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Configuring Network Interfaces
264 AlterPath OnBoard Administrator’s Guide
The screen shown in Figure 8-2 allows the administrative user to set or change
the parameters in the following table.
Keep following two issues in mind when configuring public Ethernet ports:
• When an interface is configured for DHCP and the DHCP server cannot
be reached for any reason, the interface IP address falls back to the
preconfigured default static IP address (192.168.160.10) unless an
OnBoard administrator has assigned an IP address to the interface.
• When both interfaces are active and assigned two different IP addresses,
both interfaces are reachable through either IP address even if the cable is
disconnected from one of the interfaces.
Table 8-2: Network Interfaces Configuration Values
Settings Notes
Failover Selecting “enabled” from the pull-down menu
configures failover from the primary to the
secondary Ethernet port if the primary port goes
down. See “Configuring Failover” on page 265.
Selecting “disabled” causes additional fields to
display to allow configuration of one or both of
the public Ethernet ports. See “Configuring
Primary and Secondary Ethernet Ports” on page
266.
Host name Default: OnBoard
Primary DNS server IP address for a primary DNS server on the
same subnet as the OnBoard
Secondary DNS server IP address for an optional secondary DNS
server on the same subnet as the OnBoard
Domain name Domain name used on the domain name server
(DNS)