Reconfiguring Physical Networks in VMs

Reconfiguring Physical 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 physical network and add to a new physical network. You can also change the default physical network of a virtual machine. With this functionality, hybrid or traditional server loads can be accommodated with ease. This feature is supported on XenServer and KVM hypervisors.

Adding a Physical Network Log in to the CloudPlatform 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 Physical Network Log in to the CloudPlatform 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 Physical Network Log in to the CloudPlatform 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.