Network interface configuration

Configuring network interfaces involves assigning IP addresses, setting network parameters and hardware-dependent values, specifying network interfaces, and viewing your storage system's network configuration.

When you configure network interfaces, you can do any or all of the following:

•	Assign an IP address to a network interface.

•	Set parameters such as network mask, broadcast address, and prefix length.

Note: If IPv6 is enabled on your storage system, you can set only the prefix length. IPv6 does not have a network mask and does not support broadcast addresses.

•	Set hardware-dependent values such as media type, MTU size, and flow control.

•	Specify whether the interface should be attached to a network with firewall security protection.

•	Specify whether the network interface must be registered with Windows Internet Name Services (WINS), if CIFS is running and at least one WINS server has been configured.

•	Specify the IP address of an interface or specify the interface name on an HA pair partner for takeover mode.

Note: When using IPv6 in an HA pair, you can specify only the partner interface name (and not the IP address) on the HA pair for takeover mode.

•	View the current configuration of a specific interface or all interfaces that exist on your storage system.