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If no NICs are available, click Open Network Connections to review the network configuration of your
machine and verify that you have the correct number of NICs installed. After selecting the appropriate
NIC, click Next.
17 The VMware Channel IP Configuration page prompts you to configure the VMware Channel(s) IP
network addresses. Click Add for each available VMware Channel connection. For the Primary server,
select from a drop-down menu that lists all local IP addresses. Type the reciprocal IP address on the
Secondary server into the IP Address On Secondary text box. You must specify all VMware Channel IP
addresses in subnets outside of the normal Principal (Public) IP addressing schema so that VMware
Channel traffic routing uses the VMware Channel network card rather than the Principal (Public)
network card. Click OK. Repeat this step for additional NICs.
18 Review and adjust, if necessary, the default channel port. Click Next.
19 Select the Principal (Public) NIC(s). The IP address information is displayed for each NIC. Click Next.
20 Select Use same IP addresses for Secondary (Recommended for HA secondary) and click Add to specify
the IP address.
21 Add the Principal (Public) network address. Click Next.
22 The vCenter Server Heartbeat server pair can be administered remotely on client machines using the
vCenter Server Heartbeat Console. The vCenter Server Heartbeat Console connects to an IP address of the
active server using the default Client Connection port of 52267. If this port is already in use, type an
available Client Connection port in the text box. Click Next.
23 Select the applications to protect. All licensed vCenter Server Heartbeat features are listed.
 If installing vCenter Server locally and the SQL Server on a separate server, select Protect Virtual
Center only.
NOTE Only one channel can be configured for each NIC. To configure more than one VMware Channel
you must identify more than one NIC. A disabled NIC does not appear in this list. Enable the NIC to
display it. If a NIC is disconnected, its IP addresses do not appear in the lower pane.
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OTE Adjacent IP addresses should be reserved and used for the Principal (Public) IP address and the
Management IP addresses for the Primary and Secondary Servers when installing vCenter Server
Heartbeat on non-identical nodes on servers running Windows 2008.