viiiInitial networking configuration ............................................................................................. 72
Managing networking configuration ................................................................................................ 72
Creating networks in a standalone server ................................................................................ 72
Creating networks in resource pools ...................................................................................... 73
Creating VLANs ................................................................................................................. 73
Creating NIC bonds on a standalone host ............................................................................... 74
Creating a NIC bond on a dual-NIC host ......................................................................... 74
Controlling the MAC address of the bond ........................................................................ 75
Reverting NIC bonds .................................................................................................. 75
Creating NIC bonds in resource pools .................................................................................... 75
Adding NIC bonds to new resource pools ....................................................................... 76
Adding NIC bonds to an existing pool ............................................................................ 77
Configuring a dedicated storage NIC ...................................................................................... 79
Controlling Quality of Service (QoS) ........................................................................................ 79
Changing networking configuration options .............................................................................. 79
Hostname ................................................................................................................ 80
DNS servers ............................................................................................................. 80
Changing IP address configuration for a standalone host ... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... 80
Changing IP address configuration in resource pools .......................................................... 80
Management interface ................................................................................................. 81
Disabling management access ...................................................................................... 81
Adding a new physical NIC .......................................................................................... 82
NIC/PIF ordering in resource pools ........................................................................................ 82
Verifying NIC ordering ................................................................................................. 82
Re-ordering NICs ....................................................................................................... 82
Networking Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................... 83
Diagnosing network corruption .............................................................................................. 83
Recovering from a bad network configuration ........................................................................... 84