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Adjusting the NICs available to the Virtual Machine
By default, all Exinda Virtual Appliances come with four NICs. Of these, the first NIC is the Management Interface (for
managing the Virtual Appliance), the second NIC is the Auxiliary Interface (for HA topologies, clustering and out-of-path
deployments), while the remaining two ports are bundled as a bridge for inline deployments.
When placing the virtual appliance in line, you can add 2 extra NICs to be used as extra LAN and WAN ports for other
circuits. The additional NIC pairs are bridged by default.
For more information, refer to
The following steps describe how to add extra NICs to the Virtual Appliance. You need to add extra NICs in pairs, in order
to create LAN/WAN bridges.
NOTE
Even though there is no limitation on the number of bridges a given Virtual Exinda appliance can have, the number
of connections can affect the performance of the VM.
For more information, refer to
Please ensure that the virtual hardware is appropriate to handle the number of expected
connections.
1.
Open the
VMware vSphere Client
.
2.
Right-click the Exinda Virtual Appliance, and select
Properties
.
3.
Switch to the
Hardware
tab.
4.
Click
Add
.
5.
From the Device Type list, select
Ethernet Adaptor
and click
Next
.
6.
In the Adapter Type list, select
VMXNET 3
.
7.
Select the network to map the NIC to.
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