Configure the Service Virtual Machine on NetScaler SDX

This article contains information about how to configure the Service Virtual Machine (VM) on a NetScaler SDX appliance.

Background

If you do not have any servers in the same Layer 2 domain as the NetScaler SDX appliance, you cannot connect to the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the appliance using the NetScaler IP address to configure the Service VM.

Requirements

• Administrator access to a NetScaler SDX appliance
• Serial console access to the appliance

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Instructions

To configure the Service VM on a NetScaler SDX appliance, complete the following steps:

1. Start a NetScaler SDX appliance.
2. Log on to the appliance using the serial console with the nsroot account as shown in the following screen shot.
   
3. Run the following command to switch to the shell prompt of the appliance.
   ssh nsroot@169.254.0.10
4. Drop to shell
5. Run the following command to open the svm.conf file.
   vi /flash/mpsconfig/svm.conf
6. Update the following line with the new IP address and netmask.
   >> ifconfig 0/1 <ip_address> netmask <netmask>
7. Add the following line at the end of the file.
   >> route add default <default_gateway>
8. Save and quit the editor.
9. Run the following command from the command line interface of the appliance.
   /etc/rc.d/svmd stop
10. Run the following command.
    /etc/rc.d/svmd start
    Note: A new IP address is assigned to the Service VM and starts the Service VM.
11. Run the following command to view the contents of the svm.conf file.root@ns#  more /flash/mpsconfig/svm.conf
    ifconfig 0/2 down
    ifconfig 0/2 delete
    arp -d -aroute flush
    ifconfig 0/1 10.10.10.181 netmask 255.255.255.0
    route add default 10.10.10.1
    ifconfig 0/3 169.254.0.10 netmask 255.255.0.0
    /mps/changenameserver.sh 10.90.224.5

    Note: 10.10.10.181 is the IP address of the new Service VM and 10.10.10.1 is the default gateway.

12. Open the GUI on http://10.10.10.181.

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