How to Add additional Interface to a Virtual loadMaster(VLM)

When first deploying a VLM, each VLM has two interfaces, eth0 and eth1. To add more interfaces on a VLM, extra Network Interface Cards (NICs) need to be added to your VLM machine. The steps to add a NIC depends on which platform you are using, for example VMware or Hyper-V.

The general process of adding extra NICs is as follows:

  1. Power down the VLM.
  2. Edit the configuration of your VLM machine.
  4. Power on the machine.

When the VLM machine powers up, the VLM will have extra interfaces.

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Our VLM via your OVF file contained only 1 interface, not 2 as indicated.

Trevor Christie

I tried this and as happened to me once before with MAC addresses, my VLM became inaccessible on all but the eth0 interface. I assume licensing was reset it. Thank goodness for snapshots!


UPDATE: There is a bug? that when adding more than 3 vmxnet NICs to a Linux VM (and therefore VLM) that the new NIC becomes eth0, thereby clobbering the licensing of the VLM. I contacted support and they suggested using E1000 adapters for new NICs beyond the existing 4 i had already configured. This worked as expected. 

Edited by Trevor Christie