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Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Administration Guide

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Update the network configuration

Use this task to update the network configuration file for all the network interfaces.

Steps

  1. Log in to SDS (SVMs) using PuTTY.
  2. Make a note of MAC addresses of all the interfaces, using: #ifconfig or #ip a.
    Figure 1. MAC address locations
    MAC address locations in code.
  3. Edit all the interface configuration files (ifcfg-eth0, ifcfg-eth1, ifcfg-eth2, ifcfg-eth3, ifcfg-eth4) and update the NAME, DEVICE and HWADDR to ensure correct MAC address and NAME are assigned.
    NOTE:Ignore the entries with correct values.
    • Use the vi editor to update the file # vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX
    or
    • Append the line using the following command: 
      # echo NAME=ethX >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX
# echo HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX
    Example file: 
    BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
HOTPLUG=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
DEVICE=eth2
IPADDR=192.168.155.46 
NETMASK=255.255.254.0 
DEFROUTE=no
MTU=9000
PEERDNS=no
NM_CONTROLLED=no
NAME=eth2
HWADDR=00:50:56:80:fd:82

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