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3. Configure the settings for the interface as follows:
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Network – This list includes the networks in the system description, as well as an
interface can be on a network that is not included in the system description and therefore not
managed by SiteConfig.
•
IP Address – A list of the available IP addresses for the selected network. Select the IP address
for the interface.
•
Interface Name – The network name of the interface, as follows:
•
On the Control network, the network name of the interface must be the host name of the
device.
•
On other networks (not the Control network) the network name of the interface shall not
be the host name of the device. Some networks, such as the iSCSI network, do not allow
interface names, and so naming controls are disabled.
NOTE: In the networks view, you can specify that a particular network be excluded from
the hosts file. This means that any network interfaces you assign to such a network are
automatically excluded from the hosts file even if you checked the Use Interface
Name/Aliases in Host Files checkbox. If you uncheck this box, it will default to using the
host name as the interface name. Be careful that you do not specify two interfaces with the
same host name.
•
Set to Default – Sets the name of the interface to SiteConfig’s default convention, based on
the current host name of the device.
•
Use Interface Name/Aliases in Host Files – Enables the Aliases button. Tells SiteConfig to
use this interface name in the hosts file. See note above.
•
Aliases – Allows you to assign multiple network names to the adapter, such that they are
managed by SiteConfig’s host file management features.
•
DNS Suffix – For communication on some networks, a suffix, such as
mycorp.com
, must be
added to host names.
4. Click
OK
to save settings and close.
Related Links
About IP configuration of network interfaces on devices
on page 52
About managed and unmanaged networks
on page 36
About adding an interface
You can add an interface to a placeholder device to describe a network interface not automatically
created when you chose a device model. Another scenario for using this feature is to add devices
that are not managed by SiteConfig but are part of the system. In this case you can add a placeholder
device to the system description and then add one or more interfaces describing its network
connectivity. Once defined, SiteConfig can add this information to the hosts file.
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