User`s guide

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Glossary
LDAP(LightweightDirectoryAccessProtocol)
Aprotocolthatenablesyoutolocateorganizations,individuals,orotherresources
fromaserver.
M MAC(MediaAccessControl)address
Ahardwareaddressthatidentifieseachvirtualorphysicalnetworkadapter.
mediastore
AdirectoryformediafilesonNFSdatastores.
MicrosoftSysprep
AMicrosoftutilityforchangingtheSIDofoperatingsystems.Youcanbuilda
MicrosoftSyspreppackageforguestcustomizationinStageManager.
SeeSecurityIdentifier
(SID).
N networkfencing
Seefencing.
NIC(NetworkInterfaceCard)
Anexpansionboardthatprovidesadedicatedconnectionbetweenacomputer
andanetwork.Alsocalleda“networkadapter.”
NFS(NetworkFileSystem)
Aprotocolthatsupportssharingoffiles,printers,andotherresources.
Stage ManagercanuseNFSdatastoresformediaandvirtualmachinestorage.
P portgroup
Aconstructforconfiguringvirtualnetworkoptionssuchasbandwidthlimitations
andVLANtaggingpoliciesforeachmemberport.Virtualnetworksconnectedto
thesameportgroupsharenetworkpolicyconfiguration.
poweroff
Thevirtualequivalentofpoweringdownaphysicalmachine.
poweron
Thevirtualequivalentofpoweringonaphysicalmachine.
prepare
TosetupahostforuseintheStageManagerenvironment.SeePrepareHosts
wizard.