How to manually add multiple NICs to the vROps 7.x appliance

This article explains how to add multiple network interfaces to a vROps 7.0/ 7.5 appliance. Recently we had a scenario where the vROps appliance needs access to different networks which are isolated/ not routed with the primary network management interface of vROps. In my case the vROps instance needed access to 3 different networks.

Initially while installing the vROps there will be only one interface (eth0) and its the default interface for vROps appliance.  

For configuring additional interfaces follow the steps below:

• Add a network card and connect to the respective port group by editing VM settings
• Login to vROps with root creds
• cd /etc/sysconfig/network
• Create an entry for the new interface eth1 (as it will not be present!)
• vi ifcfg-eth1
• Provide all necessary IP details and save

• Reboot the appliance
• Verify details

• Similarly, follow the above steps if you require more interfaces 

Note: I am not sure whether this is officially supported by vROps, but it works! Haven't found any VMware documentations related to this.