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5SpecifythedetailsonIPaddressesforthenetworkenvironment:
a SelecttheDHCP(dynamicallocation)option,StaticIPPooloption,orboth
options.Lab Managerallowsyoutouseadifferentoptionforeachvirtual
machine.
TheselectiondeterminesthechoicesforIPallocationyouwillseeinthe
Lab ManagerWebconsole.These
choicescanbealteredafterthiswizard.See
“StaticIPandDHCPNetworking”onpage 38formoreinformationonthe
options.
b SelectthedefaultIPsettingforanewvirtualmachine.
cIfyouhaveotherinstallationsofLab Manageronyournetwork,youcanedit
theinstallationIDifitconflictswith
theIDofanotherinstallation.
TheinstallationIDaffectstheuniqueMACaddressesrequiredtodeploy
virtualmachines.SeetheVMwareLab ManagerUser’sGuideformoredetails.
6 AttachoneoftheManagedServersystemsyoucreatedtotheLab ManagerServer
system:
aTypeadisplaynameanddescription(optional)fortheManagedServer
system.
bTypetheIPaddressfortheManagedServersystem.
cTypethesameusernameandpasswordofanaccountwithadministrator
privilegesthatyouenteredin“InstallingtheManagedServerAgentSoftware 
onESXServer”onpage 30.
7SpecifytheVMFSandNFSdevicesyouwantthisManagedServersystemtouse
forvirtualmachinestorage.
aIfyouuseVMFSstorage,selecttheVMFSpartitions.
ThisstepassumesyousetupyourSANusingtheVIClientforESXServer.Do
notselectpartitionsusedinproductionelsewhere.
IftheManagedServersystemdoesnothaveavailableVMFSpartitions,the
wizardpromptsyoufor
NFSinformation.
bIfyouuseNFSstorage,enterthenameandexportpath.
ThisstepassumesyousetuptheVMkernelnetworkforNFSstorage.
YoucannotproceedunlessaVMFSpartitionisavailable,NFSstorageisavailable,
orbothoptionsareavailable.Fordetailsonvirtualmachinestorage,see“Virtual
Machine
Storage(Datastore)”onpage 20.