Enabling IP forwarding to access System Platform through the services port

About this task

To gain access to virtual machines on System Platform by connecting a laptop to the services port, you must enable IP forwarding on System Domain (Domain-0). Enable IP forwarding to gain access to both SSH and Web Console.

You can set the IP forwarding status to enabled or disabled during System Platform installation. The system enables IP forwarding by default. To enable or disable IP forwarding, use the following procedure.

Note

For security reasons, always disable IP forwarding after finishing your task.

Procedure

To enable IP forwarding:
1. Start an SSH session.
2. Log in to System Domain (Domain-0) as administrator.
3. In the command line, type service_port_access enable and press Enter.
To disable IP forwarding:
1. Start an SSH session.
2. Log in to System Domain (Domain-0) as administrator.
3. In the command line, type ip_forwarding disable and press Enter.
  An alternative to the above command is service_port_access disable.