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 Subnetmaskforthenetwork.
 IPaddressforthenetworkgateway.
 TheLab ManagerServerDNSsuffix.
ConsultyournetworkITadministratorforinformation.
IP Addresses for Virtual Machines
ReservearangeofIPaddressesforvirtualmachines.ThisrangeisinadditiontotheIP
addressesrequiredforeachLab ManagerServer,storageserver,andManagedServer.
IPaddressesforvirtualmachinesareallocatedfromthepoolofIPaddressesyou
reserve.Thenumberofvirtualmachinesrunningandrequiring
IPaddressesvaries
withthenumberandcomplexityofconfigurationsdeployedatanyonetime.
ThemaximumnumberofIPaddressesyoucanaddatonetimeis1024.Nolimitexists
onthenumberoftotaladdressesyoucanuse.
Foraminimumsystem,youneedatleast100IP
addresses.(Youcanaddblocksof
addresseslater.)Foralargeinstallation,VMwarerecommendsallocating200ormore
IPaddresses.YouneedoneortwoIPaddressesforeachdeployedvirtualmachine.Base
yourestimateoncurrentandfutureneeds.
Table 2‐2providesexamplesofthenetworkinformationyouneedfor
astaticIPpool.
Table 2-2. Static IP Pool Information
IP and Network Component Example
IPaddressblockforvirtualmachines 10.6.1.10—10.6.1.199
Subnetmaskforvirtualmachines 255.255.255.0
Gatewayforvirtualmachines 10.6.1.1
DNSserver1 10.6.1.200
DNSserver2(optional) 10.6.1.201
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