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Reconfiguring Networks in VMs &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. This feature is supported on XenServer, VMware, and KVM hypervisors.
Prerequisites Ensure that vm-tools are running on guest VMs for adding or removing networks to work on VMware hypervisor.
Adding a Network Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as an administrator or end user. In the left navigation, click Instances. Choose the VM that you want to work with. Click the NICs tab. Click Add network to VM. The Add network to VM dialog is displayed. In the drop-down list, select the network that you would like to add this VM to. A new NIC is added for this network. You can view the following details in the NICs page: ID Network Name Type IP Address Gateway Netmask Is default CIDR (for IPv6)
Removing a Network Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as an administrator or end user. In the left navigation, click Instances. Choose the VM that you want to work with. Click the NICs tab. Locate the NIC you want to remove. Click Remove NIC button. remove-nic.png: button to remove a NIC Click Yes to confirm.
Selecting the Default Network Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as an administrator or end user. In the left navigation, click Instances. Choose the VM that you want to work with. Click the NICs tab. Locate the NIC you want to work with. Click the Set default NIC button. set-default-nic.png: button to set a NIC as default one. Click Yes to confirm.