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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
7Specifywhethertouseanetworkarchitecturemodefordeployingconfigurations:
 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.
 AllowTrafficOut–Virtualmachinesinafencedconfigurationcaninitiate
communicationtomachinesoutsidethefence,andcanreceivemessagesback
onthesameconnection.Machinesoutsidethefencecannotinitiate
communicationtovirtualmachinesinthefencedconfiguration.
 BlockTrafficInandOut–Networktrafficdoesnottravelacrossthefence.
Virtualmachinesinafencedconfigurationcannotcommunicatewith
machinesoutsideofthefence,andmachinesoutsidethefencecannot
communicatewithvirtualmachinesinthefencedconfiguration.
SeeAppendix C,“NetworkFencing,”onpage 181.
8Enteranintegernumber
indicatingthedelayinseconds(or“pause”)betweenthe
poweronprocessofthisvirtualmachineandthenextvirtualmachine.
Forexample,ifyouhaveadatabaseserverandaWebapplication,youmightwant
tomakesurethedatabaseserverispoweredonwithallservicesrunningbefore
powering
ontheWebapplication.
9Tobootvirtualmachinesinthesequencespecifiedduringthecreationofthe
configuration,selecttheUseServerBootSequencecheckbox.
10 ClickOK.
Conditions for SMTP Alerts
Stage Manageradministratorsreceiveemailalertsorwarningsundertheseconditions:
 Statusofahostordatastorechanges
 Diskthreshold(yelloworred)ofahostordatastoreiscrossed
 StageManagerlosesorresumestheconnectiontotheVirtualCenterServer
 StageManagerdetectsthatanESXServerhostisnotrespondingorstarts
responding