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10 Select the type of network settings to apply to the guest operating system.
Option Action
Standard settings
Select Use standard network settings and click Next.
vCenter Server configures all network interfaces from a DHCP server
using default settings.
Custom settings
a Select Manually select custom settings.
b For each network interface in the virtual machine, click the pencil icon.
11 To specify IPv4 related settings, select IPv4 and enter IP address and other network settings.
12 To specify IPv6 related settings, select IPv6 to configure the virtual machine to use IPv6 network.
a Select Prompt user for an address when the specification is used. Selecting this option prompts
you to enter IPv6 address.
b Select Use the following IPv6 addresses to choose an IPv6 address from the list.
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Click the pencil icon to enter additional IPv6 addresses. You can specify the full address or
shorten it by using zero compression and zero suppression. You should specify at least one
IPv6 address. You can edit an existing address, but should not duplicate existing IPv6
addresses.
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Enter subnet mask prefix. The prefix length should be between 1 to 128 where the default
value is 64. Gateway is enabled by default, except when you select Do not use IPv6.
13 Select DNS and specify DNS server address and click OK.
14 Select WINS and specify primary and secondary WINS information.
15 Select how the virtual machine will participate in the network and click Next.
Option Action
Workgroup
Type a workgroup name. For example, MSHOME.
Windows Server Domain
a Type the domain name.
b Type the user name and password for a user account that has
permission to add a computer to the specified domain.
16 (Optional) Select Generate New Security ID (SID) and click Next.
A Windows Security ID (SID) is used in some Windows operating systems to uniquely identify systems
and users. If you do not select this option, the new virtual machine has the same SID as the virtual
machine or template from which it was cloned or deployed.
Duplicate SIDs do not cause problems when the computers are part of a domain and only domain user
accounts are used. However, if the computers are part of a Workgroup or local user accounts are used,
duplicate SIDs can compromise file access controls. For more information, see the documentation for
your Microsoft Windows operating system.
17 Click Finish to save your changes.
The customization specification that you created is listed in the Customization Specification Manager. You
can use the specification to customize virtual machine guest operating systems.
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