Change the Appliance network settings

Use this procedure to change any of the following appliance network settings:

  • Host name

  • IP address

  • Subnet mask

  • Gateway address

NOTE:

For a clustered appliance, you cannot change the network settings if the standby appliance is inaccessible.

Prerequisites

Privileges: Infrastructure administrator

Procedure
  1. From the main menu, select Settings.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • In the Networking panel, click ..

    • Click Networking and then select Actions > Edit.

  3. Edit any of the appliance network characteristics.
    CAUTION:

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends using a static IP address for best results.

    IMPORTANT:

    Do not assign IPv4 addresses in the range 172.16.0.0 through 172.16.0.255 to:

    • HPE OneView

    • Devices on the Management LAN that communicate with HPE OneView. This includes DNS servers, NTP servers, clients such as browsers, and so on.

    The HPE Synergy Composer uses this range to communicate with other devices in the management ring.

  4. Click OK to reconfigure the appliance network.

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