Managing Your Network : Managing Appliances : Managing Appliance Pages : Managing Virtual Services Platform
  
Managing Virtual Services Platform
You configure connection forwarding for a network with multiple paths from the server in the Editing Appliance Configuration: <hostname>, Virtual Services Platform page.
This feature applies to SteelHead EX.
To modify virtual services platform
1. Choose Manage > Topology: Appliances to display the Appliances page.
2. Select the name of the appliance you want to edit to display the Appliance Pages tab.
3. Select the Appliance Pages tab to display the Appliance Configuration Pages list.
4. Under Appliance Configuration Pages, click Virtual Services Platform to display the Editing Appliance Configuration: <hostname>, Virtual Services Platform page.
Figure: Configuring Virtual Services Platform
5. Select the ESXI management interface from the drop-down list.
6. Under vmk1 (ESXi primary), complete the configuration as described in this table.
Control
Description
Enable Interface
Enables vmk1 (ESXi primary) interface.
Obtain IPv4 Address Automatically
Select this option to automatically obtain the IP address from a DHCP server. A DHCP server must be available so that the system can request the IP address from it.
Important: The primary and in-path interfaces can share the same network subnet, but the primary and auxiliary interfaces cannot share the same network subnet.
•  Enable IPv4 DHCP DNS - Select this option to enable IPv4 DHCP DNS option.
Specify IPv4 Address Manually
Select this option if you do not use a DHCP server to set the IPv4 address. Specify these settings:
•  IPv4 Address - Specify an IP address.
•  IPv4 Subnet Mask - Specify a subnet mask.
7. Under vmk2 (ESXi aux), complete the configuration as described in this table.
Control
Description
Enable Interface
Enables vmk2 (ESXi aux) interface.
Obtain IPv4 Address Automatically
Select this option to automatically obtain the IP address from a DHCP server. A DHCP server must be available so that the system can request the IP address from it.
Important: The primary and in-path interfaces can share the same network subnet, but the primary and auxiliary interfaces cannot share the same network subnet.
•  Enable IPv4 DHCP DNS - Select this option to enable IPv4 DHCP DNS option.
Specify IPv4 Address Manually
Select this option if you do not use a DHCP server to set the IPv4 address. Specify these settings:
•  IPv4 Address - Specify an IP address.
•  IPv4 Subnet Mask - Specify a subnet mask.
•  Gateway - Specify the gateway.
Apply
Click Apply to apply your changes to the running configurations.