AWS storagegateway documentation change
Summary
Removed all content related to VMXNET3 network adapter configuration, leaving only multi-NIC configuration instructions.
Security assessment
Changes focus on feature documentation cleanup (removing deprecated VMXNET3 adapter details) rather than addressing security. No security implications or vulnerability fixes are mentioned in the diff.
Diff
diff --git a/storagegateway/latest/vgw/NICConfiguring-common.md b/storagegateway/latest/vgw/NICConfiguring-common.md index 8d2139724..fe7341653 100644 --- a//storagegateway/latest/vgw/NICConfiguring-common.md +++ b//storagegateway/latest/vgw/NICConfiguring-common.md @@ -7 +7 @@ -Configuring Your Gateway to Use the VMXNET3 Network AdapterConfiguring Your Gateway for Multiple NICs +Configuring Your Gateway for Multiple NICs @@ -11,77 +11 @@ Configuring Your Gateway to Use the VMXNET3 Network AdapterConfiguring Your Gate -By default, Storage Gateway is configured to use the E1000 network adapter type, but you can reconfigure your gateway to use the VMXNET3 (10 GbE) network adapter. You can also configure Storage Gateway so it can be accessed by more than one IP address. You do this by configuring your gateway to use more than one network adapter. - -###### Topics - - * Configuring Your Gateway to Use the VMXNET3 Network Adapter - - * Configuring Your Gateway for Multiple NICs - - - - -## Configuring Your Gateway to Use the VMXNET3 Network Adapter - -Storage Gateway supports the E1000 network adapter type in both VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor hosts. However, the VMXNET3 (10 GbE) network adapter type is supported in VMware ESXi hypervisor only. If your gateway is hosted on a VMware ESXi hypervisor, you can reconfigure your gateway to use the VMXNET3 (10 GbE) adapter type. For more information on these adapters, see [Choosing a network adapter for your virtual machine](https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/321259/choosing-a-network-adapter-for-your-virt.html) on the Broadcom (VMware) website. - -###### Important - -To select VMXNET3, your guest operating system type must be **Other Linux64**. - -Following are the steps you take to configure your gateway to use the VMXNET3 adapter: - - 1. Remove the default E1000 adapter. - - 2. Add the VMXNET3 adapter. - - 3. Restart your gateway. - - 4. Configure the adapter for the network. - - - - -Details on how to perform each step follow. - -###### To remove the default E1000 adapter and configure your gateway to use the VMXNET3 adapter - - 1. In VMware, open the context (right-click) menu for your gateway and choose **Edit Settings**. - - 2. In the **Virtual Machine Properties** window, choose the **Hardware** tab. - - 3. For **Hardware** , choose **Network adapter**. Notice that the current adapter is E1000 in the **Adapter Type** section. You will replace this adapter with the VMXNET3 adapter. - - 4. Choose the E1000 network adapter, and then choose **Remove**. In this example, the E1000 network adapter is **Network adapter 1**. - -###### Note - -Although you can run the E1000 and VMXNET3 network adapters in your gateway at the same time, we don't recommend doing so because it can cause network problems. - - 5. Choose **Add** to open the Add Hardware wizard. - - 6. Choose **Ethernet Adapter** , and then choose **Next**. - - 7. In the Network Type wizard, select `VMXNET3` for **Adapter Type** , and then choose **Next**. - - 8. In the Virtual Machine properties wizard, verify in the **Adapter Type** section that **Current Adapter** is set to **VMXNET3** , and then choose **OK**. - - 9. In the VMware VSphere client, shut down your gateway. - - 10. In the VMware VSphere client, restart your gateway. - - - - -After your gateway restarts, reconfigure the adapter you just added to make sure that network connectivity to the internet is established. - -###### To configure the adapter for the network - - 1. In the VSphere client, choose the **Console** tab to start the local console. Use the default login credentials to log in to the gateway's local console for this configuration task. For information about how to log in using the default credentials, see [Logging in to the Local Console Using Default Credentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/latest/vgw/manage-on-premises-common.html#LocalConsole-login-common). - - 2. At the prompt, enter the corresponding numeral to select **Network Configuration**. - - 3. At the prompt, enter the corresponding numeral to select **Reset all to DHCP** , and then enter `y` (for yes) at the prompt to set all adapters to use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). All available adapters are set to use DHCP. - -If your gateway is already activated, you must shut it down and restart it from the Storage Gateway Management Console. After the gateway restarts, you must test network connectivity to the internet. For information about how to test network connectivity, see [Testing Your Gateway Connection to the Internet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/latest/vgw/manage-on-premises-common.html#MaintenanceTestGatewayConnectivity-common). - - - +You can configure Storage Gateway so it can be accessed by more than one IP address. You do this by configuring your gateway to use more than one network adapter.