A.2 Changing the Network Settings

The network settings are set during the initial deployment of the appliance and can be changed afterwards.

IMPORTANT:Because most services depend on continual service availability, changing network settings on the appliance should only be done when the services supported are offline.

To change the network settings for your appliance:

  1. In the VAAdmin Console, select Network .

  2. Make the changes to your network settings using the table below as a reference:

    Field, Option, or Button

    Information and/or Action

    DNS Configuration section

     

    • Name Servers:

    • You can modify the name servers.

    • Search Domains:

    • If this field is left blank, it is auto-populated with the domain of the appliance hostname. For example, if the hostname of the appliance is Appliance.mycompany.com, the domain is auto-populated with mycompany.com.

    • Gateway:

    • Make sure that this matches any of the other changes you have made in this dialog.

    NIC Configuration section

    • In this section, you can modify the IP address, hostname, and network mask of any Network Interface Controller (NIC) associated with the appliance. (If you configured multiple NICs for the appliance, you can configure the additional NICs.)

      • In the NIC Configuration section, click the ID of the NIC.

      • Edit the IP address, hostname, or network mask.

        If you change the IP address, you must restart the appliance in order for the change to be reflected.

      • Click OK.

    Appliance Administration UI (Port 9443) Access Restrictions section

     

    • Allowed Networks:

    • To limit administrative access, specify the IP address of any networks from which you want administrators to access the site.

    • Leave this section blank to allow administrative access from any network.

    Proxy Settings section

     

    Use a Proxy ... checkbox

    • Select this if you want to configure a forward proxy server for the appliance.

    • Proxy URL:

    • The URL address of the proxy server to be used, including the port.

    • Username:

    • If required, the username for accessing the proxy server

    • Password:

    • The password for the username.

  3. Click OK to save your changes, then click Reconfigure Server.

    WARNING:This stops and restarts the server process. Only do this when supported services are offline as well.