What is a LOM adapter?

LOM – LAN on motherboard Instead of requiring a separate network interface card to access a local-area network, such as Ethernet, the circuits are attached to the motherboard. An advantage of a LOM system is an extra available PCIslot that is not being used by the network adapter.

What is a flexible LOM port?

FlexibleLOM is a standard for HPE network interface cards that using on ProLiant Blade servers and ProLiant Rack Mount servers. LAN-On-Motherboard is an architecture for HPE network interface cards. There is some benefits when FlexibleLOM is installed on HPE servers.

What is HPE Flexlom?

The first refers to “Lights Out Management.” HPE refers to it as Integrated Lights Out (iLO), Dell has Integrated Dell Remote Access Card (iDRAC), and Lenovo has Integrated Management Module (IMM).

What is an embedded LOM?

LOM. LOM (LAN on motherboard) refers to a chip or chipset capable of network connections that have been embedded directly on the motherboard of a desktop, workstation or server.

What is FLR network card?

FLR (FlexibleLOM Rack) – The FLR adapter for rack mount servers connects to the system board. As with traditional LOM implementations, HPE FLR adapter’s network connectors are accessible through the rear panel of the server chassis.

What is iLO shared network port?

Shared network port LOM – Uses a permanently installed NIC that is built into the server. This NIC normally handles server network traffic, and it can be configured to handle iLO network traffic at the same time via a common RJ-45 connector.

Where is LOM from?

Norway
Lom is famous for its extensive history, for having one of the few remaining stave churches in Norway, and for lying in the midst of the highest mountains in Northern Europe….Lom, Norway.

What is the advantage of Lom over Ethernet?

Instead of requiring a separate network interface card to access a local-area network, such as Ethernet, the circuits are attached to the motherboard. An advantage of a LOM system is an extra available PCI slot that is not being used by the network adapter. (2) An early programming language used for data processing.

What is integrated Lom (local area network)?

HPE refers to it as Integrated Lights Out (iLO), Dell has Integrated Dell Remote Access Card (iDRAC), and Lenovo has Integrated Management Module (IMM). The definition we are concerned with today though is HPE’s LOM, or LAN (Local Area Network) On Motherboard.

Can I replace the NIC module?

Dell and other OEMs offer their own removable and replaceable NIC modules but use their own names and model numbers.

What is the HPE flexlom Lom?

In order to more effectively use the space available, HPE has started making the built in NIC (or LOM) removable, allowing the user to choose between the common Gigabit Ethernet or newer technologies. The image below shows the difference between standard LOM design and HPE’s new FlexLom: