You can use the Site Recovery Manager Appliance Management Interface to customize the network settings of the appliance for privacy, speed, or security reasons.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Site Recovery Manager Appliance Management Interface as admin.
  2. Click Networking.
  3. To configure your network settings, click Edit.
  4. Configure the DNS settings in the Hostname and DNS pane.
    Menu Item Description
    Obtain DNS settings automatically Obtains the DNS settings automatically from the network.
    Enter DNS settings manually Uses the DNS address settings that you set manually. If you select this option, you must provide the IP addresses for a primary and a secondary DNS server.
  5. In the eth0 pane, select the IPv4 or theIPv6 protocol type and configure the IP address settings.
    • Configure the IPv4 address settings.
      Option Description
      Obtain IPv4 settings automatically Obtains the IP address for the appliance from the network.
      Enter IPv4 settings manually Uses an IPv4 address that you set manually.
      1. Enter the IPv4 address
      2. Enter subnet prefix length.
      3. Enter the default IPv4 gateway.
    • Configure the IPv6 address settings.
      Option Description
      Obtain IPv6 settings automatically using DHCP Assigns IPv6 addresses to the appliance from the network by using DHCP.
      Note: To apply this setting, you must restart the Site Recovery Manager Appliance.
      Obtain IPv6 settings automatically using router advertisement Assigns IPv6 addresses to the appliance from the network by using router advertisement.
      Use static IPv6 addresses Uses static IPv6 addresses that you set up manually.
      1. Enter the IPv6 address and the subnet prefix length in the address box.
      2. To enter additional IPv6 addresses, click Add.
      3. Enter the default IPv6 gateway.
  6. Click Save.
  7. (Optional) If you change the IP address of the Site Recovery Manager Appliance, you must first reconfigure the Site Recovery Manager Appliance, then change the certificate, and then reconfigure the Site Recovery Manager Appliance again to register the new certificate into the vCenter Server.
    1. Log in to the Site Recovery Manager Appliance Management Interface as admin.
    2. Click the Summary tab, click Configure appliance, and complete the wizard.
    3. Click the Access tab, and then, in the Certificate pane, click Change.
    4. Select a certificate type, and click Change.
    5. Click the Summary tab, click Configure appliance, and complete the wizard.