out-of-band management options for ReadyNAS

Question

Hello,&nbsp;We are looking at mid-business type of readyNAS that can provide support for out-of-band management. We cannot find any documentation in the internet that can do so. We are aware that the new readyNAS has more than 1 LAN port. So is it possible to assign 1 of the LAN port to be used for out-of-band management sitting on another VLAN? If it's possible, please provide us documentation or screenshot on how to do so.&nbsp;This is important for us to know as we want to finalize soon our NAS candidates and currently Netgear is not part of it since out-of-band management is not a significant feature of Netgear NAS devices.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Charlie

StephenB · Answer

You can configure the two LAN ports with different IP addresses. &nbsp;
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The Web UI won't let you limit the use of the second LAN port to management only, and it won't let you prevent management via the first LAN port. But you can enable ssh on the NAS, and possibly configure iptables to block http access on the primary port if you wish.
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Hopefully someone from Netgear - mdgm-ntgr&nbsp;or&nbsp;JennC&nbsp;perhaps -&nbsp;will connect you with Netgear Presales.
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kohdee · Answer

ReadyNAS provides management services on any connected address. ReadyNAS offers services like WebDAV which would require you to access the HTTP/HTTPS ports. There's no way for you to turn off management services on one NIC but not another.
ReadyNAS OS 6.6 will offer VLAN support to add multiple VLANs, but that doesn't enable/disable management per VLAN.&nbsp;
This feature is not in ReadyNAS because it has not been highly requested.&nbsp;

mdgm-ntgr · Answer

You could post this to the Ideas Exchange if you like if it's not already there.

StephenB · Answer

mdgm wrote:
You could post this to the Ideas Exchange if you like if it's not already there.

I agree. &nbsp;A built-in way to put iscsi traffic on a dedicated LAN port is related, and maybe could be done through the same mechanism.
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I posted an idea here:&nbsp;https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-for-ReadyNAS/Easy-way-to-dedicate-NICs-for-specific-purposes/idi-p/1141692
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CharlieA_ECTP · Answer

Hello Netgear Community,&nbsp;Thanks for your replies.&nbsp;Let me just offer one clarification concerning out-of-band management. Out-of-band management should provide a separate console or a separate GUI or a separate web access that will still run when everything is f*ck3d up. One good example is HP's iLO feature. Even the free unlicensed HP iLO can provide you with a simple button to remotely power cycle the server or storage that has hung.&nbsp;Having this capability to do remotely is a definite need for global MNC offices such as ours.&nbsp;Placing the out-of-band management ip address in a different VLAN is optional and is simply for organization and simplified management of similar out-of-band process of all other devices.&nbsp;Has someone here made any particular workaround or hack to probably have a somehow out-of-band management feature from the current readyNAS devices? If yes, please do let me know. Thanks.&nbsp;&nbsp;Charlie

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