Appendix A: Configuring IP Addresses and DNS

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Applies To: Windows Storage Server 2008

Note

The steps in this topic are only required if you are configuring a storage appliance without a local monitor, keyboard, and mouse. If you can log on to the storage appliance directly, these steps are unnecessary. They are also not required if the storage appliance will receive its network configuration through the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

You can use commands in the netsh interface IP context to remotely configure addresses, default gateways, DNS servers, and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) servers for a network interface on a storage appliance. After this initial configuration, you can connect remotely to the server and use the graphical user interface to complete other configuration and management tasks.

You can run these commands at the command prompt in a Windows Storage Server 2008 operating system or at the command prompt for the netsh interface IP context. For these commands to work at the command prompt in Windows Storage Server 2008, you must type netsh interface ip before typing the commands and parameters that are shown in this section.

For more information about the netsh command and how to use it, see Scripting Tools, which is also available in Windows Server 2008 Help.

set address

Configures an IP address and a default gateway on a specified interface.

Syntax

netsh interface ip set address [name=]InterfaceName [source=]{dhcp | static [addr=]IPAddress[mask=]SubnetMask [gateway=]{none | DefaultGateway [[gwmetric=]GatewayMetric]}}

Parameters

  • [ name =] InterfaceName Required. Specifies the name of the interface for which you want to configure address and gateway information. The InterfaceName parameter must match the name of the interface as specified in Network Connections. If InterfaceName contains spaces, use quotation marks around the text (for example, "Interface Name").
  • [ source=]{ dhcp| static[ addr=] IPAddress[ mask=] SubnetMask[ gateway=]{ none| DefaultGateway[[ gwmetric=] GatewayMetric]}} Required. Specifies whether the IP address to configure originates from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server or is static. If the address is static, IPAddress specifies the address to configure, and SubnetMask specifies the subnet mask for the IP address being configured. If the address is static, you must also specify whether you want to leave the current default gateway (if any) in place or configure one for the address. If you configure a default gateway, DefaultGateway specifies the IP address of the default gateway to be configured, and GatewayMetric specifies the metric for the default gateway to be configured.
  • /? Displays Help at the command prompt.

Remarks

  • You can use this command to switch an interface between DHCP configuration and static configuration. If the interface is configured statically, the DNS and WINS server addresses for this interface must also be statically configured.

  • Omitting the DefaultGateway parameter does not clear the gateway configuration, but it preserves any previous configuration.

Examples

netsh interface ip set address name=”Storage Mgmt” source=static addr=11.11.11.11 mask=255.0.0.0

netsh interface ip set address name="Storage Mgmt” gateway=11.11.11.12 gwmetic=0

set dns

Configures a DNS server address for a specified interface.

Syntax

set dns [name=]InterfaceName [source=]{dhcp | static }[addr=]{IP Address | none} [register=]{none | primary | both}

Parameters

  • [ name=] InterfaceName Required. Specifies the name of the interface for which you want to set DNS information. The InterfaceName parameter must match the name of the interface as specified in Network Connections. If InterfaceName contains spaces, use quotation marks around the text (for example, "Interface Name").
  • [ source=]{ dhcp| static } Required. Specifies whether the IP address of the DNS server is configured by DHCP or is static.

Note

If the interface is already statically configured, the static parameter replaces the existing list of DNS server addresses with the list specified in the command.

  • [ addr=]{ IP Address| none } If the IP address is static, IP Address specifies the IP address of the DNS server to configure, and none specifies that the DNS configuration should be removed.

    The [addr] option for configuring a static list of DNS server IP addresses for the specified interface is available only if the [source] is static.

  • [ register=]{ none| primary| both } None specifies whether to disable DNS dynamic update protocol. Primary registers the computer name under the primary DNS suffix only. Both registers the computer name under both the primary DNS suffix as well as under the connection-specific suffix.
  • /? Displays Help at the command prompt.

Examples

set dns name="Storage Mgmt" source=dhcp

set dns "Storage Mgmt" static 10.0.0.1 primary