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Table Of Contents
- Lifecycle Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Understanding LCM
- Setting Up the Virtual Machine Environment
- Configuring the Infrastructure for Requested Virtual Machines
- Automatic Placement
- Register a Datastore
- Register a Resource Pool
- Create a Resource Pool
- Register a Virtual Machine Folder
- Create a Virtual Machine Folder
- Register a Network or a Port Group Using DHCP
- Register a Network or a Port Group with a Range or a Subnet
- Create a Range or a Subnet for an Existing DHCP Network
- Create an IP Address Range
- Create a Subnet
- Create a Template Profile
- Join a Domain or a Workgroup
- Create a Customization Template
- Relink Unlinked Elements
- Configuring the Criteria for Requested Virtual Machines
- Configuring the Infrastructure for Requested Virtual Machines
- Using LCM
- Request a Virtual Machine
- Display Requested Virtual Machines
- Modify Request Options
- Check the Power State of a Virtual Machine
- Power a Virtual Machine On or Off
- Suspend a Virtual Machine
- Connecting to a Virtual Machine
- Create a Snapshot
- Revert to a Snapshot
- Generate Reports
- Registering Virtual Machines with LCM
- Activate Web View Debug Mode
- Relink Tokens to Virtual Machines
- Check Licensing Status
- Export Logs and Application Settings
- Troubleshooting LCM
- Customizing LCM
- Index
11 Choose whether you want to create a range or a subnet.
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If you decide to create a range, type a description, the first IP address in your range, and the final IP
address in your range.
Each time a virtual machine is provisioned, LCM allocates an IP address from the defined range. You
can set up multiple ranges for each network.
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If you decide to create a subnet, type a desription, a base IP address, and a netmask.
You can set up multiple subnets for each network.
12 Click Submit.
13 Select the criteria options and click Submit.
Create a Range or a Subnet for an Existing DHCP Network
You can modify an existing DHCP network and create an IP address range or a subnet.
Procedure
1 Log in to LCM as an administrator.
2 Click the Infrastructure view.
3
Click the Network icon ( ).
4 Click the name of the DHCP network.
5 Click Edit.
6 Verify the network domain to edit and click Next.
7 Verify the network domain name and click Next.
8 Select No for Use DHCP and provide the required information.
9 (Optional) Provide the DNS information.
10 Click Next.
11 Choose whether you want to create a range or a subnet.
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If you decide to create a range, type a description, the first IP address in your range, and the final IP
address in your range.
Each time a virtual machine is provisioned, LCM allocates an IP address from the defined range. You
can set up multiple ranges for each network.
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If you decide to create a subnet, type a desription and a base IP address.
You can set up multiple subnets for each network.
12 Click Submit.
Create an IP Address Range
You can create an IP address range for the requested virtual machines.
Procedure
1 Log in to LCM as an administrator.
2 Click the Infrastructure view.
3
Click the Network icon ( ).
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