1. Owner's Guide
  2. Security and Maintenance of Recovery Appliance
  3. Maintaining the Recovery Appliance Hardware
  4. Reimaging a Compute Server
  5. Configuring the Replacement Compute Server

Configuring the Replacement Compute Server

The replacement compute server does not have a host names, IP addresses, DNS, or NTP settings. This task describes how to configure the replacement compute server.

The information must be the same on all compute servers in Recovery Appliance. You can obtain the IP addresses from the DNS. You should also have a copy of the Installation Template from the initial installation.

To configure the replacement compute server:

  1. Assemble the following information:

    • Name servers

    • Time zone, such as Americas/Chicago

    • NTP servers

    • IP address information for the management network

    • IP address information for the client access network

    • IP address information for the InfiniBand network

    • Canonical host name

    • Default gateway

  2. Power on the replacement compute server. When the system starts, it automatically runs the configuration script and prompts for information.
  3. Enter the information when prompted, and confirm the settings. The startup process then continues.

Note:

  • If the compute server does not use all network interfaces, then the configuration process stops with a warning that some network interfaces are disconnected. It prompts whether to retry the discovery process. Respond with yes or no, as appropriate for the environment.

  • If bonding is used for the ingest network, then it is now set in the default active-passive mode.