Azure VM for Commend Intercom System Is Not Allowing Multiple IPs On Bridged Virtual Nic

Question

Straight from an email written by our team member that is having the issue:

*The issue I was having putting commend in the cloud is that each server requires multiple IPs on the same NIC. The commend server is a Linux machine using a Bridge interface on one NIC given a management IP and each virtual card requires an IP address. Each Virtual Card can hold 8 Devices.

When I put the VM in Azure and assigned multiple IPs to the single NIC I was not getting a response when I was pinging the secondary IPs.

When I install the VM in Hyper V in the lab with a single NIC I had no issue pinging the IPs I assigned.

I am not sure why Azure was not playing nice but I am assuming it is something to do with MAC address mapping and IPs in Azure and them not playing nice with the bridge interface. When I am on the linux box, I am able to ping the IPs with no issues.*

Answer 1

Hello @Anonymous ,

Apologies for the delay in response.

I checked Azure Marketplace but couldn't find Commend Intercom System app/software. It is a 3rd party software which is not available on Azure Markeplace for use. And from what I found in my research is - It is ready for use on virtualisation platforms vSphere by VMware and Hyper-V by Microsoft. But couldn't find any documentation on it's use on Azure VM. Hence, I would request you to contact the Commend support for confirmation on this scenario.

Reference : https://www.commend.com/en-in/products/software-intercom-server.html
https://www.commend.com/en-in/contact.html

Thanks,
Gita