Address 

A virtual IP address that is associated with the interface, and which is different from the base IP address. Note that when the NetMask attribute is configured, the IP address that you specify must not be the same as the configured physical IP address, the IP address should be on the same network however. 

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Examples: 

• IPv4:

  "192.203.47.61"

• IPv6:

  "2001::10"

Device 

The name of the NIC device that is associated with the IP address. Requires the device name without an alias. 

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Example: eth0 

In above example, eth0 is specified to assign the IP address to the next available alias of eth0. Use the ip addr command to display a list of NICs that are up and the IP addresses assigned to each NIC. 

PrefixLen 

Required to use the IPv6 protocol. 

See PrefixLen 

NetMask 

For IPv4 protocol, specify the value of NetMask attribute in decimal (base 10). If you do not specify the Netmask attribute, the agent uses the operating system's default netmask. 

Symantec recommends that you configure the value for this attribute. The default value for this attribute can cause delays in establishing inter-node connections. The subnet mask that is associated with the IP address. 

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Example: "255.255.255.0" 

PrefixLen 

This is the prefix for the IPv6 address represented as the CIDR value. 

Type-dimension: integer-scalar 

Range: 0 - 128 

Default: 1000 

Note   Note that the default value is intentionally invalid for this attribute. You must set the value of this attribute to a range from 0 to 128 to activate this attribute.

Example: 64 

Options 

Options for the ifconfig command. 

You must configure either this Options attribute or both the IPOptions and IPRouteOptions attributes. 

Note   If you configure this Options attribute, the agent ignores the IPOptions and IPRouteOptions attributes.

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Example: "broadcast 172.20.9.255" 

IPOptions 

Specifies the extra options that are passed to the ip addr add command. 

The agent uses this attribute in tandem with the IPRouteOptions attribute. 

The ip addr add command generally resembles: 

"ip -4 addr add ipv4addr/prefixlen IPOptions device dev"

Note   If you configure the Options attribute, the agent ignores this attribute.

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Examples:  

• "broadcast 172.20.9.255"
• "scope link"

IPRoute
Options 

Specifies the extra options that are passed to the ip route add command. 

The agent uses this attribute in tandem with the IPOptions attribute. 

The ip route add command resembles: 

"ip route add Route IPRouteOptions"

Note   If you configure the Options attribute, the agent ignores this attribute.

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Examples:  

• "default via 172.20.9.1"
• "scope link"