cloudstack/docs/en-US/add-remove-nic-ui.xml

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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>