Configure IP Addresses

You can configure management, secondary management, data, and support IP addresses.
NOTE: You are not required to configure all IP addresses at the same time or to configure them in the order shown in this task.
  1. Choose Administration → Network.
  2. Click Configure Active Settings to make configuration changes in the Active network configuration profile.
    NOTE: You can also click Configure Draft Settings or View Backup Settings to make configuration changes in the Draft or Backup network configuration profile, respectively.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. Configure the management and secondary management IP addresses on the Group tab in the Management IP section.
    1. On the Primary row, enter the management IP address and subnet netmask. This IP address is used by the group leader array.
    2. (Optional) On the Secondary row, enter the secondary IP adddress, which is used by the backup group leader.
  5. Configure the management and secondary management IP addresses on the Subnet Configuration tab.
    1. On the Primary row, enter the management IP address and subnet netmask. This IP address is used by the group leader array.
    2. (Optional) On the Secondary row, enter the secondary IP adddress, which is used by the backup group leader.
  6. Configure the data IP address when adding a subnet.
    1. Click the Subnets tab.
    2. Specify the parameters to create a new subnet.
    3. In the Assign Interfaces to this subnet section, click an available interface.
    4. In the Interface Assignment section, enter the data IP address in the Data IP Address field.
    5. Click Done.
  7. Configure a data IP address when editing a subnet.
    1. On the Subnets tab, select a subnet that is carrying data trafic, and click Edit.
    2. In the Interface Assignment section, enter the data IP address in the Data IP Address field.
    3. Click Done.
  8. Configure a data IP address when you configure an interface.
    1. Click the Interfaces tab.
    2. Select an interface assigned to a subnet carrying data traffic, and click Edit.
    3. Check the checkbox to select the interface that you want to configure.
    4. Click Configure.
    5. Select the Subnet from the dropdown menu if it is not already selected by default.
    6. If necessary, specify the data IP address for the subnet to which the interface is assigned.
    7. Click Done.
  9. Configure the Support IP addresses.
    1. Click the Diagnostics tab.
    2. Specify the IP addresses for Controller A and Controller B.
  10. Click Save.
    The array OS validates the configuration, and commits the configuration if no error exists. If an error does exist, array OS returns an error message.