On this article you'll gather all requirements to allow IP changes to be applied on SynetoOS, ESXI and IPMI
Preconditions for SynetoOS and ESXI changes: Vm's and datastores must be shutdown, unregister and unmounted
IP Address Changes Guide
Change SynetoOS IP address
Step 1: Shut down all VM's except SynetoOS and SynetoFileRecovery from ESXI GUI
Step 2: After shutdown Unregister the vm's
Step 3: Unmount all datastores from SynetoOS GUI
- To unmount a datastore go navigate in to the Details tab
- Under Mounted on you'll find the Change option, click on it
- Unmark the host where the datastore is currently mounted and select Update
Step 4: From Utilities menù access Adapters panel
Step 5: Select VMXNet and proceed to edit
Step 6: Modify as needed
This could take a few moments, please wait.
In some cases you could receive a network error as shown bellow, this alert can be ignored
Change ESXI Hypervisor IP address
Step 1: Access ESXi GUI
Step 2: Go to VMkernel Nics tab
- From Networking panel open VMkernel Nics tab
Step 3:Edit vmk0
Open vmk0 and access the edit settings panel
Step 4: Modify address as needed and save changes
- Expand IPV4 settings and modify address and Subnet mask as needed
Gateway
Step 1: Open TCP/IP Stack tab
- From Networking panel navigate to TCP/IP Stack tab
- Select the Default TCP/IP Stack and Edit settings
