IP address configuration using NIC deployment settings

Within a server profile, the OS Deployment section specifies an OS deployment plan and the deployment settings. The deployment plan that you select defines the display of the deployment settings. You can configure an IP address on the deployed operating system if the deployment plan defines a NIC type deployment settings.

To configure NIC type deployment settings, you must first define the server profile connections. The values for the NIC type deployment settings configurations are typically obtained from the connections defined in the Connections section of the server profile. The connections specify a network or a network set.

The NIC type deployment settings for the selected OS deployment plan specify the allowed IPv4 configuration options. These options specify how the network information, such as the IP address and netmask, are obtained by the server profile for that specific network interface in the operating system. The following are the possible IPv4 configuration options that NIC type deployment settings specifies:
  • Auto: Network interface is configured for static IP address, and its values are automatically taken from the IP pool of the network selected in the NIC deployment setting using the connections.

  • DHCP: The network interface is configured for DHCP, and its values are automatically obtained by the operating system from a DHCP server.

  • User-specified: Network interface is configured for a static IP address using the network interface values specified manually. If there is a subnet defined for the selected network, then all the network interface values except the IPv4 address are automatically taken from the specified network. IPv4 address has to be specified manually.

    IMPORTANT:

    Ensure that the manually entered IPv4 address for User-specified option is outside the range defined in the IP address pool associated to the network selected in the connection.

Each network interface requires the following set of attributes:
  • IP address

  • Netmask address

  • Gateway address

  • DNS values

  • MAC address (the value is automatically entered when the connection is created and assigned to a NIC)

  • VLAN ID (the value is automatically taken from the specified network associated with the connection assigned to a NIC, if the server port is configured for a VLAN)

OS deployment plans can contain multiple NIC type deployment settings. The OS deployment plan also specifies if a NIC deployment setting is optional.

Add a subnet ID and create an IP pool of addresses for a network, if needed. The IP pool is automatically picked up in the IPv4 configuration Auto mode for the specified network.

HPE OneView indicates when configuration options are not allowed by the selected plan by displaying disallowed fields in red. Through this interaction, the administrator configuring the server profile is guided in making selections that are allowed for the available NIC type attributes.

NOTE:

The server profile connections specified for rack servers that are not part of the HPE Composable Rack solution, are not managed by HPE OneView and are called unmanaged connections. The NIC deployment settings that uses these connections configure the network interface with IP address information in the deployed operating system. However, ensure that the network port of the rack server has access to the networks as defined in the server profile connections using tools external to HPE OneView.