Enabling and Disabling Global PIP

You can enable or disable Global PIP from the vSphere Inventory page.

Enabling Global PIP

  1. From the Home tab, select Inventory > vSphere.

  2. On the vSphere page, click the Compute link.

  3. On the Compute tab, click the Hosts link.
  4. On the Hosts page, next to the Actions button, click the Global PIP Disabled link.

    Alternatively, you can select one or more hosts and select Actions > Manage Global PIP.

  5. In the Manage Global PIP window, do the following: 

    1. Set the Status to Enabled.
    2. In the Global PIP / FQDN field, enter the IP address or FQDN to use for the Global PIP.
    3. Enter the Netmask.
    4. Check the confirmation checkbox.
    5. Click Apply.

    Global PIP is now enabled for all hosts that have been added to CloudControl. Click Download CSV to download a CSV file that contains the details of all assigned ports.

Disabling Global PIP

  1. From the Home tab, select Inventory > vSphere.

  2. On the vSphere page, click the Compute link.

  3. On the Compute tab, click the Hosts link.
  4. On the Hosts page, next to the Actions button, click the Global PIP Enabled link.

    Alternatively, you can select one or more hosts and select Actions > Manage Global PIP.

  5. In the Manage Global PIP window, do the following: 

    1. Set the Status to Disabled.
    2. Check the confirmation checkbox.
    3. Click Apply.