To configure the KVM host for networking, you must create bond files that bond the two physical front-end ports together and bond the two physical back-end ports together. Then you must create two bridge files that make the bonded physical front-end ports and back-end ports accessible to HCP VM node virtual NICs. The procedure makes the HCP VM system accessible to outside networks.
The examples in this chapter use the following configuration:
- Four KVM host physical network ports names: eno1, eno2, eno3, and eno4
- KVM host front-end IP address: 192.168.210.16.
- KVM host gateway address: 192.168.210.254.
- KVM host netmask address: 255.255.254.0