Configuring network address settings on the appliance nodes
You can configure the network settings for eth0 and eth1 of an appliance node.
Note:
Review IPv4-IPv6 support information before you begin.
See About IPv4-IPv6-based network support on the Access Appliance.
To configure the appliance node to communicate with one network
- Log on to the Access Appliance shell menu on the desired node.
- From the Main_Menu > Network view, type the following command to verify which network ports and bonds are plugged and available for configuration:
Show Status
- Type the following command to configure the appliance to connect to a single network:
Configure <IPAddress> <Netmask> <GatewayIPAddress> <InterfaceNames>
<IPAddress> - The new IP address that you want to assign to the network interface.
<Netmask> - The subnet mask (IPv4) or prefix length (IPv6).
<GatewayIPAddress> - The default gateway for the appliance node.
<InterfaceNames> - The network port that you want to assign the configuration to, such as eth1.
For example:
Configure 10.182.20.255 255.255.224.0 10.182.1.1 eth1
Note:
You should not use both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in the same command, such as the following:
Configure 9ffe::9 255.255.255.0 1.1.1.1
To configure the appliance node to communicate with more than one network
- Log on to the Access Appliance shell menu on the current node.
- From the Main_Menu > Network view, type the following command to verify which network ports are available for configuration:
Show Status
- Type the following command to configure an IPv4 address for the network interface:
Type the following command, depending on whether you want to configure an IPv4 or an IPv6 address for the network interface:
IPv4 <IPAddress> <NetMask> <InterfaceNames>
IPv6 <IPAddress> <Prefix> <InterfaceNames>
<IPAddress> - The new IPv4 or IPv6 address that you want to assign to the network interface.
<Netmask> and <Prefix> - The subnet mask (IPv4) or prefix length (IPv6).
<InterfaceName> - The network interface that you want to assign the configuration to, such as eth1 .
For example:
Configure 9ffe::46 64 9ffe::49 eth1
- (Optional) If you are configuring the appliance for the first time, you need to configure a default gateway for the appliance. You can then specify a gateway for each specific network configuration, if desired.
Type the following command:
Gateway Add <GatewayIPAddress> [TargetNetworkIPAddress] [Netmask] [InterfaceName]
<GatewayIPAddress> - The IP address leading to the remote network (generally a gateway or router).
[TargetNetworkIPAddress] - The IP address of the destination network or host.
[Netmask] - The subnet mask (IPv4) or prefix length (IPv6) that corresponds to the address that you specified for [TargetNetworkIPAddress].
[InterfaceName] - The name of the network interface that you want the traffic to exit from.
For example:
Gateway Add 192.168.1.1 10.10.0.0 255.255.248.0 eth1