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BMC access is always possible over a shell on the same machine. This means issuing ipmitool lan print on openqaw5-xen shows you the currently configured lan settings (e.g. mac, current dhcp address, etc). Example:

openqaw5-xen:~ # ipmitool lan print
Set in Progress         : Set Complete
Auth Type Support       : NONE MD2 MD5 PASSWORD 
Auth Type Enable        : Callback : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD 
                        : User     : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD 
                        : Operator : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD 
                        : Admin    : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD 
                        : OEM      : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD 
IP Address Source       : DHCP Address
IP Address              : 10.162.28.19
Subnet Mask             : 255.255.192.0
MAC Address             : 0c:c4:7a:6e:68:c3
SNMP Community String   : public
IP Header               : TTL=0x00 Flags=0x00 Precedence=0x00 TOS=0x00
BMC ARP Control         : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Disabled
Default Gateway IP      : 10.162.63.254
Default Gateway MAC     : 00:00:5e:00:01:04
Backup Gateway IP       : 0.0.0.0
Backup Gateway MAC      : 00:00:00:00:00:00
802.1q VLAN ID          : Disabled
802.1q VLAN Priority    : 0
RMCP+ Cipher Suites     : 1,2,3,6,7,8,11,12
Cipher Suite Priv Max   : XaaaXXaaaXXaaXX
                        :     X=Cipher Suite Unused
                        :     c=CALLBACK
                        :     u=USER
                        :     o=OPERATOR
                        :     a=ADMIN
                        :     O=OEM
Bad Password Threshold  : Not Available

However, IPMI access is now statically configured and the machine can be accessed over sp.openqaw5-xen.qa.suse.de.