Administrator Guide

To add a new network connection, complete the following tasks:
1 On the lower-left corner of the page, click the + icon.
The Add Network Connection dialog box is displayed. The following options are listed for you to congure.
• VPN
• Bond
• Team
• Bridge
• VLAN
2 Click VPN to add a VPN network connection. You must import a le from the stored location to congure the VPN settings.
3 Click Bond to add and congure the Bond network connection for your thin client.
a Click the General tab, and congure the following options:
• Select any of the following check boxes based on your requirement:
– Automatically connect to this network when it is available.
– All users may connect to this network.
– Automatically connect to VPN when using this connection.
• From the drop-down menu, select the rewall zone.
b Click the Bond tab, and congure the following options:
1 Type a name for your network interface.
2 The number of bonded connections that are set up are listed here. To add a new bond connection, click the Add button
and select the type of connection you want to create. The available options are Ethernet, InniBand, Bond, Bridge, Team,
and VLAN.
3 Select the type of Network Mode from the drop-down list. The available options are:
• Round-robin
• Active Backup
• XOR
• Broadcast
• 802.3ad
• Adaptive transmit load balancing
• Adaptive load balancing
4 Link Monitoring — Select the type of link monitoring from the drop-down list. The available options are:
• MII (recommended)
• ARP
5 Enter the time in ms for the link up delay duration.
6 Enter the time in ms for the link down delay duration.
c Click the IPv4 Settings tab, and do the following:
1 From the drop-down list select the following method for IPv4 authentication.
• If Automatic (DHCP) method is selected, you must congure the following options:
1 Additional DNS Servers — Type the IP addresses of domain name users that are used to resolve host names. Use
commas to separate multiple domain name server addresses.
2 Additional Search Domains — Type the IP addresses of domains used when resolving host names. Use commas to
separate multiple domains.
3 DHCP client ID — Enter the ID for the DHCP client. This client identier allows the network administrator to
customize your computer’s conguration.
4 Require IPv4 addressing for this connection to complete — The IPv4 address is required to complete the
connection. If the IPv4 address is not available, then the connection is not congured.
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Conguring thin client settings locally