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| <section id="add-remove-nic-ui"> |
| <title>Reconfiguring Networks in VMs</title> |
| <para>&PRODUCT; provides you the ability to move VMs between networks and reconfigure a VM's |
| network. You can remove a VM from a network and add to a new network. You can also change the |
| default network of a virtual machine. With this functionality, hybrid or traditional server |
| loads can be accommodated with ease. </para> |
| <para>This feature is supported on XenServer, VMware, and KVM hypervisors.</para> |
| <section id="prereq-addnic"> |
| <title>Prerequisites</title> |
| <para>Ensure that vm-tools are running on guest VMs for adding or removing networks to work on |
| VMware hypervisor.</para> |
| </section> |
| <section id="add-nic"> |
| <title>Adding a Network</title> |
| <orderedlist> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as an administrator or end user.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>In the left navigation, click Instances.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Choose the VM that you want to work with.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Click the NICs tab.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Click Add network to VM.</para> |
| <para>The Add network to VM dialog is displayed.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>In the drop-down list, select the network that you would like to add this VM |
| to.</para> |
| <para> A new NIC is added for this network. You can view the following details in the NICs |
| page:</para> |
| <itemizedlist> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>ID</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Network Name</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Type</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>IP Address</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Gateway</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Netmask</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Is default</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>CIDR (for IPv6)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
| </listitem> |
| </orderedlist> |
| </section> |
| <section id="remove-nic"> |
| <title>Removing a Network</title> |
| <orderedlist> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as an administrator or end user.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>In the left navigation, click Instances.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Choose the VM that you want to work with.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Click the NICs tab.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Locate the NIC you want to remove.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Click Remove NIC button.<inlinemediaobject> |
| <imageobject> |
| <imagedata fileref="./images/remove-nic.png"/> |
| </imageobject> |
| <textobject> |
| <phrase>remove-nic.png: button to remove a NIC</phrase> |
| </textobject> |
| </inlinemediaobject></para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Click Yes to confirm.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </orderedlist> |
| </section> |
| <section id="default-nic"> |
| <title>Selecting the Default Network</title> |
| <orderedlist> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as an administrator or end user.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>In the left navigation, click Instances.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Choose the VM that you want to work with.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Click the NICs tab.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Locate the NIC you want to work with.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Click the Set default NIC button.<inlinemediaobject> |
| <imageobject> |
| <imagedata fileref="./images/set-default-nic.png"/> |
| </imageobject> |
| <textobject> |
| <phrase>set-default-nic.png: button to set a NIC as default one.</phrase> |
| </textobject> |
| </inlinemediaobject></para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Click Yes to confirm.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </orderedlist> |
| </section> |
| </section> |