Obtaining and Setting the Initial IP Address for the Stratus One View Console

Obtain and set the initial IP address of the Stratus One View Console to determine the address that you will use to access the One View Console from a web browser for the first time.

The One View appliance, or virtual machine (VM), typically sets its initial IP address by using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). If your environment supports DHCP, log on to the console of the One View appliance to collect the initial IP address as described in the first procedure below. You can set a static IP address later when logging on to the One View Console.

If your environment does not have a DHCP server, manually set a static IP address and other network settings at the command line as described in the second procedure.

Both procedures describe how to access the guest operating system of the One View appliance on an everRun system, but you can perform similar steps in the VM console of an Avance unit or VirtualBox system.

To obtain the initial DHCP IP address for the One View Console

1. In the everRun Availability Console, open the Virtual Machines page.
2. Select the One View appliance and, if necessary, click Start to boot the appliance. Wait until the VM is running.
3. Click Console to open the One View appliance console window. If the console is blank, click in the console window and press any key to deactivate the screen saver.
4. At the login: prompt, log on as the root user with the default password admin.

5. At the command prompt, execute multisite network --display and record the IP address from the output. In the following example, the IP address is 10.71.160.53:

   # multisite network --display
   Network Information:
   ip=10.71.160.53 cidr=16 dns=10.68.40.9 dns=10.68.40.10 gateway=10.71.160.1 bootproto=static

6. Type exit and press Enter to log out of the console.
7. Continue the One View installation process by using the IP address you recorded in step 5 to log on to the One View Console, as described in Logging on to the Stratus One View Console for the First Time.

Configuring Static Network Settings

If your environment does not have a DHCP server, use the multisite network command to set the initial network settings at the command line of the One View appliance. If you want to display the command options, execute multisite network --help.

The following procedure shows an example of configuring the network settings that are typically needed. If you do not know the appropriate network settings for your environment, contact your network administrator.

To manually configure a static IP address and network settings for the One View Console

1. In the everRun Availability Console, open the Virtual Machines page.
2. Select the One View appliance and, if necessary, click Start to boot the appliance. Wait until the VM is running.

3. Click Console to open the One View appliance console window. If the console is blank, click in the console window and press any key to deactivate the screen saver.

4. At the login: prompt, log on to the VM as the root user with the default password admin.

5. At the command prompt, execute the multisite network command in the format:

   # multisite network --ip=staticIpAddress --mask=subnetMask
   --gateway=gatewayIpAddress --dns1=dnsAddr1 --dns2=dnsAddr2
   

   For example, to set an IP address of 10.71.160.53 and additional network settings:

   # multisite network --ip=10.71.160.53 --mask=255.255.0.0
   --gateway=10.71.160.1 --dns1=10.68.40.9 --dns2=10.68.40.10
   ARPING 10.71.160.53 from 0.0.0.0 eth0
   Duplicate:False
   

6. Execute the multisite network --display command to verify the new network settings. For example, to display the settings specified in the previous step:

   # multisite network --display
   Network Information:
   ip=10.71.160.53 cidr=16 dns=10.68.40.9 dns=10.68.40.10 gateway=10.71.160.1 bootproto=static
   

7. Type exit and press Enter to log out of the console.
8. Continue the One View installation process by using the static IP address to log on to the One View Console, as described in Logging on to the Stratus One View Console for the First Time.