NetMRI appliances require static IP settings. However, during the initial startup, the DHCP client is enabled on the first (MGMT) network interface, and the assigned IP may be used for the SSH connection. Configuration settings received from the DHCP server may also be set statically during server configuration. If you are using DHCP with NetMRI, record the IP address assigned to NetMRI, and then continue to perform the configuration as described in Configuring NetMRI Using the Setup Wizard.
The initial configuration of NetMRI can be carried out in one of two ways:
By running the
setupor theserver configurecommand after establishing a connection to the server by using SSH or the hypervisor consoleBy using cloud-Init
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If you are configuring server options, verify the following:
IPv4 Address: a public or private* IPv4 address
* IP addresses from the 169.254.1.0/24 subnet are not permitted.IPv4 Network mask: an IPv4 subnet mask
IPv4 Gateway: a public or private IPv4 address from the same subnet as that of the server’s IPv4 address
IPv6 Address: a public or private IPv6 address
IPv6 Prefix: the IPv6 prefix’s length
IPv6 Gateway: both a public IPv6 address and a private IPv6 address from the same subnet
DNS Server: an IPv4 or IPv6 address
DNS Domain Name: up to 253 symbols characters (including the server’s name), case-sensitive alphabetic characters, numbers, hyphens (-), and dots (.); a label cannot begin or end with a hyphen
Server Name: up to 63 symbolscharacters, including case-insensitive alphabet characters, numbers, and hyphens (-)
NTP Server: an IPv4 or IPv6 address or a domain name
Time Zone: any of the time zones listed in version 2023c of the IANA database; however, NetMRI can use only a few specific regions, such as Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Atlantic, Australia, Canada, Europe, India, Pacific, US
Database Name: case-insensitive alphabetic characters, digits, dots, hyphens, underscores, and spaces; do not permit them to end with spaces ( )
Note: It is not possible to configure the same IP address for each more than one interface.
Note: If a relevant IP address was entered, then an IPv4 netmask, IPv6 prefix, IPv4 gateway, and IPv6 gateway are necessary.
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Upon the initial launch, NetMRI will attempt to acquire the IP address of the MGMT interface from the DHCP server if it is accessible within the network. If the DHCP server is not accessible, you can use the default IP address 169.254.1.1 or use hypervisor console for the initial connection and initial setup. 169.254.1.1 is preconfigured as an additional MGMT IP and is not editable.
To connect locally, configure any IP within the 169.254.1.0/24 range on your device, such as a Windows or Linux machine, provided that the NIC is within the same broadcast domain as that of NetMRI. Furthermore, connecting through this IP address or the hypervisor console is necessary if you intend to change the MGMT IP address through CLI. Failure to connect in this manner might cause the SSH connection to drop while new settings are applied, and this might cause some settings to be missedlost and not reflected in the system.