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Network
Caution: If you have set IP Filtering rules before bonding is activated, the interface
reference in the firewall configuration will be eth0. You need to change the
interface to bond0 in order to reference the bonded interface. See BLACK
BOX® CS Installation, Administration, and User’s Guide, Chapter 3.
T To Configure Host Settings [Expert]
1. Go to Network > Host Settings.
The Host Settings form appears.
2. By default, the DHCP is enabled. To disable DHCP, click the checkbox to
remove the check mark.
Additional fields appear.
3. Enter the name assigned to the IP address of the CS in the “Host Name”
field.
4. Enter a console banner in the “Console Banner” field.
Bonding
Enables redundancy for the Ethernet
devices using the standard Ethernet
interface as the primary mode of access and
a PCMCIA card as a secondary mode of
access.
If bonding is enabled, the following values
should be set.
Miimon: The interval in which the active
interface is checked to see if it is still
communicating (in milliseconds).
Updelay: The time that the system will
wait to make the primary interface active
after it has been detected as up (in
milliseconds).
Table 8-2: Expert > Host Settings Form Fields
Filed Name Field Definition