Configuring Network Settings - Network Critical SmartNA-X User Manual

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• Configure security settings local, RADIUS or TACACS+ user authentication and configure user accounts (you
are strongly advised to change the default login accounts), as described in the
page 26
• Configure network settings, as described in the
• Configure ports communications to match those of your data networks, as described in the
communication settings" section on page 38
• Synchronize device and network time, as described in the
• Configure SNMP and integrate SmartNA-X into your network management system (NMS), as described in the
"Configuring SNMP" section on page 61

Configuring network settings

By default, the SmartNA-X interface is assigned a static network address. You can change the default IP address
manually, or enable DHCP and let your DHCP server assign the IP, gateway and DNS addresses automatically.
Using the web UI to configure network settings
Log in to the web UI.
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Click on the main chassis area to access system management settings.
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Select the System identity tab.
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If you want to use DHCP, select the Use DHCP checkbox. You should make a note of the system MAC address
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as you may need to query your DHCP server for the new SmartNA-X IP address.
If you wish to enter your own static network settings, make sure DHCP is not selected and enter the required IP
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address, subnet and gateway values. See
Click Review/apply, review the changes you have made, and then click Apply to implement the new settings. At
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this point, after a short delay, you will be logout out of the web UI while the changes are implemented. Of
course, you'll need to use the new network settings to reconnect to the SmartNA-X system.
Field
System IPv4 address
IPv4 subnet
IPv4 gateway
DNS server
System IPv6 address
IPv6 prefix length
IPv6 gateway
Table 4-1 Available network fields in the web UI
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Description
IPv4 address of the network interface. Default: 192.168.254.100
IPv4 network mask. Default: 255.255.255.0
Ipv4 address of the network gateway. Default: 0.0.0.0
IPv4 address of your network DNS server. When DHCP is enabled, the DNS setting
obtained from the DHCP server is not displayed in the web UI or CLI, although it is used
operationally (this also applies when accessing the web UI with IPv6 address to enable
DHCP).
IPv6 address of the network interface. Default: None
IPv6 prefix length. Default: None
IPv6 address of the network gateway. Default: None
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"Enabling NTP" section on page 25
Table 4-1 for a description of the fields.
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