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Chapter 2 Installation Requirements

Configuring Routing

Reviewtherequirementsfornetworkconnectivity:

 Lab ManagerclientusermachinesmusthaveroutableaccesstotheLab Manager

Serversystem,ManagedServersystems,andstorageservers.IftheseLab Manager

serversarebehindafirewallandnotdirectlyaccessible,youcanuseavirtual

privatenetwork(VPN).See“ConfiguringFirewallSettings”onpage 23formore

informationonconfiguringnetwork

portsforroutableaccess.

 DonotuseaNetworkAddressTranslation(NAT)devicebetweentheLab

ManagerServersystemandManagedServersystemsbecause.NETremotingwill

fail.

 TheLab ManagerServersystemdoesnotneedtoresideonthesamesubnetasthe

ManagedServersystems.TheLab ManagerServersystemrequiresastaticIP

address.

 AllManagedServersystemsmustresideonthesamesubnet.

 TheLab ManagerServersystemandManagedServersystemsneedaccesstothe

media(SMBorNFS)storagebutdonotneedtoresideonthesamesubnet.

 ManagedServersystemsneedaccesstotheNFSvirtualmachinestorage.

Configuring Domains and Permissions

BecausetheLab ManagerServersystemandManagedServersystemsmustmount

shares,thesesystemsrequirematchingDNSandDNSsuffixinformation.

Configuring Firewall Settings

Lab Managercommunicatesbetweenitsserversandclientsthroughnetworkports.

ESXServersoftwaresetsupdefaultports.SeetheVMwareInfrastructure3

documentationfordetails.

Reviewtherequirementstoconfigurefirewalls:

 ClientbrowsertoaccessLab ManagerServersystem–TCPport443.

 ClientbrowsertoaccessManagedServersystems–TCPports902and903.

 Lab ManagerServersystemandManagedServersystemstoaccessSMBstorage

server–TCPports139and445,UDPports137and138.