Chapter 3: DSM V6000 Hardware Appliance
Configuring a V6000 Appliance
DSM Installation and Configuration Guide
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REQUIREMENT
VALUE
Trusted verification device (TVD) and set of smart cards (V6100 only)
Laptop or PC to connect the TVD (V6100 only)
1u rack space
Network Information
eth0—this interface is DHCP enabled by default. DHCP must be disabled to assign
a static IP address
Note:
DSM DHCP support enables configuration of the appliance IP address,
net mask, gateway, and search domain. It does not configure an appliance host
name, or an NTP server.
DHCP Server
If you choose to use static IP
addressing, you need the
following:
IP address:
net mask:
default gateway (optional):
eth1—this interface comes configured with a default IP address; 192.168.10.1.
Thales recommends that you retain this configuration in the event that you need a
recovery option to access the appliance.
DHCP Server
If you choose to use static IP
addressing, you need the
following:
IP address:
net mask:
default gateway (optional):
bond0—this interface is used when the eth0 and eth1 interfaces are aggregated into
a single logical interface for load balancing/fault tolerance.
If configured, the
bond0
interface supersedes the eth0 and eth1 interfaces, and must
be used to access the DSM appliance.
DHCP Server
If you choose to use static IP
addressing, you need the
following:
IP address:
net mask:
default gateway (optional):
IPMI NIC—this interface comes configured with a default IP address; 192.168.10.10
This interface supports DHCP, refer to the CLI chapter in the
DSM Administrators
Guide
for details.
DHCP Server
If you choose to use static IP
addressing, you need the
following:
IP address:
net mask:
default gateway (optional):
HA node 1 DSM Hostname: FQDN (lowercase only)
HA node 2 DSM Hostname: FQDN (lowercase only)
Domain Name Server (DNS) addresses - up to 3 plus optional DNS search domain.
NTP server FQHN or IP address (if applicable)
DSM V6100 appliance with DSM software
Certificate Information
DSM Hostname: FQDN (must be an exact match to the hostname)
Name of your organizational unit
Table 3-1: Installation Checklist (continued)