Configuring a gateway IP address on the hardware appliance

Before you activated your hardware appliance, you assigned an IP address to its physical network interface. Now that you have activated the appliance and launched your Storage Gateway on it, you need to assign another IP address to the Storage Gateway virtual machine that runs on the hardware appliance. To assign a static IP address to a gateway installed on your hardware appliance, configure the IP address from the gateway local console for that gateway. Your applications (such as your NFS or SMB client) connect to this IP address. You can access the gateway local console from the hardware appliance console using the Open Service Console option.

To configure an IP address on your appliance to work with applications

1. On the hardware console, choose Open Service Console and then press Enter to open the login page for the gateway local console.

2. The AWS Storage Gateway local console login page prompts you to login to change your network configuration and other settings.

   The default account is admin and the default password is password.

   Note

   We recommend changing the default password by entering the corresponding numeral for Gateway Console from the AWS Appliance Activation - Configuration main menu, then running the passwd command. For information about how to run the command, see Running storage gateway commands in the local console for an on-premises gateway. You can also set the password from the Storage Gateway console. For more information, see Setting the Local Console Password from the Storage Gateway Console.

3. The AWS Appliance Activation - Configuration page includes the following menu options:

   • HTTP/SOCKS Proxy Configuration

   • Network Configuration

   • Test Network Connectivity

   • View System Resource Check

   • System Time Management

   • License Information

   • Command Prompt

   Note

   Some options appear only for specific gateway types or host platforms.

   Enter the corresponding numeral to navigate to the Network Configuration page.

4. Do one of the following to configure the gateway IP address:

   • To use the IP address assigned by your Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, enter the corresponding numeral for Configure DHCP, and then enter valid DHCP configuration information on the following page.

   • To assign a static IP address, enter the corresponding numeral for Configure Static IP, and then enter valid IP address and DNS information on the following page.

     Note

     The IP address you specify here must be on the same subnet as the IP address used during hardware appliance activation.

To exit the gateway local console

• Press the Crtl+] (close bracket) keystroke. The hardware console appears.

  Note

  The keystroke preceding is the only way to exit the gateway local console.

After your hardware appliance has been activated and configured, your appliance appears in the console. Now you can continue the setup and configuration procedure for your gateway in the Storage Gateway console. For instructions, see .