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Appendix C Network Fencing
Fencingaconfigurationdoesnotrequireanychangestoitsvirtualmachines.Withina
fencedconfiguration,virtualmachinescontinuetousepreassignedIPaddressesto
communicatewitheachother.FormoreinformationonIPaddressallocationinfenced
configurations,see“UsingStaticIPandDHCPNetworking”onpage 92.
Fencing Options
Youcandeployfencedconfigurationsinthreeways:
 AllowTrafficInandOut–Virtualmachinescancommunicatewithmachines
outsidethefenceandmachinesoutsidethefencecancommunicatewithvirtual
machinesinthefencedconfiguration.SeeFigure C‐2.
Figure C-2. Allow Traffic In and Out Fencing Mode
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