HP Manager Software manual Creating IP Aliases, To create an IP alias Do one of the following

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3Edit the IP address to the address of the gateway the route uses.

4To change the cost for using the route, click the value in the Metric column for the route and type a value for the cost (0 to 2,147,483,647). Lower-cost routes are preferred. The default is 1.

5Repeat step 2 through step 4 for each default route you want to configure.

6Do one of the following:

„Go to “Configuring IP Aliases” on page 229.

„Select another item in the WX Switch wizard, if you are using this wizard.

„Click Finish to close the wizard and save changes.

Configuring IP Aliases You can map an IP address to a name by creating an IP alias. For example, if you create an IP alias carmel for IP address 10.20.30.40, you could type telnet carmel rather than telnet 10.20.30.40. You can use IP aliases in conjunction with DNS. If you use IP aliases and DNS is enabled, the WX looks up IP aliases before checking for entries on a DNS server.

Creating IP Aliases

To create an IP alias:

1Do one of the following:

„Open the WX Switch wizard, then select IP Alias under IP Services in the organizer list of the System and Administrative page.

„In the Organizer panel, select IP Services under a WX switch, then select Config > Edit. The Modify IP Services wizard appears. Click on IP Alias at the top of the wizard.

2Click New IP Alias. The Create IP Alias dialog box appears.

3In the Host Name box, type the name of the IP alias (1 to 32 characters, with no spaces or tabs).

You cannot use the word all as the name of an IP alias.

4In the Host IP Address box, type the IP address that the IP alias is mapped to.

5Click Finish.