How to configure second interface in vCenter Server Appliance

How to configure second interface in vCenter Server Appliance

Some time we require one more ethernet to be configured in vCenter Server Appliance .
It does not shows in vCenter web interface to configure it .below are the small trick .

1- Connect to the VCSA via SSH (default username and password is root/vmware)
2- Copy /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 to /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth1
3- Edit ifcfg-eth1 and replace the networking information with your values, here is how mine looks:

DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=’static’
STARTMODE=’auto’
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCONTROL=’no’
IPADDR=’172.16.1.52′
NETMASK=’255.255.255.0′
BROADCAST=’172.16.1.255′

4- Create a symlink for this file in /etc/sysconfig/network
ln -s /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth1 /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth1
5-Restart the networking service to activate the new setup:
#service network restart
6- Check the VCSA web management interface to verify that the new settings are active

 

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