Modifying a network on the Network View panel
On the
page, in the network list, click the name of the network that you want to modify.The properties of the network are displayed on three separate panels: Settings, IP Configuration, and DNS Zone Definitions.
If there are no alerts associated with a network, when you click its name in the network list, the Settings panel opens.
If an alert is associated with a network, when you click its name in the network list, the panel that opens is the one used to display the network configuration settings that you need to change to fix the problem indicated by the alert.
On the panel that opens, either change the settings displayed on the panel or click the applicable navigation tab to display the panel that has the settings you want to change:
On the Settings panel, you can:
- Enable or disable the network. To do this, select the applicable option in the Network Status field in the top right corner of the panel.NoteIf you enable or disable the [hcp_management] network, the HCP system restarts.
- Use the fields that are displayed by default to change any of these general network configuration settings: network name, description, domain, and MTU.
- If Downstream DNS Configuration basic mode is enabled, display the applicable fields and change the Downstream DNS Configuration settings for the network.
- If the advanced downstream DNS configuration mode is enabled, display the applicable fields and change the downstream DNS configuration settings for the network.
- Enable or disable the network. To do this, select the applicable option in the Network Status field in the top right corner of the panel.
On the IP Configuration panel, you can:
- Use the Make untagged network and VLAN ID fields to specify whether the network is tagged or untagged and to specify the VLAN ID for a tagged network, respectively.
- If HCP is configured to support both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for user-defined networks, use the fields in the IP Mode section to change the IP mode for the network.
If you select an IP Mode option that was not previously selected, the IP Configuration panel displays the fields that you need to use to configure the network to use the specified type of IP addresses. If you deselect an option that was previously unselected, the panel hides all IP configuration settings associated with that option.
- Depending on the IP mode selected for the network, use the fields in the IPv4 Configuration section, the IPv6 Configuration section, or both sections to specify the IPv4 gateway and subnet mask for the IPv4 subnet and to specify the IPv6 gateway and prefix length for each IPv6 subnet, respectively.
- At the bottom of the IP Configuration panel, use the fields in the node IP addresses table, and optionally, use Calculate Primary and Calculate Secondary below the table to assign IP addresses to each node included in the network.
You cannot use the Zone Definitions panel to change any network configuration settings.
When you finish modifying settings on the selected panel, click Update Settings at the bottom of the page.
A warning message appears asking you to confirm the changes you’ve made.
In the field in the message window, type YES. This is case-sensitive.
Click Update Settings.
Optionally, to change additional network configuration settings on another panel, click the applicable navigation tab to display that panel. Then, repeat steps 3-6 above to make the additional changes to the network configuration.
When you’re finished making changes to the network configuration, on the go to the
page to return to the network list.