User guide

Managed Appliance Settings
To change the network settings of a managed appliance:
NOTE: The MAC address cannot be changed.
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 118), click on the appliance name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Network. The Appliance
Network Settings window will open. To change information:
• Type an IP address, in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
If you change the appliance IP address in the Appliance Network Settings
window, you must then also change the address in the Unit Network
Properties window. See Unit Properties on page 158. (When changing an IP
address, always change it in the Appliance Network Settings window before
changing it in the Unit Network Properties window.)
• Type a subnet, in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
• Type a gateway, in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
• Specify a LAN speed. This network setting will not appear for CPS appliances.
• Enable or disable DHCP or BootP (KVM switches).
• Enable or disable ICMP ping reply.
3. Click Save and then click Close. The Units View window will open.
NOTE: The above steps refer to IPv4 changes only. To make changes to the IPv6 configuration of an appliance,
select Appliance Settings - Network - IPv6.
To change the IP addresses of DSView servers used for managed appliance
authentication:
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 118), click on the appliance name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Authentication Servers.
The Appliance Authentication Servers Settings window will open. To change information,
type an IP address, in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx), for up to four DSView
servers the managed appliance will use for authentication.
3. Click Save and then click Close. The Units View window will open.
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