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Posted to commits@cloudstack.apache.org by ra...@apache.org on 2013/07/17 07:13:50 UTC
git commit: updated refs/heads/4.2 to 96d9dd7
Updated Branches:
refs/heads/4.2 575bf4e42 -> 96d9dd702
CLOUDSTACK-2119
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/commit/96d9dd70
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/tree/96d9dd70
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/diff/96d9dd70
Branch: refs/heads/4.2
Commit: 96d9dd702b22f814097011bad0d192c39392e84a
Parents: 575bf4e
Author: radhikap <ra...@citrix.com>
Authored: Wed Jul 17 10:43:33 2013 +0530
Committer: radhikap <ra...@citrix.com>
Committed: Wed Jul 17 10:43:33 2013 +0530
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docs/en-US/add-remove-nic-ui.xml | 21 +++++++++++++--------
docs/en-US/add-remove-nic.xml | 14 ++++++++++----
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/blob/96d9dd70/docs/en-US/add-remove-nic-ui.xml
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diff --git a/docs/en-US/add-remove-nic-ui.xml b/docs/en-US/add-remove-nic-ui.xml
index 777ac79..688ba34 100644
--- a/docs/en-US/add-remove-nic-ui.xml
+++ b/docs/en-US/add-remove-nic-ui.xml
@@ -19,14 +19,19 @@
under the License.
-->
<section id="add-remove-nic-ui">
- <title>Reconfiguring Physical Networks in VMs</title>
+ <title>Reconfiguring Networks in VMs</title>
<para>&PRODUCT; provides you the ability to move VMs between networks and reconfigure a VM's
- network. You can remove a VM from a physical network and add to a new physical network. You can
- also change the default physical network of a virtual machine. With this functionality, hybrid
- or traditional server loads can be accommodated with ease. </para>
- <para>This feature is supported on XenServer and KVM hypervisors.</para>
+ network. You can remove a VM from a network and add to a new network. You can also change the
+ default network of a virtual machine. With this functionality, hybrid or traditional server
+ loads can be accommodated with ease. </para>
+ <para>This feature is supported on XenServer, VMware, and KVM hypervisors.</para>
+ <section id="prereq-addnic">
+ <title>Prerequisites</title>
+ <para>Ensure that vm-tools are running on guest VMs for adding or removing networks to work on
+ VMware hypervisor.</para>
+ </section>
<section id="add-nic">
- <title>Adding a Physical Network</title>
+ <title>Adding a Network</title>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Log in to the CloudPlatform UI as an administrator or end user.</para>
@@ -79,7 +84,7 @@
</orderedlist>
</section>
<section id="remove-nic">
- <title>Removing a Physical Network</title>
+ <title>Removing a Network</title>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Log in to the CloudPlatform UI as an administrator or end user.</para>
@@ -112,7 +117,7 @@
</orderedlist>
</section>
<section id="default-nic">
- <title>Selecting the Default Physical Network</title>
+ <title>Selecting the Default Network</title>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Log in to the CloudPlatform UI as an administrator or end user.</para>
http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/blob/96d9dd70/docs/en-US/add-remove-nic.xml
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diff --git a/docs/en-US/add-remove-nic.xml b/docs/en-US/add-remove-nic.xml
index 15dc66c..fb23390 100644
--- a/docs/en-US/add-remove-nic.xml
+++ b/docs/en-US/add-remove-nic.xml
@@ -19,14 +19,18 @@
under the License.
-->
<section id="add-remove-nic">
- <title>Reconfiguring Physical Networks in VMs</title>
+ <title>Reconfiguring Networks in VMs</title>
<para>&PRODUCT; provides you the ability to move VMs between networks and reconfigure a VM's
- network. You can remove a VM from a physical network and add to a new physical network. You can
- also change the default physical network of a virtual machine. With this functionality, hybrid
+ network. You can remove a VM from a network and add to a new network. You can
+ also change the default network of a virtual machine. With this functionality, hybrid
or traditional server loads can be accommodated with ease. </para>
<para>This feature is supported on XenServer and KVM hypervisors.</para>
<para>The following APIs have been added to support this feature. These API calls can function
- only while the VM is in running or stopped state.</para>
+ only while the VM is in running or stopped state.</para>
+ <section id="prereq-addnic">
+ <title>Prerequisites</title>
+ <para>Ensure that vm-tools are running on guest VMs for adding or removing networks to work on VMware hypervisor.</para>
+ </section>
<section id="addnic">
<title>addNicToVirtualMachine</title>
<para>The addNicToVirtualMachine API adds a new NIC to the specified VM on a selected
@@ -98,6 +102,8 @@
<title>updateDefaultNicForVirtualMachine</title>
<para>The updateDefaultNicForVirtualMachine API updates the specified NIC to be the default one
for a selected VM.</para>
+ <para>The NIC is only updated in the database. You must manually update the default NIC on the
+ VM. You get an alert to manually update the NIC. </para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="3" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
<thead>