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Editing a Platform's Network Properties

Topics marked with * relate to HQ Enterprise-only features.

This screen allows users to edit identifying networking information for a platform. All these values are initially auto-discovered and can be edited afterwards. Users can also specify the IP address and port that the HQ Server will use to the connect to the platform's HQ Agent.

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Tasks Available on This Screen

On this screen, users can do the following tasks:

To change the HQ Server's connection address:port pair on this platform:

  • In Agent Connection, select an IP address:port pair that the HQ Server will use to connect to the HQ Agent, and click .

Note: In HQ Enterprise, a value of -1 for port indicates the channel is for unidirectional communications. For more information see Changing Between Unidirectional and Bidirectional Agent Communications.

There is at a minimum one set of IP Address/Subnet/MAC Address for the loopback (local) IP address — 127.0.0.1 — and then additional sets for each network interface on the device.

To edit a platform's interface information:

  1. To change an already specified set of IP Address, (optional) MAC Address, and (optional) Netmask, replace the existing values in a set.
  2. To delete a set, click Delete this IP, Subnet, and MAC Set under the set to be deleted.
  3. To add a new set, click Add Another Set and then fill in the values.
  4. Click .

The platform's Fully Qualified Domain Name can also be edited. The Platform Type is displayed but cannot be changed.


Related Information

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