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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
To edit system-wide network settings
1Intheleftpane,clickNetwork.
2IntheGeneraltab,specifythechoicesforIPaddressallocationusersseeinthe
Stage ManagerWebconsole,asfollows:
a SelecttheDHCPcheckbox,Static(IPpool)checkbox,Static(manual)check
box,oranymixofcheckboxes.
Stage Managerallowsyoutouse
adifferentmethodofallocationforeach
virtualmachine.
b SelectthedefaultIPsettingforanewvirtualmachine.
3ToalterthestaticIPaddressesfromapooloriginallysetupusingtheInitialization
wizardandyouselectedtheStatic(IPpool)checkbox,entertheDNS,gateway,
andsubnetmaskinformation
intheStaticIPSettingssectionofthistab.
Stage Managerusesthenetworksettingsforunfencedvirtualmachinesandthe
externalIPaddressesoffencedvirtualmachines.
ThemaximumnumberofIPaddressesyoucanaddatonetimeis1024.
4EnteraninstallationIDifitconflictswiththeIDof
anotherStageManager
installationonyournetwork.
TheinstallationIDaffectstheuniqueMACaddressesrequiredtodeployvirtual
machines.
5ClickOK.
Highlights of the IP Pool Tab
TheIPPooltabpresentsthisinformationontheStage ManagerIPpool:
 NumberofIPaddressesintheIPpool.
 NumberofavailableIPaddresses.
 VirtualmachineIPaddress.
 IPaddressallocationstatus.
 Virtualmachinedeploymentstatus.
Ahyphen(“‐”)indicatesthevirtualmachineisnotdeployed.
 IPaddressassignmentstatusforvirtualmachinesandvirtualrouters.