Step 5. Specify Network Settings

At the Networks step of the wizard, do the following:

1. Click Add to configure backup appliance network interfaces:

1. From the Network drop-down list, select a network to which the Nutanix AHV backup appliance network interface will be connected.

For best performance, choose the network that is used for Nutanix Controller VM (CVM). For a network to be displayed in the list of the available networks, it must be configured in the Nutanix AHV cluster as described in Nutanix documentation.

2. In the Description filed, provide a network interface description for future reference.
3. If DHCP is enabled in the selected network, the IP address of the Nutanix AHV backup appliance can be obtained automatically.

If DHCP is disabled in the selected network, or you want to specify an IP address, select the Use the following IP address option and enter the worker IP address, subnet mask and default gateway.

To add more network interfaces, repeat the step and specify the network order using the Up and Down buttons. For more information on multi-network configuration, see section Appendix D. Configuring Multiple Networks.

2. If DHCP is enabled in any network to which the Nutanix AHV backup appliance will be connected, DNS settings of the Nutanix AHV backup appliance can be obtained automatically. To configure DNS settings manually, click Obtain automatically and do the following in the DNS Server Settings window:

1. Select the Use the following DNS server address check box.
2. Enter the IP addresses of the preferred and alternate DNS servers.
3. Click OK.

Since the backup appliance are Linux-based VMs, they have the same limitations that apply to machines running the Rocky Linux operating system. That is, DNS settings cannot be configured separately for each network added to the backup appliance.