Network considerations
Lenovo SDI Management Platform uses a single subnet (eth0) for management and data communication.
- Review the following considerations when choosing the interface: The interface must be configured to support discovery and management. It must be able to communicate with the resource managers and managed devices.
If you change the Lenovo SDI Management Platform virtual-appliance IP address after connecting resource managers, Lenovo SDI Management Platform will lose communication with the managers, and the managers will appear offline. If you need to change the virtual-appliance IP address after Lenovo SDI Management Platform is up and running, ensure that all resource managers are disconnected (deleted) before changing the IP address.
If the network interface is configured to use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), its IP address may change when the DHCP lease expires. If the IP address changes, resource managers must be disconnected (deleted) and then reconnected. To avoid this problem, change the network interface to a static IP address, or ensure that the DHCP server is configured with an IP address that is based on a MAC address or that the DHCP lease does not expire.
For more information, see Configuring network settings in the online documentation of Lenovo SDI Management Platform.