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Creating a NIC bond ......................................................................................... 79
Controlling the MAC Address of the Bond .......................................................... 79
Reverting NIC bonds ......................................................................................... 80
Creating NIC bonds in resource pools ........................................................................ 80
Adding NIC bonds to new resource pools ........................................................... 80
Adding NIC bonds to an existing pool ................................................................ 81
Configuring a dedicated storage NIC .......................................................................... 81
Using SR-IOV Enabled NICs ........................................................................................ 82
Controlling the rate of outgoing data (QoS) ................................................................ 82
Changing networking configuration options ............................................................... 83
Hostname ......................................................................................................... 84
DNS servers ...................................................................................................... 84
Changing IP address configuration for a standalone host ...... ........... ........... ......... 84
Changing IP address configuration in resource pools .... ........... ........... ........... ...... 84
Primary management interface ......................................................................... 85
Disabling management access ........................................................................... 85
Adding a new physical NIC ................................................................................ 85
Networking Troubleshooting ............................................................................................. 85
Diagnosing network corruption ................................................................................. 86
Recovering from a bad network configuration ............................................................ 86
Disaster Recovery and Backup ........................................................................ 87Understanding XenServer DR ............................................................................................. 87
DR Infrastructure Requirements ........................................................................................ 88
Deployment Considerations .............................................................................................. 89
Steps to Take Before a Disaster ................................................................................. 89
Steps to Take After a Disaster ................................................................................... 89
Steps to Take After a Recovery .................................................................................. 89
Enabling Disaster Recovery in XenCenter ........................................................................... 89
Recovering VMs and vApps in the Event of Disaster (Failover) ... ........... ........... ........... ......... 90
Restoring VMs and vApps to the Primary Site After Disaster (Failback) ...... ........... .......... ...... 90
Test Failover ..................................................................................................................... 91