To configure the appliance to communicate with one network

1. Log on to the Velocity shell menu.

2. From the Main_Menu > Network view, type the following command to verify which network ports and bonds are plugged and available for configuration:

   Show Status

3. Type the following command to configure the appliance to connect to a single network:

   Configure <IPAddress> <Netmask> <GatewayIPAddress> [InterfaceNames] [BondingMode]

   • <IPAddress> - The new IPv4 or IPv6 address that you want to assign to the network interface.

   • <Netmask> - The subnet mask (IPv4) or prefix length (IPv6).

   • <GatewayIPAddress> - The default gateway for the appliance.

   • [InterfaceNames] - The network port that you want to assign the configuration to, such as eth1. Specify multiple comma-separated network ports to create a bond, such as eth1,eth2,eth3.

     If you do not specify a network port, the appliance will automatically assign the configuration to the fastest available plugged network interface.

   • [BondingMode] - If you specified multiple network ports to create a bond, you can specify a bonding mode. The default bonding mode is balance-alb.

     See Creating a network interface bond (NIC bond) on the Velocity physical appliance

   For example:

   Configure 9ffe::46 64 9ffe::49 eth1,eth2,eth3 balance-alb

   You should not use both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in the same command, such as the following: Configure 9ffe::9 255.255.255.0 1.1.1.1

To configure the appliance to communicate with more than one network

1. Log on to the Velocity shell menu.

2. From the Main_Menu > Network view, type the following command to verify which network ports and bonds are available for configuration:

   Show Status

3. Type the following command, depending on whether you want to configure an IPv4 or an IPv6 address for the network interface:

   IPv4 <IPAddress> <NetMask> [InterfaceNames]

   IPv6 <IPAddress> <Prefix> [InterfaceNames]

   • <IPAddress> - The new IPv4 or IPv6 address that you want to assign to the network interface.

   • <Netmask> and <Prefix> - The subnet mask (IPv4) or prefix length (IPv6).

   • [InterfaceName] - The network interface that you want to assign the configuration to, such as eth1 or bond1.

     See Creating a network interface bond (NIC bond) on the Velocity physical appliance

     If you do not specify a network port, the appliance will automatically assign the configuration to the fastest available plugged network interface.

   For example:

   Configure 9ffe::46 64 9ffe::49 eth1

4. (Optional) If you are configuring the appliance for the first time, you need to configure a default gateway for the appliance. You can then specify a gateway for each specific network configuration, if desired.

   Type the following command:

   Gateway Add <GatewayIPAddress> [TargetNetworkIPAddress] [Netmask] [InterfaceName]

   • <GatewayIPAddress> - The IP address leading to the remote network (generally a gateway or router).

   • [TargetNetworkIPAddress] - The IP address of the destination network or host.

   • [Netmask] - The subnet mask (IPv4) or prefix length (IPv6) that corresponds to the address that you specified for [TargetNetworkIPAddress] .

   • [InterfaceName] - The name of the network interface that you want the traffic to exit from.

   For example:

   Gateway Add 192.168.1.1 10.10.0.0 255.255.248.0 bond0