HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 104)

5. Set the Networks attributes for the server group by clicking the Networks tab.
Specify a Hostname. There are three parts to the virtual machine's hostname. The first part is
defined in this service template. The second part is specified by a user's service creation
request. The third part is a numeric suffix based on the number of servers created for this server
group.
The "#" is used in this template as a replacement string indicating where to place the requestor's
portion of the hostname. Although the requestor replacement string is optional, if you do not
use it, this template can only be provisioned once without generating duplicate hostnames.
Keep in mind that all the pieces must be short enough to fit into common network hostname
restrictions.
For example, if the hostname value in the template is matrix#, and the completion string is
abc6, the resulting hostname of the first server in the group will be matrixabc601.
Set the Network Interface Assignment Type according to your IO environment configuration.
The DHCP type obtain the IP address from the DHCP server, while Static and Automatic types
obtain the IP addresses from the static IP addresses configured in the network resource
configuration.
Check the Redundant? checkbox to specify that the network connection requires redundancy.
When selected, IO automatically configures NICs to the same network. The Virtual Connect
profile is constructed so that the NICs are distributed across alternate VC-Ethernet modules.
IO only assigns auto/static IP addresses to the primary NIC of the redundant pair. The failover
NIC does not have an IP address allocated or assigned. The service XML model is annotated
with the NICs that participate in the redundant pair and also include the MAC addresses that
have been assigned to each connection. IO does not automatically team the NICs at the OS
level.
When using active/active configuration, the Redundant? checkbox must not be checked, and
you must explicitly wire two separate Virtual Connect networks to represent the same
active/active network in the data center.
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