SAP Landscape Management 3.0, Enterprise Edition

Configuring Networks

Networks run instances on hosts. You configure a network to group the landscape entities logically and separate them physically.

Procedure

  1. Choose Start of the navigation pathInfrastructure Next navigation step Network Components Next navigation step NetworkEnd of the navigation path.

    If there is already a network in the landscape, the Instances and Hosts columns display the number of instances and hosts already assigned to the network.

  2. Choose Add.
    1. Basic Configuration step

      Field

      Action

      Name

      Enter the name used to identify the network for the virtual environment.

      Subnet Mask

      Enter the subnet mask used for the network being configured.

      Broadcast Address

      Enter the broadcast address for the network being configured.

    2. Advanced Configuration step

      To create new domain name system (DNS) entries, provide the following information:

      Field

      Action

      Gateway Server

      Enter the IP address or the server name for the gateway server of the network.

      DNS Zone

      Enter this value only if it is not the same as the domain name.

      Reverse DNS Zone

      Enter this value only if it is not the standard reverse DNS zone.

      Update IP Range

      Enter the IP range to be used within this network to provision new host names.

    3. Summary step

      The Summary step lists all of the information you have specified in the previous steps.

  3. Save your entries.