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10 Configure the temporary network for communication between the Platform Services Controller
appliance that you want to upgrade and the new Platform Services Controller appliance, and click
Next.
Option Action
Choose a
network
Select the network to which to connect the new appliance temporarily.
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
unsupported and are not displayed in the drop-down menu.
Important If you want to assign a temporary IPv4 address with DHCP allocation, you must select a network
that is associated with a port group which accepts MAC address changes.
IP Address
family
Select the version for the temporary IP address of the new appliance.
Can be either IPv4 or IPv6.
Network type Select the allocation method for the temporary IP address of the appliance.
n
Static
The wizard prompts you to enter the temporary IP address, subnet mask or prefix length, default
gateway, and DNS servers.
n
DHCP
A DHCP server is used to allocate the temporary IP address. Select this option only if a DHCP server is
available in your environment. Optionally, you can provide a temporary system name (FQDN) if a DDNS
server is available in your environment.
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.
11 On the Ready to complete stage 1 page, review the deployment settings for the new
Platform Services Controller appliance and click Finish to start the OVA deployment process.
12 Wait for the OVA deployment process to finish and click Continue to proceed with stage 2 of the
upgrade process to transfer the data from the old appliance and set up the services of the new
appliance.
Note If you exit the wizard by clicking Close, you must log in to the appliance management interface
of the newly deployed Platform Services Controller appliance to transfer the data from the old
appliance and set up the services.
The newly deployed Platform Services Controller appliance 6.7 is running on the target server but is not
configured.
Important The data from the old appliance is not transferred and the services of the new appliance are
not started.
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