About NIC1 (eth0) port usage on the appliance nodes
By default, NIC1 (eth0) is set to IP address 192.168.229.233. This private network address is reserved to provide a direct connection from a laptop to perform the initial configuration. NIC1 (eth0) is typically not connected to your network environment.
Note:
If another appliance network interface is set to the 192.168.x.x IP address range, you must change the default IP address of NIC1 (eth0) to a different IP address range.
See Configuring network address settings on the appliance nodes.