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Chapter 6 Working with Configurations
Deployingaconfigurationinfencedmodeplacesallthevirtualmachinesona
singleESXhost.Youmusthaveahostconnectedtothedatastorewherethevirtual
machinetemplatesthatserveasthebasisofthisconfigurationreside.Thehost
musthaveenoughresourcestopassVMware Infrastructureadmissioncontrolsfor
virtualmachines.
UsetheConnectivitydropdownmenutochooseaconnectivitymodeforeach
physicalnetwork:
AllowInandOutVirtualmachinescancommunicatewithmachines
outsidethefenceandmachinesoutsidethefencecancommunicatewith
virtualmachinesinsidethefencedconfiguration.
AllowOutVirtualmachinesinafencedconfigurationcaninitiate
communicationtomachinesoutsidethefence,andcanreceivemessagesback
onthesameconnection.Machinesoutsidethefencecannotinitiate
communicationtovirtualmachinesinsidethefencedconfiguration.
BlockInandOutNetworktrafficdoesnottravelacrossthefence.Virtual
machinesinafencedconfigurationcannotcommunicatewithmachines
outsideofthefence,andmachinesoutsidethefencecannotcommunicatewith
virtualmachinesinthefencedconfiguration.
3 SelecttheConnectVirtualNetworkstoPhysicalNetworkscheckbox
toconnect
virtualnetworkstophysicalnetworks.
Thisoptionisonlyavailableiftheconfigurationincludesanyvirtualmachines
withNICsconnectedtoavirtualnetwork.
Youcannotselectthisoptionforaconfigurationifanyofitsvirtualmachines
connecttoavirtualnetworkusingDHCP.Boththevirtualnetworkand
the
physicalnetworkmusthaveIPaddressesavailableintheIPpool.
ChooseaphysicalnetworktoconnecttoandusetheConnectivitydropdown
menutochooseaconnectivitymode:
AllowInandOutVirtualmachinescancommunicatewithmachinesonthe
selectedphysicalnetworkandmachinesontheselectedphysicalnetworkcan
communicatewithvirtualmachinesinsidetheconfiguration.
AllowOutVirtualmachinesintheconfigurationcaninitiate
communicationtomachinesontheselectedphysicalnetwork,andcanreceive
messagesbackonthesameconnection.Machinesontheselectedphysical
networkcannotinitiatecommunicationtovirtualmachinesinsidethe
configuration.