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Chapter 5 Working with Configurations
IP Address Assignment for Virtual Machines
OntheNewConfigurationpage,enteringanIPaddresschangestheinformationthat
Lab ManagerhasaboutthemachinebutdoesnotnecessarilychangetheIPaddress
configuredonthemachine.ThissituationdependsonwhetherthetemplatehasLM
Tools.
ReviewthescenariosinTable 52.
Adding Virtual Machines to Existing Configurations
Afteryoubuildaconfiguration,youcanaddmorevirtualmachinestoitatanytime.
To add virtual machines to configurations
1Intheleftpane,clickWorkspace.
2MovethepointerovertheconfigurationnameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
3ClicktheAddVMbutton.
4Entertheinformationforthevirtualmachine:
aEnteravirtualmachinename.
The
namemustcontainalphanumericcharacters(a–z,A–Z,0–9),hyphens,
underscores,orperiods.Maximumlengthis64characters.
b Selectthetemplatefromthelistofpublishedtemplates.
Table 5-2. IP Address Entry Scenarios
IP
Management
Template With
LM Tools
Template Without
LM Tools
Static(IPPool) Lab ManagerassignstheIPaddress
internallyandconfiguresthevirtual
machine.
Lab ManagerassignstheIPaddress
internally,butyoumustmanually
configurethevirtualmachine:
Navigatetotheproperties
informationforthevirtualmachine,
notetheassignedIPaddress,and
manuallyconfigurethevirtual
machineIPaddress.
Static
(Manual)
Lab Managertakestheaddressthat
youenter,assignsitinternally,and
configuresthevirtualmachine.
Lab ManagerassignstheIPaddress
thatyouenter,butyoumust
manuallyconfigurethevirtual
machineIPaddress.
DHCP Lab Managerconfiguresthevirtual
machinetoobtainitsnetwork
settingsfromaDHCPserver.
Lab Managerdoesnotconfigure
or
assignanIPaddress.Manually
configurethevirtualmachine.