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3. From the Configure network page, make your changes in the following screen sections:
• Server Configuration – edit general networking and DNS information
• NIC Configuration – allows you to select either DHCP or static IP for each NIC
IMPORTANT: Because operating systems might behave differently to network personalization,
HP recommends testing your personalization scheme on a single server before applying it to
a large number of servers.
NOTE: Clearing a field will not remove the existing server information.
Table 9 Input fields for the server configure network Server Configuration screen
Host name Description: This area is displayed for a single server selection and allows you to change
the unqualified host name of the server from the display name assigned when
the server is first discovered to a name that has more meaning in your facility.
Data type: Alphanumeric. Hyphens (-) and periods (.) are allowed. No spaces or special
characters.
Default value: None
Required: No
Examples: servername
This field is only displayed for multiple server selection and is used with the Starting index to
generate host names automatically.
Host name prefix
This area allows you to change the unqualified host name of the server from the name assigned
when the server is first discovered to a name that has more meaning in your facility.
The servers selected will be given a host name beginning with this prefix and ending with a
number starting with the Starting index and incrementing for each server.
NOTE: Host names are assigned top to bottom as displayed in the Run OS Build Plan Servers
table. Changing the table order affects host name and IP address assignments.
This field is only displayed for multiple server selection and is used with the Host name prefix to
generate host names automatically.
Starting index
This area allows you to change the unqualified host name of the server from the name assigned
when the server is first discovered to a name that has more meaning in your facility.
The servers selected will be given a host name beginning with the Host name prefix and continuing
with a number starting with this index and incrementing for each server.
You may add leading zeros to this field to increase the number of digits used for numbering.
Gateway Description: The IP address of the node in your local network that allows communication to
other networks.
Data type: Numeric. Periods (.) and colons (:) allowed.
Default value: None
Required: No
DNS domain Description: This is a period (.) separated string and is usually the right side part of a fully
qualified host name.
Data type: A period (.) separated character string.
Default value: None
Required: No
Examples: corp.net
DNS server list Description: You may provide multiple DNS servers delimited by commas, spaces, or both.
Data type: IP addresses or host names.
Default value: None
Required: No
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