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Table Of Contents

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Contents

AboutThisBook 5

1 IntroductiontotheLab ManagerInstallation 9

Lab ManagerComponents 9

High‐LevelViewoftheInstallationProcess 11

UsingLab ManagerwithVirtualCenterManagement Server 11

EnablingHighAvailabilityfortheLab ManagerServer 12

2 InstallationRequirements 13

GeneralRequirements 13

SystemRequirements:Lab ManagerServerandManaged Server 15

ConfiguringIISandASP.NETonLab ManagerServer 18

ClientUserMachineRequirements 19

StorageRequirements 20

MediaStorage 20

VirtualMachineStorage(Datastore) 20

VMFSDatastore 21

NFSDatastore 21

UsingHardwareandSoftware‐InitiatediSCSIStorage 22

NetworkRequirements 22

ConfiguringRouting 23

ConfiguringDomainsandPermissions 23

ConfiguringFirewallSettings 23

UsingPort514forWindowsFirewall 24

GatheringNetworkInformation

forInstallation 24

IPAddressesforVirtualMachines 25