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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install Lab Manager
Network Requirements
TheLab ManagerServersystemincludesmanycomponentsthatneedtocommunicate
witheachother.Thefollowingsectionsdescriberouting,domain,andfirewall
requirements.
Configuring Routing
Thefollowingarenetworkconnectivityrequirements:
 Lab ManagerclientmachinesaccessingtheWebconsolemusthaveroutableaccess
totheLab ManagerServersystemandESXhosts.Iftheseserversarebehinda
firewallandnotdirectlyaccessible,youcanuseavirtualprivatenetwork(VPN).
See“ConfiguringFirewallSettings”onpage 20.
 TheconnectionfromLab ManagertoVirtualCentermustbeadirectHTTP
connectionwithoutaproxyserver.
 DonotuseaNetworkAddressTranslation(NAT)devicebetweentheLab
ManagerServersystemandESXhosts.Thedevicebreaksthecommunication
betweentheLab ManagerServersystemandtheagentLab Managerinstallson
eachESXhost.
 TheLab ManagerServersystemisnotrequiredtoresideonthesamesubnetasthe
ESXhosts.
 TheLab ManagerServersystemrequiresastaticIPaddress.
 TheLab ManagerServersystemandESXhostsneedaccesstothemediastorage
butarenotrequiredtoresideonthesamesubnet.
 ESXhostsneedaccesstoNFSvirtualmachinestorage.
Configuring Domains and Permissions
BecausetheLab ManagerServersystemandESXhostsmustmountsharesforvirtual
machineimportandexportoperations,thesesystemsrequirematchingDNSandDNS
suffixinformation.