- In the top-level menu of the System Management Console, select Configuration > Networks.
- In the list of networks on the Networks page, click [hcp_system].
- In the panel for the [hcp_system] network:
- Type the new IP address, in the Gateway field, to change the gateway IP address.
- Type the new subnet mask, to change the subnet mask, in the Netmask field.
- Select the Make tagged network option to make the front-end network tagged. Then, in the VLAN ID field, type a unique VLAN ID for the network. Valid values are integers in the range one through 4,095.
- Click the Downstream DNS Configuration to change the DNS settings for the network. Following is the workflow for this process.
- To enable or disable hidden master, select or deselect, respectively, the Enable hidden master option.
- To enable or disable hidden master, select or deselect,respectively, the Enable hidden master option.
- To enable or disable notify, select or deselect, respectively, the Enable Notify option.
- If you are enabling hidden master or notify, in the Downstream DNS Servers field, type a comma-separated list of the IP addresses of one through ten downstream DNS servers. Spaces are not allowed.
- To change the refresh rate, in the Refresh Rate field, type the new refresh rate. For valid values for the refresh rate, see "Changing the network settings" .
- To change the node IP addresses, in the Node IP Addresses section, type a new front-end IP addresses for the nodes in the HCP system.
Note: Do not change the value in the MTU field. - Click Update Settings.
A warning message appears asking you to confirm the changes you’ve made.
- In the field in the message window, type YES. This is case sensitive.
- Click Update Settings.
The HCP system restarts with the new settings. This takes a few minutes.
- If you do not need to change the back-end settings, you can now safely connect the HCP system to your corporate network
- Log back into the System Management console after the system restarts. Then proceed to the configuration activity.