Add New Server Configuration Elements
Table 3-8 describes the elements on the Adding a New Server page:
Table 3-8 Add New Server Configuration Elements
Element | Description | Data Input Notes |
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Hostname | The defined name for the server. The name must be unique across the server table. Alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) and hyphen (-) characters are allowed. The Hostname must begin and end with an alphanumeric character. |
Format: Alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) and hyphen (-) characters. Hostname must begin and end with an alphanumeric character. Range: Maximum length is 30 characters |
Role | The defined type for the network element. The Role selected here affects which of the following IP Addresses are available to be configured. |
Format: List Range: Network OAM&P, System OAM, MP, Query Server |
System ID | System ID for the NOAMP or SOAM server. |
Default = none Range = A 64-character string. Valid value is any text string. |
Hardware Profile | The hardware profile of the server | Format: List of customized options |
Network Element Name | The network element must first be set up using the | page.
Format: List Range: A valid Network Element |
Location | Optional, user supplied field to identify the location of the server. |
Format: Text string Range: Maximum length is 15 characters |
Interfaces: Network | The list of available interfaces from the hardware profile. | Format: n/a |
Interfaces: IP Address | The IP address of the network | Format: numeric |
Interfaces: Interface |
The interface with which the IP address is associated. The list is populated with the available interfaces from the hardware profile. Typically, this list includes bond interfaces (for example, bond0 and/or bond1). One interface is displayed for each network in the network element. |
Format: List |
Interfaces: VLAN |
This checkbox allows the user to decide whether to create a VLAN interface. If the box is checked, a VLAN interface is automatically created. If the box is not checked, the IP address is assigned directly to the interface selected from the list. Only one IP address can be associated with a non-VLAN interface (for example, bond1). One checkbox is displayed for each interface. |
Format: option |
Interfaces: Prefer |
Selection of preferred NTP sources, multiple sources can be designated as preferred. Every NTP Server IP Address field has a corresponding Prefer option. |
Format: option |
Interfaces: NTP Server IP Address | The IP address of the NTP Server | Format: numeric |