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Posted to commits@cloudstack.apache.org by ra...@apache.org on 2013/07/17 08:54:37 UTC
git commit: updated refs/heads/4.2 to 1b59c5b
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CLOUDSTACK-809 minor changes to the UI strings
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Branch: refs/heads/4.2
Commit: 1b59c5beb7b5d88d3fee5b9c387e77572e39f0ef
Parents: 2810b30
Author: radhikap <ra...@citrix.com>
Authored: Wed Jul 17 12:24:11 2013 +0530
Committer: radhikap <ra...@citrix.com>
Committed: Wed Jul 17 12:24:11 2013 +0530
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docs/en-US/multiple-ip-nic.xml | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/blob/1b59c5be/docs/en-US/multiple-ip-nic.xml
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diff --git a/docs/en-US/multiple-ip-nic.xml b/docs/en-US/multiple-ip-nic.xml
index 926235c..790befc 100644
--- a/docs/en-US/multiple-ip-nic.xml
+++ b/docs/en-US/multiple-ip-nic.xml
@@ -21,37 +21,40 @@
-->
<section id="multiple-ip-nic">
<title>Configuring Multiple IP Addresses on a Single NIC</title>
- <para>&PRODUCT; now provides you the ability to associate multiple private IP addresses per guest
- VM NIC. This feature is supported on all the network configurations—Basic, Advanced, and
- VPC. Security Groups, Static NAT and Port forwarding services are supported on these additional
- IPs. In addition to the primary IP, you can assign additional IPs to the guest VM NIC.</para>
+ <para>&PRODUCT; provides you the ability to associate multiple private IP addresses per guest VM
+ NIC. In addition to the primary IP, you can assign additional IPs to the guest VM NIC. This
+ feature is supported on all the network configurations—Basic, Advanced, and VPC. Security
+ Groups, Static NAT and Port forwarding services are supported on these additional IPs. </para>
<para>As always, you can specify an IP from the guest subnet; if not specified, an IP is
automatically picked up from the guest VM subnet. You can view the IPs associated with for each
- guest VM NICs on the UI. You can apply NAT on these additional guest IPs by using firewall
- configuration in the &PRODUCT; UI. You must specify the NIC to which the IP should be
+ guest VM NICs on the UI. You can apply NAT on these additional guest IPs by using network
+ configuration option in the &PRODUCT; UI. You must specify the NIC to which the IP should be
associated.</para>
- <para>This feature is supported on XenServer, KVM, and VMware hypervisors.</para>
- <note>
- <para>You need to configure the secondary IP address on the guest VM. &PRODUCT; will
- not configure the acquired IP address on the VM. Ensure that you assign IPs to NIC each
- time the VM reboots.</para>
- </note>
- <para>Some of the use cases are described below:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Building network appliances: Network appliances, such as firewalls and load balancers,
- generally work best when they have access to multiple IP addresses on the network
- interface.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Moving private IP addresses between interfaces or instances. Applications that are bound
- to specific IP addresses can be moved between instances. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Hosting multiple SSL Websites on a single instance. You can install multiple SSL
- certificates on a single instance, each associated with a distinct IP address.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <para>This feature is supported on XenServer, KVM, and VMware hypervisors. Note that Basic zone
+ security groups are not supported on VMware.</para>
+ <section id="usecases-mip">
+ <title>Use Cases</title>
+ <para>Some of the use cases are described below:</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Network devices, such as firewalls and load balancers, generally work best when they
+ have access to multiple IP addresses on the network interface.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Moving private IP addresses between interfaces or instances. Applications that are
+ bound to specific IP addresses can be moved between instances. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Hosting multiple SSL Websites on a single instance. You can install multiple SSL
+ certificates on a single instance, each associated with a distinct IP address.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ <section id="guideline-nic">
+ <title>Guidelines</title>
+ <para>To prevent IP conflict, configure different subnets when multiple networks are connected
+ to the same VM.</para>
+ </section>
<section id="workflow-rn">
<title>Assigning Additional IPs to a VM</title>
<orderedlist>
@@ -68,17 +71,19 @@
<para>In the Details tab, click NICs.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Click View All.</para>
+ <para>Click View Secondary IPs.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Click Acquire New IP, and click Yes in the confirmation dialog.</para>
- <para>You are prompted for confirmation because, typically, IP addresses are a limited
- resource. Within a few moments, the new IP address should appear with the state Allocated.
- You can now use the IP address in Port Forwarding or StaticNAT rules.</para>
+ <para>Click Acquire New Secondary IP, and click Yes in the confirmation dialog.</para>
+ <para>You need to specify the secondary IP address on the guest VM. &PRODUCT; will not
+ automatically configure the acquired IP address on the VM. Ensure that you assign IPs to
+ NIC each time the VM reboots.</para>
+ <para>Within a few moments, the new IP address should appear with the state Allocated. You
+ can now use the IP address in Port Forwarding or StaticNAT rules.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
- <section id="caveats">
+ <section id="caveats">
<title>Port Forwarding and StaticNAT Services Changes</title>
<para>Because multiple IPs can be associated per NIC, you are allowed to select a desired IP for
the Port Forwarding and StaticNAT services. The default is the primary IP. To enable this