolution provided. CAUSE: iLO management interface honors ICMP Type 9 - Mobile IP Router Advertisements (RA) for IPv4 even when static gateway IP address has been set in the configuration. When such RA is received by iLO, the gateway being used is replaced with one specified in RA; this, however, is not being reflected in the Web interface. iLO then proceeds with sending ARP request for this new gateway address and forwards all non-local traffic thro