User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
92 VMware, Inc.
 Virtualmachinename.
Virtualmachinescanusethesamenamesunlesstheyareinthesame
configuration.
 Configurationtowhichthevirtualmachineisassigned.
UsethispagetoaddandremovearangeofIPaddresses.
Using Static IP and DHCP Networking
YoucanusestaticIPorDHCPnetworkinginStage Manageronaper‐virtualmachine
basis.
ToavoidsettingupanIPrange,useDHCPtopullIPaddressesfromaDHCPserver.
DHCPdoesnotworkwithfencing,anetworkarchitecturethatallowsmultipleusersto
workwithliveinstances
ofthesamevirtualmachineconfigurationonthesame
network.SeeAppendix C,“NetworkFencing,”onpage 181.
TouseastaticIPaddress,youcanenteranIPaddressmanuallyorusethestaticIPpool.
ThepoolrequiresyoutospecifyanIPrange,DNSsuffix,gateway,netmask,andDNS
information.
YoucanaddanunlimitednumberoffIPaddresses.ThestaticIPpool
workswithnetworkfencing.
Whenyoucreateavirtualmachinefromatemplate,andyouselectastaticIPallocation
method,Stage ManagerallocatesanIPaddressfromtheIPpooltothevirtualmachine.
ThisIPaddress
stayswiththevirtualmachinethroughthevariousoperationsin
Stage Manager.WhenyoudeleteallinstancesofthevirtualmachinewiththisIP
address,Stage ManagerreleasestheIPaddresstotheIPpool.
Ifyoudeployaconfigurationinfencedmode,Stage ManagerallocatesanadditionalIP
addressfromtheIPpool
andassignsitastheexternalIPaddressforeachvirtual
machineintheconfiguration.YoucanusetheexternalIPaddresstoaccessthevirtual
machinefromoutsidethefencedconfiguration(forexample,fromyourdesktop).
Whenyouundeploythisconfiguration,Stage ManagerreleasestheIPaddresstotheIP
pool.