Dell PowerFlex 4.6.x Install and Upgrade Guide

Configure the PowerFlex management platform networking interfaces

Use the following procedure to configure the networking files for the PowerFlex management platform cluster VMs.

1. Launch the web console from the Virtual Machine Manager, log in as delladmin.
2. Configure the flex-node-mgmt-<vlanid> eth0 interface:
   1. Enter: sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0

      DEVICE=eth0
      NAME=eth0
      STARTMODE=auto
      BOOTPROTO=static
      IPADDR=<ip address>
      NETMASK=<mask>
      

      For example:

      DEVICE=eth0
      NAME=eth0
      STARTMODE=auto
      BOOTPROTO=static
      IPADDR=10.10.105.30
      NETMASK=255.255.255.0
      

   2. Configure the default route.
      Enter sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/network/routes
      default <gateway ip> - <interface>
      For example:
      default 10.10.105.1 - eth0
   3. Configure DNS search and DNS servers.
      Enter sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/network/config and modify the following:
      NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST="<search domain>"
      NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS="< dns_ip1 dns_ip2>"
      For example:
      NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST="example.com"
      NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS="10.10.105.240 10.10.105.241"
3. Configure the flex-data1-<vlanid> eth1 interface:
   1. Enter sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth1.

      DEVICE=eth1
      NAME=eth1
      STARTMODE=auto
      BOOTPROTO=static
      IPADDR=<ip address>
      NETMASK=<mask>

      For example:

      DEVICE=eth1
      NAME=eth1
      STARTMODE=auto
      BOOTPROTO=static
      IPADDR=192.168.151.30
      NETMASK=255.255.255.0

4. Configure the flex-data1-<vlanid> eth2 interface:
   1. Enter: sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth2.

      DEVICE=eth2
      NAME=eth2
      STARTMODE=auto
      BOOTPROTO=static
      IPADDR=<ip address>
      NETMASK=<mask>

      For example:

      DEVICE=eth2
      NAME=eth2
      STARTMODE=auto
      BOOTPROTO=static
      IPADDR=192.168.152.30
      NETMASK=255.255.255.0

5. Run the following command to update the network configuration:
   sudo systemctl restart network
6. Run the following command to change the delladmin account password:
   passwd delladmin
7. Change the root password with the following command:
   sudo passwd root
8. Repeat all steps for all PowerFlex management platform VMs.