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7 On the Set up appliance VM page, enter a name for the Platform Services Controller appliance, set
the password for the root user, and click Next.
The appliance name must not contain a percent sign (%), backslash (\), or forward slash (/) and must
be no more than 80 characters in length.
The password must contain only lower ASCII characters without spaces, at least eight characters, a
number, uppercase and lowercase letters, and a special character, for example, an exclamation mark
(!), hash key (#), at sign (@), or brackets (()).
8 From the list of available datastores, select the location where all the virtual machine configuration
files and virtual disks will be stored and, optionally, enable thin provisioning by selecting Enable Thin
Disk Mode. NFS datastores are thin provisioned by default.
9 On the Configure network settings page, set up the network settings.
The IP address or the FQDN of the appliance is used as a system name. It is recommended to use
an FQDN. However, if you want to use an IP address, use static IP address allocation for the
appliance, because IP addresses allocated by DHCP might change.
Option Action
Network Select the network to which to connect the appliance.
The networks displayed in the drop-down menu depend on the network settings
of the target server. If you are deploying the appliance directly on an ESXi host,
non-ephemeral distributed virtual port groups are not supported and are not
displayed in the drop-down menu.
IP version Select the version for the appliance IP address.
You can select either IPv4 or IPv6.
IP assignment Select how to allocate the IP address of the appliance.
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The wizard prompts you to enter the IP address and network settings.
Note Avoid using an IP address as a system name. If you use an IP address
as a system name, you cannot change the IP address and update the DNS
settings after deployment.
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DHCP
A DHCP server is used to allocate the IP address. Select this option only if a
DHCP server is available in your environment.
If there is an enabled DDNS in your environment, you can enter a preferred
fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for the appliance.
Common Ports You can customize the HTTP and HTTPS ports (optional).
If specifying a custom HTTP and HTTPS port number, ensure that you do not use
a port number already in use by vCenter Server, or the default HTTP and HTTPS
ports of 80 and 443.
10 On the Ready to complete stage 1 page, review the deployment settings for the
Platform Services Controller appliance and click Finish to start the OVA deployment process.
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