Network Interfaces page
The Interfaces page enables you to configure network settings that define how each interface
participates in an IP network.
To Configure these network settings outside of the configuration wizard, select Hardware >
Ethernet > Interfaces.
Table 17 Interfaces page settings
Item Description
Interface Lists the interfaces available on your system.
Enabled Shows whether each interface is enabled (checkbox
selected) or disabled (not selected). Click the checkbox to
toggle the interface between the enabled and disabled states.
DHCP Shows the current Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP)
configuration for each interface. Select v4 for IPv4 DHCP
connections, v6 for IPv6 connections, or no to disable DHCP.
IP Address Specifies an IPv4 or IPv6 address for an interface on this
system. To configure the IP address, you must set DHCP to
No.
Netmask Specifies the network mask for this system. To configure the
network mask, you must configure a static IP address and set
DHCP to No.
Link Displays whether the Ethernet link is active (Yes) or not (No).
Network DNS page
The DNS page enables you to configure IP addresses for DNS servers to convert hostnames to IP
addresses and vice versa.
To Configure these network settings outside of the configuration wizard, select Hardware >
Ethernet > Settings.
Table 18
DNS page settings
Item Description
Obtain DNS using DHCP. Select this option to specify that the system collect DNS IP
addresses from a Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP)
server. When you configure the network interfaces, at least
one of the interfaces should be configured to use DHCP.
Manually configure DNS list. Select this option when you want to manually enter DNS
server IP addresses.
Add (+) button Click this button to display a dialog box in which you can add
a DNS IP address to the DNS IP Address list. You must select
Manually configure DNS list before you can add or delete
DNS IP addresses.
Delete (X) button Click this button to delete a DNS IP address from the DNS IP
Address list. You must select the IP address to delete before
this button is enabled. You must also select Manually
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